# Runtime **`class Runtime(config)`** Bases: [`BatchedStep`](../technical/libnlp/steps/standard.md#squirro.lib.nlp.steps.batched_step.BatchedStep) The [`Runtime`](#squirro.lib.nlp.steps.runtimes.Runtime) step executes inference on a particular runtime. Parameters - `step` ([`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)) – runtime - `type` ([`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)) – Type of [`Runtime`](#squirro.lib.nlp.steps.runtimes.Runtime)