well I imagine some of it is just simple limitations Tiered Caching Smart requires an IP/geolocatio

well I imagine some of it is just simple limitations

Tiered Caching Smart requires an IP/geolocation to use, cache api doesn't give it one.
I know Cache Reserve is also part of "Pingora" which their connecting to origin software, so a step outside of the normal stack/where workers run
plus Cache API is completely free

Fetch() goes through the normal outgoing flow

IItsWendell @tony Since this is quite a general question about waitUntil I think it's actual...

tonytheonly•4/30/24, 4:13 PM

workers-and-pages-helpexecutionCtx.waitUntil on write service

CChaika well I imagine some of it is just simple limitations Tiered Caching Smart requi...

Rich•4/30/24, 4:29 PM

hmm I see. I guess the Cache API could accept an IP as a header -- but yeah I suppose the fundamental difference between fetch and the Cache API is the Request passed to the latter doesn't necessarily point to an actual origin -- could be new Request("https://this.doesnt.exist.at/all")new Request("https://this.doesnt.exist.at/all") .

Given our cache key isn't really a

Request

Request

, I wonder if we're better off ditching the Cache API and implementing a more standard key / value cache with R2 or KV

bene2591•4/30/24, 7:13 PM

hi, if I store assets into cache using the cache api using a worker and purge the zone cache where this worker has a route, will these files also be purged?

Adi•5/1/24, 1:29 AM

I got seen zoned on general discussions with this question, figured I'd ask here

. Would love some clarification.

Quick question about the smart placement limitation on RPC service bindings. Is that temporary? Or is it a limitation that is expected to be around for a while? Not looking for a timeline, just some confirmation the vision for RPC.

Paul•5/1/24, 2:25 AM

Hi I need some help calling Cloudflare workers from Postman or any client, I used Honojs and it works fine locally, but when I make a call to the server after deploying an getting error: Option apiKey is required

Karan•5/1/24, 7:29 AM

no cipher supported in cloudflare workers ?

johnwick•5/1/24, 8:21 AM

Hey guys, has anyone encountered this problem?
Uncaught Error: Dynamic require of "node:worker_threads" is not supportedUncaught Error: Dynamic require of "node:worker_threads" is not supported

Jjohnwick Hey guys, has anyone encountered this problem? `Uncaught Error: Dynamic require ...

Hello, I’m Allie!•5/1/24, 8:23 AM

Your code/a package's code is attempting to use the worker_threadsworker_threads package from Node, which is not supported on Workers

johnwick•5/1/24, 8:23 AM

Oh god!

johnwick•5/1/24, 8:25 AM

I would also like to ask, what other nodejs services does cloudflare have?

Jjohnwick I would also like to ask, what other nodejs services does cloudflare have?

Hello, I’m Allie!•5/1/24, 8:25 AM

These are the packages supported at the moment: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs

Cloudflare Docs

Node.js compatibility · Cloudflare Workers docs

Implemented Node.js runtime APIs and enablement instructions for your Worker project.

Neiki•5/1/24, 9:57 AM

hey i noticed i sometimes get 524 http errors on my worker while requesting another api with the nodejs fetch request, i searched a little and its a "cloudflare timeout error", why does this happen?

and when or is it in sometime possible to use axios instead of fetch?

Bbene2591 hi, if I store assets into cache using the cache api using a worker and purge th...

Rich•5/1/24, 2:31 PM

I've been told it should purge so long as you use caches.defaultcaches.default (rather than caches.opencaches.open) -- however we've been unable to get purging to work sadly.

Pato•5/1/24, 7:05 PM

Hey im getting this error when trying to use a service binding:

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'fetch')
    at handler (index.js:7841:37)
    at async handle (index.js:2287:29)
    at async Object.handle (index.js:2287:29)
    at async jsonError (index.js:7924:12) {
  stack: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (re…287:29)
    at async jsonError (index.js:7924:12),
  message: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'fetch')
}

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'fetch')
    at handler (index.js:7841:37)
    at async handle (index.js:2287:29)
    at async Object.handle (index.js:2287:29)
    at async jsonError (index.js:7924:12) {
  stack: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (re…287:29)
    at async jsonError (index.js:7924:12),
  message: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'fetch')
}

coffee'•5/1/24, 7:32 PM

hi, there is a 50 limit cf worker children requst ，if i can use a worker to trigger the other worker and split my requests

vas•5/1/24, 9:15 PM

Hi, Does changing a worker's Usage model in cloudflare worker dashboard incur downtime or is it only applied to new instances of that worker?

crusaderay•5/1/24, 9:32 PM

Any plans for workers to support 3rd party libs?

Ccrusaderay Any plans for workers to support 3rd party libs?

Cyb3r-Jak3•5/1/24, 9:38 PM

What do you mean? You can use a lot of npm packages with workers

crusaderay•5/1/24, 9:38 PM

Sorry. I mean python

Cyb3r-Jak3•5/1/24, 9:44 PM

I believe so. I know you can't use requirements.txt files yet but can use the built-in packages support. I'm pretty sure they are open to adding a lot more packages but also worth asking in #

python-workers

sathoro•5/1/24, 11:05 PM

we need this in Workers

Ssathoro we need this in Workers 😔

Cyb3r-Jak3•5/1/24, 11:06 PM

I doubt Cloudflare is going to use something that isn't standard. Why would you want to proxy requests in the first place?

