Improve global upload performance with R2 Local Uploads

Today, we are launching Local Uploads for R2 in open beta. With Local Uploads enabled, object data is automatically written to a storage location close to the client first, then asynchronously copied to where the bucket lives. The data is immediately accessible and stays strongly consistent. Uploads get faster, and data feels global.

For many applications, performance needs to be global. Users uploading media content from different regions, for example, or devices sending logs and telemetry from all around the world. But your data has to live somewhere, and that means uploads from far away have to travel the full distance to reach your bucket.

R2 is object storage built on Cloudflare's global network. Out of the box, it automatically caches object data globally for fast reads anywhere — all while retaining strong consistency and zero egress fees. This happens behind the scenes whether you're using the S3 API, Workers Bindings, or plain HTTP. And now with Local Uploads, both reads and writes can be fast from anywhere in the world.

Try it yourself in this demo to see the benefits of Local Uploads.

Ready to try it? Enable Local Uploads in the Cloudflare Dashboard under your bucket's settings, or Continue reading