# Fewer cold starts, more features in Cloud Functions

DevFeed: [Fewer cold starts, more features in Cloud Functions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/fewer-cold-starts-more-features-in-cloud-functions-16497.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2022/12/cloud-functions-firebase-v2>)

Author: Dmitry Lyalin; Jeff Huleatt

Published: 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Cloud Functions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-functions.md>), [Concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/concurrency.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [cloud-functions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-functions.md>), [concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concurrency.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [launch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/launch.md>), [new-features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/new-features.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/updates.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

The post recaps new Cloud Functions for Firebase capabilities, including the preview of Cloud Functions 2nd gen, reduced cold starts through concurrency, faster deploys, and type-safe configuration.

## Source excerpt

In this post we'll catch you up to the latest new capabilities including less cold starts, faster deploys, and type-safe configuration, all implemented to make it easier to write and deploy faster, safer functions.