What are the limitations of using Cloudflare Workers for DDoS protection, and when might other solutions be necessary?

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What are the limitations of using Cloudflare Workers for DDoS protection, and when might other solutions be necessary?
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Workers have resource limits (CPU time, memory). Extremely large-scale DDoS attacks might overwhelm these limits. For very high-volume attacks, relying solely on Workers might not be sufficient. In such cases, combining Workers with Cloudflare's core DDoS protection services and potentially external DDoS mitigation providers is recommended.