Scenario
Round-trip latencies for chained requests getSlot and getBlock(slot) with start-to-start throttling of (at least) 1100 ms for every request.
Also, slot number consistency with block availability and block age. The block propagation comparison is conservative and latency-agnostic.
Of the possible 31 regions, 2 were selected for data collection: Columbus, OH and Frankfurt.
Each location probe breaks its processing loop if / when the endpoint response is too-many-requests, a.k.a. HTTP code 429 etc. Also, codes 401 and 403.
At the time of the report generation: 4 of 4 datasets were available from 2 selected regions x 2 endpoints.
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Findings
| Endpoint | Lagging | Unique | Lowest | Arrival Tms | Arrival Region | Highest | Arrival Tms | Arrival Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. eu.Fluxrpc.com | 0 | 19 | 421,421,701 | 1,779,454,176,857 | Frankfurt / AWS | 421,421,772 | 1,779,454,205,614 | Columbus, OH / AWS |
| B. solana-rpc.Rpcfast.com | 220 | 17 | 421,421,669 | 1,779,454,176,861 | Frankfurt / AWS | 421,421,741 | 1,779,454,205,617 | Columbus, OH / AWS |
We detected 220 responses whose sendTms, arrivalTms and number were such that we can state the endpoint was lagging in the respective region.
E.g. on arrivalTms=1,779,454,178,250 in Columbus, OH / AWS, we received number 421,421,701 from A. eu.Fluxrpc.com. Afterwards, on sendTms=1,779,454,180,170 we dispatched a request to B. solana-rpc.Rpcfast.com, which returned lower number 421,421,675 at arrivalTms=1,779,454,180,596. Therefore, B. solana-rpc.Rpcfast.com was lagging because it was returning lower number 421,421,675 well after A. eu.Fluxrpc.com advanced to 421,421,701.
Details
Latencies exclude one warmup request per endpoint in each region. Additional columns are visible when you scroll to the right.