Python function bundles now include precompiled bytecode
UpdateVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026
Vercel now compiles Python functions to bytecode at build time. In our benchmarks, cold starts for the median-sized function dropped from 2.8s to 1.3s . Cold starts are already rare in practice.
Topics: Pricing, Performance
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