CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythongoogle-app-engine
user187676
user187676

Reputation:

Google AppEngine startup times

I've already read how to avoid slow ("cold") startup times on AppEngine, and implemented the solution from the cookbook using 10 second polls, but it doesn't seem to help a lot.

I use the Python runtime, and have installed several handlers to handle my requests, none of them doing something particularly time consuming (mostly just a DB fetch).

Although the Hot Handler is active, I experience slow load times (up to 15 seconds or more per handler) and the log shows frequently the This request caused a new process to be started for your application, and thus caused your application code to be loaded for the first time ... message after the app was IDLE for a while.

This is very odd. Do I have to fetch each URL separately in the Hot Handler?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 843

Answers (1)

JB Nizet
JB Nizet

Reputation: 691635

The "appropriate" way of avoiding slow too many slow startup times is to use the "always on" option. Of course, this is not a free option ($0.30 per day).

Upvotes: 5

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