[DO] Document Durable Object shutdown hook - #32877
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@iglesiasbrandon We should also think about how new handler is reflected in observability like tracing. Same as a span for DO constructor I would want a span if preShutdown runs
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Do we ever plan to support this? Or longer runtime drain period is the answer here?
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its something we are considering
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Summary
Documents the Beta Durable Objects
[shutdown](info)hook using theshutdownwell-known symbol exported fromcloudflare:workers.Adds the API contract, lifecycle behavior, best-practice checkpointing guidance, RPC behavior, and tracing span attributes for shutdown invocations.
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