Global Speed Checker

Check HTTP endpoint performance from 28 regions worldwide.

When to Use

• “check the speed of https://openstatus.dev“
• “test https://openstatus.dev globally”
• “how fast is my API from different regions”

Workflow

1. Parse Request

Extract from user’s message:

• URL (required)
• Method (optional, default: GET)
• Headers (optional)
• Body (optional)

2. Make API Call

curl -s -L -X POST "https://openstatus.dev/play/checker/api?compact=true" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com","method":"GET"}'

The response contains newline-delimited JSON. Each line is a region result. Final line is the check ID.

Note: The compact=true parameter reduces response size by removing headers/body and returning calculated timing phases.

3. Process and Display Results

Parse the response (newline-delimited JSON) and create a markdown table sorted by latency (fastest first):

• Columns: Region | Latency | Status | DNS | Connection | TLS | TTFB | Transfer
• Region: Map code to name using the Read tool to load references/regions-detailed.md (e.g., fra → “Frankfurt (Fly) 🇩🇪”)
• Timing phases: In compact mode, timing phases are pre-calculated in the response (dns, connection, tls, ttfb, transfer). Otherwise, calculate from raw timing object (e.g., DNS = dnsDone - dnsStart)
• Sorting: Sort the parsed results array by latency value before rendering the table

4. Add Summary

**Fastest**: [region] ([latency]) • **Slowest**: [region] ([latency]) • **Average**: [avg]ms • **Success rate**: [x/y] ([%])

[View and share results](https://openstatus.dev/play/checker/[check-id])

Then ask: Would you like to see detailed insights or structured JSON data?

5. Optional: Insights (if requested)

Analyze results (3-5 observations):

• Status codes, regional gaps, TLS/TTFB/DNS performance
• See references/insights-generation-guide.md

6. Optional: JSON Export (if requested)

Provide complete results as structured JSON.

Region Mapping

Common codes:

• fra → Frankfurt (Fly) 🇩🇪
• iad → Virginia (Fly) 🇺🇸
• sin → Singapore (Fly) 🇸🇬
• lhr → London (Fly) 🇬🇧
• koyeb_fra → Frankfurt (Koyeb) 🇩🇪
• railway_us-west2 → California (Railway) 🇺🇸

Full list: references/regions-detailed.md

Error Handling

Rate Limit (429): Show limit, remaining, reset time

Invalid Request (400): Show error message and details from response

No Client IP (400): Explain VPN/proxy may cause this

Reference Files

• regions-detailed.md – Complete region mapping
• timing-phases.md – Timing explanations and optimization
• insights-generation-guide.md – Insight patterns
• performance-benchmarks.md – Expected performance ranges
• common-issues.md – Troubleshooting guide

Notes

• Tests from 28 regions (Fly.io, Koyeb, Railway)
• Takes ~2-5 seconds
• Rate limit: 5 requests per 60 seconds
• Results cached for 7 days