High latency for geographically distributed database queries from Workers
6/10 MediumWhen Workers execute multiple database queries, each request must traverse globally (e.g., Australia to Europe repeatedly), combined with per-request connection establishment, resulting in significant latency penalties.
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In short, it becomes quite slow — especially if you're executing multiple queries within a single request. That's because each query will need to go from say Australia to Europe every single time, and additionally, you'll need to connect to the database each time a Worker is spun up, which is quite often each time a new request comes in as Workers don't typically hang around for long.
Created: 4/8/2026Updated: 4/8/2026