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Sub-second cold starts for stateful microVMs

Snapshot-restore beats boot every time. How we cut P50 wake-up to 80ms.

PRPriya Rao·APR 09, 2026·9 MIN READ·Engineering
SBX-01C4SBX-01E3SBX-0202SBX-0221SBX-0240SBX-025FSBX-027ESBX-029DSBX-02BCSBX-02DBSBX-02FASBX-0319SBX-0338SBX-0357SBX-0376[ RUNTIME: ACTIVE ] P50 2.45S · P99 4.12S · 5M/PROJECT

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Snapshot-restore beats boot every time. How we cut P50 wake-up to 80ms.

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