# AN-2026-0560: Cloudflare Workers "Script startup exceeded memory limit" (validation 10021): the top-level scope allocates more than 128 MB

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- id: AN-2026-0560 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0560/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/errors/#:~:text=Script%20startup%20exceeded%20memory%20limit>
- services: cloudflare-workers, cloudflare-wrangler
- severity: medium
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. Cloudflare Workers docs (Validation Errors 10021): Script startup exceeded memory limit means work in the top-level scope of the Worker allocates more than the memory limit (128 MB).  [✓0 ✗0]
1. Validation (10021) covers errors while Cloudflare loads and runs the top-level scope at deploy time, before any handler is invoked.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Move large allocations (parsing big JSON, building indexes) out of module scope into the handler (lazily, once per isolate) or into KV/R2/D1, and trim large bundled data.
```

## Error signatures
- substring: `Script startup exceeded memory limit`

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## History
- v1 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28