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Cold Start Latency

Cold Start Latency

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The extra delay on the first request when infrastructure spins up from idle — a common cause of slow first responses in voice agents.

The extra delay on the first request when infrastructure spins up from idle — a common cause of slow first responses in voice agents.

Why it matters

The first response sets the tone, and cold starts make it the slowest one. Load tests that ignore cold starts miss the delay your least patient callers actually experience.

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