CCyb3r-Jak3 I doubt Cloudflare is going to use something that isn't standard. Why would you ...

sathoro•5/1/24, 11:07 PM

there are lots of reasons we do it, but it's a pain. one example is integrating with a third-party service and needing a fixed IP

CCyb3r-Jak3 I doubt Cloudflare is going to use something that isn't standard. Why would you ...

sathoro•5/1/24, 11:08 PM

there's already a cf object on fetch so...

Ssathoro there's already a cf object on fetch so...

Cyb3r-Jak3•5/1/24, 11:10 PM

Fair

sathoro•5/1/24, 11:10 PM

that screenshot is from Bun btw, lots of people are upset they added that

Cyb3r-Jak3•5/1/24, 11:13 PM

Yeah bun is making some interesting choices

Unsmart•5/1/24, 11:46 PM

Bun will be its own thing no point in tripping over what they do

but yeah I don’t really see cloudflare adding that. You can just setup the proxy server you make to accept the options of a request in a post pretty sure that’s at least the normal way of doing proxies

sonpt•5/2/24, 7:39 AM

Hi guys. I want to enable nodejs compat for worker via cloudfare dashboard. But there was no such "function tab" as specified in the doc.

sonpt•5/2/24, 7:46 AM

Ssonpt Hi guys. I want to enable nodejs compat for worker via cloudfare dashboard. But ...

Sam•5/2/24, 7:52 AM

I think you can just add the following to your wrangler.toml file:

compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compact"]

compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compact"]

https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/#enable-nodejs-with-workers

SSam I think you can just add the following to your wrangler.toml file: ```compatibil...

sonpt•5/2/24, 7:56 AM

I created my application using template. There is no wrangler.toml file in the src. Can you suggest how to do it via dashboard?

Ssonpt I created my application using template. There is no wrangler.toml file in the s...

Beny•5/2/24, 7:57 AM

Functions are for Cloudflare Pages projects not for Workers

arbfay•5/2/24, 10:13 AM

The new chart with 1 line per version is so satisfying. Thanks for this!

Ashley•5/2/24, 11:10 AM

Random Q: I think the answer is no, but are there egress charges for Workers? I've been reading https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/cloud/what-are-data-egress-fees/

https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/pricing/ and there's no mention about workers. It focusses on R2, but in the pricing, there's nothing about egress - just requests/CPU etc. so while it doesn't explicitly say, is there anywhere that explicitly says in the docs/website (and Pages too as a bonus!)

Cloudflare Docs

Pricing · Cloudflare Workers docs

Workers plans and pricing information.

AAshley Random Q: I think the answer is no, but are there egress charges for Workers? I'...

Hello, I’m Allie!•5/2/24, 11:12 AM

There are no egress fees, no

Ashley•5/2/24, 11:13 AM

I thought not, it seems weird Cloudflare doesn't shout about it more, and only talks about R2? Like, even just saying "no egress charges" under Workers pricing would make sense

Unless I am just blind. Is it fair to say there are zero egress charges for any Cloudflare developer products?

Ashley•5/2/24, 12:35 PM

CalBoy•5/2/24, 3:39 PM

Is there anywhere to see recent worker releases etc? My worker has started to do weird things with the cache API (things aren't caching as long as I would have expected) and I've not touched that code in some time.

CCalBoy Is there anywhere to see recent worker releases etc? My worker has started to do...

ChaikaOP•5/2/24, 3:42 PM

https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/changelog/

cache API

Assets in cache are evicted based on access frequency, it's possible they changed some internal cache stuff too and I don't think that would be in the Workers change log at all. As long as they being put in cache and serving HITs (the cache api is actually working), then the rest is up to the cache service

CalBoy•5/2/24, 3:55 PM

Short of pinging a ticket into my AM there isn't anyway for me to know if something has changed in the cache service I imagine?

smohian•5/2/24, 5:40 PM

I have an API that I am calling in my worker, which requires my IP address to be whitelisted to access. How would I get the IPv4 address of my worker once it is deployed so the API can be accessed in the worker?

Isaac McFadyen•5/2/24, 5:51 PM

You cannot. Workers run on every machine in the Cloudflare network and so use many different IP addresses.

AD•5/2/24, 6:17 PM

Hi all,

I’m kinda new to JS backends and serverless in general. I’ve recently followed this tutorial (https://youtu.be/H7Qe96fqg1M?si=dtk0DoiFW275Fc20) and had a mostly pleasant experience.

I’m wondering now how would I build a larger backend to power an API with Cloudflare workers. If I wanted to have multiple workers responding to different paths like controller endpoints, what’s the “recommended” way to achieve that? I’m trying to assess feasibility of using this toolchain more deeply in building products and want to make sure I understand its use cases and how to do basic things before I commit too much time to learning it

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Callum•5/2/24, 7:26 PM

Hey all, I am exploring service bindings right now, and the docs state one advantage of service bindings is:

Isolate services from the public Internet. You can deploy a Worker that is not reachable via the public Internet, and can only be reached via an explicit Service binding that another Worker declares.

https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/

However, I can't find any instructions on how to achieve this - my assumption being that this is only true if you use the RPC interface, rather than the HTTP interface. Is that true? and if that is the case, I guess it is less clear to me what the advantage of setting up a service binding for a http interfaced worker. Thanks in advance for the help!

Cloudflare Docs

Service bindings - Runtime APIs · Cloudflare Workers docs

Facilitate Worker-to-Worker communication.