{"title":"Cold Start Latency: First-Turn Optimization","region":"Global","category":"Operations","description":"Minimizing initialization lag in serverless agent environments.","lastUpdated":"2026-02-23","steps":["Pre-warm agent runtimes using 'Scheduled Pings'.","Externalize large dependency loads into persistent layers.","Implement 'Streaming-First' response architectures.","Use edge-based runtime environments (e.g., Vercel Edge, Cloudflare Workers).","Cache system prompt embeddings to skip redundant pre-processing."],"url":"https://checklist.day/cold-start-latency-first-turn-optimization"}