Break the ceiling of internal productivity with a fast, global filesystem
Jacky Koh
Relevance AI
As software shifts toward autonomous, long-running agentic systems, traditional stateless serverless architectures are reaching their limits. Modern engineering requires a new default: a persistent, low-latency, colocated state. Join Ashley Peacock, Senior Engineer on the Durable Objects team at Cloudflare, for a practical look at building production-grade, resilient agents on stateful edge infrastructure. Learn how to architect impenetrable systems by taking advantage of recent platform-level enhancements, including built-in platform-driven retries and failure recovery, graceful code deployments that protect long-lived running states, and recent updates to Durable Object lifecycle management. Plus, get an inside look at what’s coming next as we continue to evolve and expand the Durable Objects platform.
Jacky Koh
Relevance AI
Fabian Hedin
Lovable
Matthew Conroy
Cloudflare
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title: "Why modern software engineering needs Durable Objects"
url: "https://www.cloudflare.com/connect/2026/session/why-modern-software-engineering-needs-durable-objects"
year: 2026
---
# Why modern software engineering needs Durable Objects
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## Session details
- **Track:** Agent Cloud
- **Topics:** Programmable Platforms
- **Solution areas:** Developer Platform
## About this session
As software shifts toward autonomous, long-running agentic systems, traditional stateless serverless architectures are reaching their limits. Modern engineering requires a new default: a persistent, low-latency, colocated state. Join Ashley Peacock, Senior Engineer on the Durable Objects team at Cloudflare, for a practical look at building production-grade, resilient agents on stateful edge infrastructure. Learn how to architect impenetrable systems by taking advantage of recent platform-level enhancements, including built-in platform-driven retries and failure recovery, graceful code deployments that protect long-lived running states, and recent updates to Durable Object lifecycle management. Plus, get an inside look at what’s coming next as we continue to evolve and expand the Durable Objects platform.
## Speakers
- [Ashley Peacock](https://www.cloudflare.com/connect/speakers/2421223) — Senior Software Engineer, Cloudflare
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