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JoshTriplettlast Wednesday at 2:59 PM2 repliesview on HN

Does Cloud Run still use a fake Linux kernel emulated by Go, rather than a real VM?

Does Cloud Run give you root?


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seabrookmxlast Wednesday at 3:21 PM

You're thinking of gvisor. But no, the "gen2" runtime is a microvm ala firecracker and performs a lot better as a result.

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rpeilast Wednesday at 7:36 PM

We (I work on Cloud Run) are working on root access. If you'd like to know more you can reach me [email protected]

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