Is smart placement not recommended for applications with globally spread databases? e.g. traffic in

Is smart placement not recommended for applications with globally spread databases?

e.g. traffic in Chicago convinces smart placement that ORD is the optimal colo to complete requests in, as there is a DB in Chicago awaiting writes...

Will traffic from California, be routed through the ORD worker?... considering there will also be a closer DB within California they will (by design) have to hit anyway

Or will smart placement eventually learn that California and Chicago traffic has to be specifically ran in different colos

jordan•2/21/25, 10:35 AM

is this (recreating my favorite parts of Firestore in DO) super dumb or potentially something worth exploring? i can't tell.. https://github.com/acoyfellow/blaze

if we think of a DO like a single "document"... is that crazy to think it's like a document with superpowers? what if a firestore document itself was a little server?

jordan•2/21/25, 10:35 AM

i want someone to tell me why this is idiotic to push futher lol

Jjordan is this (recreating my favorite parts of Firestore in DO) super dumb or potentia...

Hello, I’m Allie!•2/21/25, 10:38 AM

The biggest issue is scaling. Each Durable Object is single-threaded, which can limit the amount of tasks it can complete in a given amount of time. This is fine if the app is architected to spread load out across multiple documents, but becomes less ideal in the event that a developer attempts to use a single document to track global state

HHello, I’m Allie!The biggest issue is scaling. Each Durable Object is single-threaded, which can ...

jordan•2/21/25, 10:40 AM

that makes sense.. i was thinking about a global state being somewhere else, maybe not in a single DO (d1?) that then the DO's can sync to

Jjordan that makes sense.. i was thinking about a global state being somewhere else, may...

Hello, I’m Allie!•2/21/25, 10:40 AM

Yeah, that could work. You would just then need to highlight this to developers building on your system, who may not explicitly know about it

jordan•2/21/25, 10:44 AM

For sure. At this point it's much more of an exploration of architecture for some side projects / consulting gigs.

Ggruntlord6 I'd recommend using the astro starter for cf to get a feel for it, initially we ...

Yongkie•2/21/25, 11:13 AM

Thanks @gruntlord6 I'll try it

Tarunjot Singh•2/21/25, 11:17 AM

Hi Community,

I am facing an issue that my waf has been detecting a lot of traffic coming from IP that are actually Cloudflare IPs and I think this is because of the CDN. I want to know the details about it - what these IPs are exactly?, what is being done? and what should I do so that waf does not generate the alerts for this?

TTarunjot Singh Hi Community, I am facing an issue that my waf has been detecting a lot of traf...

Isaac McFadyen•2/21/25, 12:14 PM

This is likely users on Cloudflare WARP, which is Cloudflare's VPN-like service.

Isaac McFadyen•2/21/25, 12:15 PM

We'd need to know more details about which rule is triggering to know why they're being blocked.

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Isaac McFadyen•2/21/25, 1:02 PM

Sites where you sign up to get money are absolutely scams, I'm afraid to say.

Isaac McFadyen•2/21/25, 1:03 PM

Unless you're actually doing work for the money then there's no reason they'd just give you money for free.

Anton•2/21/25, 1:03 PM

IIsaac McFadyen Sites where you sign up to get money are absolutely scams, I'm afraid to say.

Anton•2/21/25, 1:08 PM

but I have to work to withdraw money

Anton•2/21/25, 1:09 PM

have to earn giftcard or survey

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o7OP•2/21/25, 2:17 PM

bump

D5•2/21/25, 2:37 PM

Are those drops in the Cloudflare radar chart normal?
Are they accurate?

DD5 Are those drops in the Cloudflare radar chart normal? Are they accurate?

Isaac McFadyen•2/21/25, 2:49 PM

Given that's at 3AM I would expect so, yeah.

Isaac McFadyen•2/21/25, 2:49 PM

If you see the dotted line that's the previous week

Chaika•2/21/25, 2:49 PM

you can see the previous week trend line doesn't seem to deviate

Isaac McFadyen•2/21/25, 2:50 PM

So the fact that it lines up means it's expected

IIsaac McFadyen Given that's at 3AM I would expect so, yeah.

D5•2/21/25, 3:02 PM

But the left one went from almost max to min :NotLikeThis:

DD5 But the left one went from almost max to min :NotLikeThis:

Isaac McFadyen•2/21/25, 3:10 PM

I expect it just looks like that because:

There are a lot of users
Most of those users are in a few numbers of region/time zone, so at 3AM all those users aren't on the site.

IIsaac McFadyen I expect it just looks like that because: 1. There are a lot of users 2. Most of...

D5•2/21/25, 3:17 PM

I thought it was due to routing issues because I can't find any logic that the entire country traffic goes suddenly down more than a 60%

D5•2/21/25, 3:19 PM

Well, not routing issues but random potential blockings

Isaac McFadyen•2/21/25, 3:27 PM

Doubtful unless the routing issues occur at the same time every week consistently

Isaac McFadyen•2/21/25, 3:28 PM

Possible but unlikely.

D5•2/21/25, 3:29 PM

It's not happening all week I think

Mozzy•2/21/25, 4:14 PM

I stopped receving these monthly emails? How can I subscribe again? I don't see this as a type under the Notifications area

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D5•2/21/25, 5:31 PM

Big drops

MMozzy I stopped receving these monthly emails? How can I subscribe again? I don't see ...

D5•2/21/25, 5:32 PM

Only 700firewall events?

D5•2/21/25, 5:32 PM

Never got any similar email

Mozzy•2/21/25, 6:44 PM

I miss them

MMozzy I stopped receving these monthly emails? How can I subscribe again? I don't see ...

asuffield•2/21/25, 9:37 PM

I'm not certain which one that email is on, but try "Web Analytics" under notifications

Aasuffield I'm not certain which one that email is on, but try "Web Analytics" under notifi...

Mozzy•2/21/25, 9:40 PM

Web Analytics is this:

asuffield•2/21/25, 9:40 PM

okay, different email. oh well

FFriday Candour Hello team, can I use total tsl for my deep sub domain structure for free?

Laudian•2/21/25, 11:45 PM

No, Total TLS is not free. It requires the Advanced Certificate Manager addon.

FFriday Candour Is there a way to get around sll certificate for 2 level subdomain without much ...

Laudian•2/21/25, 11:47 PM

Change your DNS record to DNS-Only and use a free certificate on your server.

FFriday Candour Just did that on a cname record to fly.io application but I get ERR_CONNECTION...

valkyrie_pilot•2/22/25, 2:37 AM

you need to provision a fly SSL cert for that to work

chickahoona•2/22/25, 7:37 AM

Hi, I know CF doesn't have any bandwidth limits on the free plan. But I was wondering if I should upgrade from Free to Pro as I have customers complaining there about slow bandwidth throughput. Is there a chance that the upgrade routes the traffic "better" or the traffic is being "prioritized" during rush hours if I upgrade to Pro?

chickahoona•2/22/25, 7:39 AM

I know network latency / routing / bandwidth problems are hard to troubleshoot. So I'd be happy if someone with some background knwoledge could give me an "educated guess" if the plan adjustment has any influence of Cloudflare network performance

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Mozzy•2/22/25, 10:15 AM

That is the image I posted which isn't the correct email type

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Erisa•2/22/25, 3:05 PM

yep, this

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