Why Durable Objects Still Run Old Code for 5 Minutes After Deploy
From 2026-10-30, Cloudflare Durable Objects use deferred code updates by default: an active object can keep running its current code for up to 300 seconds (5 minutes) while waiting to hibernate. immediate fits when a reset is better than waiting. deferred is best effort—it does not guarantee every in-flight operation finishes or that the full max_delay runs. We haven't tested every Worker/Durable Object deploy path. For reference only.
