Enabling Proxy in DNS makes website slow, as soon as I remove proxy it's again become super fast
I have this website, which in some random times, does run, I mean it task 20 point something seconds for any request I make, either API or frontend page, but sometimes it works fine, as takes normal 1 seconds for any request. but when i disable the dns proxy, its again become super fast, I don't know what the issue is? please help and let me know if any more details are required?
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Hi!! We're experiencing the same issue, any idea what could be happening?
Our site is hosted on Heroku and without proxy it's fast again.
With the proxy some requests take a long time, even the favicon (which is takes more than 30 seconds with proxy enabled.
Hi!
I just joined the server because I was having the same issue. Some resources in my site began throwing 522 errors since Friday (randomly), but I didn't change anything.
Also heroku with clouflare. I've just changed Proxy status to dns only, but does not work yet.. will update tomorrow.
Worked!
@Popeyeeeeee thanks for writing. Unfortunately setting to DNS only has may have consequences, so I'm not sure that is a proper fix (it's just disabling the proxy):
In addition to potentially exposing your origin IP addresses to bad actors and DDoS attacks ↗, leaving your records as DNS-only means that Cloudflare cannot optimize, cache, and protect requests to your application or provide analytics on those requests.https://arc.net/folder/BCA52EED-251B-4EB2-8C5B-0E0777AF0858
I have an enterprise plan, I talked to their support team, all he said is that the issue is from my hosting server and not from cloudfare. Such a weird response.
Just to give visibility in both posts: https://discord.com/channels/595317990191398933/1316341527181525032
Yes, considering that when disabling the proxy everything is fine (which hints that is fine on the end server).
also when I enable VPN and proxy's onn, it works fine, fast again
I made some research on the matter: https://community.cloudflare.com/t/enabling-proxying-in-dns-settings-causes-random-20-60-s-delays-in-requests/746307/3?u=tommi.gustafsson
If VPN helps, the problem is probably related to a specifc Cloudflare server.
Can confirm that switching the location (like physically visiting another city), resolves the problem. I guess it is related to that the connection uses another Cloudflare server.
Of course, the problem reappears when you return to the original city.