Cloudflared --region us versus default global

What is the name of the domain?

sdr.vk2.net

What is the issue you’re encountering

Poor performance with no “–region us” directive

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

Add “–region us” to cloudflared

What are the steps to reproduce the issue?

I have a server located in Australia and accessed from the UK that sends streaming audio.

When I directly connect I get a latency of X
When I connect via cloudflared with no “–region” directive, I get a latency of X then after about 20 seconds it becomes X+200ms
When I add “–region us” then I get back to a latency of X

Something is happening with the global directive that induces a delay that is more than “–region us” — keeping in mind that the server is in Australia and the client is in the UK.

Any reason for this?

The other settings on cloudflared are pretty vanilla.

Several undersea cables between EU and AU have been cut causing all kinds of problems.