Requests are not routed through nearest edge servers

[saumil.y.shah]

Hi Team,

We are accessing application from India location. Though there are many edge servers in India location, our requests are served from Europe and UK regions mostly. Due to which, we are seeing requests taking more time than usual. Can anyone help why it is happening so?

[sdayman]

I suspect that the India edge servers are very busy, so higher-tiered plans here have priority and free plans are frequently re-routed. It can also be due to the following:

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[saumil.y.shah]

Thanks for prompt response. If we upgrade our plan to cloudflare pro, can we say that our requests will be routed through datacenters in India.

[sdayman]

If you’re in India, give this test a try:
https://cloudflare-test.judge.sh/

[saumil.y.shah]

It seems only enterprise customers are routed from India Datacenters. Please refer screenshot.