Worker startup time

Limit · workers

Reviewed 2026-10-25 · against the official Cloudflare pricing pages listed under Sources

The global scope must finish within 1 second.

Free plan

1 second.

1 second.

What it means

A failed deploy can report `Script startup exceeded CPU time limit` (error 10021). Wrangler writes a CPU profile when that happens.

What it does to a bill

Startup is a limit, not a monthly CPU charge.

Sources