Why we're moving off Cloudflare Durable Objects

Post by tadfisher » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 5:59 PM UTC

jitpal wrote: post #5

zuzululu wrote: post #2

> What we built > Each organization gets one host process (Bun) on Fly Machines for all its containers. Well that is an instant nope from me. Fly.io's uptime/availability isn't something I trust and I am not alone. Part of what makes cloudflare durable objects great is the sheer availability and consistency at a true global scale

Totally fair, and I won't pretend matching Cloudflare on durability is easy. It's the hardest part of this, and the main reason the new infra is opt-in beta rather than the default. We won't move anyone off DO by default until we're confident the durability story holds. On availability, Cloudflare is the gold standard, no argument. We get a lot more control with this setup, including the failure path. With a DO you'r…

Post by debo_ » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 6:33 PM UTC

Post by yruzin » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 10:42 PM UTC

debo_ wrote: post #13

The objects are durable, but not endurable.