I'm curious about the impact of using cloudflared (formerly known as Argo Tunnel) on page load times. I couldn't find a straightforward answer regarding whether it helps reduce latency or if it's unrelated to load times. Can anyone clarify this for me?
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I don’t think cloudflared is directly related. Think of CloudFlare more like a CDN without any stored content. It routes client requests, but if the CDN doesn’t have the content, it fetches it from the backend. This might not inherently speed up the process since Cloudflared is more about creating a secure tunnel. Sometimes you still have to manage things like open server ports for web traffic anyway!
Yeah, but you also have to remember that there’s inherent latency in the tunnel itself.
If you're lucky, using cloudflared could reduce your page load times by about 15-20 milliseconds, but that might fluctuate after that. It's definitely something to consider!
A reduction of 20ms could really make a difference, that's significant!
I think the link provided might not be quite right, since tunneling isn't the main method for web socket traffic. Plus, many of the faster loading tools out there seem to be paid options.
Isn’t one of the benefits that it keeps the connection open? That should help with reducing the number of roundtrips to the server, right?