How we cut CDN metadata lookup latency by 91%
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Summary
Vercel reduced CDN metadata lookup latency by 91%, according to a company post describing how its CDN handles over 80 million routing instructions per second.
Key facts
- Vercel cut CDN metadata lookup latency by 91%.
- The CDN executes over 80 million routing instructions per second on average.
- Metadata lookups determine which paths exist and how to serve them.
- Uncached metadata must be fetched before the CDN can serve a request.
Why it matters
Faster metadata lookups mean requests reach content sooner, so teams serving sites through Vercel may see lower latency without changing their own code.
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- VercelOfficial · PrimaryHow we cut CDN metadata lookup latency by 91% · By Tim CaswellRead at Vercel