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Runtime resources and outbound networking

An Acurast processor is a phone running your time-boxed job in secure hardware. Resource declarations bound what the workload asks Liskov to schedule; they are not a promise that every device or external service has identical performance.

Declare resources​

{
  "runtime": {
    "engine": "nodejs",
    "command": "node app.cjs",
    "requiredModules": ["network"],
    "resources": {
      "memoryMiB": 256,
      "storageMiB": 256,
      "networkRequestQuota": 1000
    }
  }
}
  • memoryMiB is the requested memory boundary.
  • storageMiB is ephemeral local storage for this job.
  • networkRequestQuota bounds outbound requests under the Acurast runtime.
  • requiredModules declares capabilities such as network.

Explicit zero is preserved; it is not treated as “unset.” Start with measured needs and leave headroom for the Node.js runtime and SDK. Publication or launch may reject values outside the enabled capability or organization entitlement.

Outbound, not inbound​

The public v1 repository path can call allowlisted public endpoints over outbound networking. It does not receive a stable public IP, custom hostname, Liskov HTTP endpoint, or Liskov SSH endpoint. Processor identity and assignment can change at renewal.

If an external API allowlists domains or enforces rate limits, include those facts in your readiness test. Store durable results outside the processor, and retry network operations with bounded backoff and idempotency.

A curated offering may use an Acurast service such as Tunnel. That is an offering-specific Acurast boundary, not general Liskov ingress.

Verify​

Test the final bundle under the declared memory and storage assumptions. After deployment, inspect runtime diagnostics for resource or network blockers and verify one harmless request to each required external service. A successful processor assignment alone does not prove network readiness.

See Capabilities and limits before relying on a module or resource value not shown in the supported starter manifest.