Help needed: Ultra-slow DB writes on external connection

[BurgundyDev]

Hi all!

As my server is behind a CGNAT, I have to pass all my traffic through cloudflare tunnels rather than exposing them directly.

What I figured is that the admin interface is particularly unusable when accessed via the domain name rather than directly. Once a change is made - a user/flow/stage is created or edited, something stalls for a very long time before a proper write to the database is made - on the scale of tens of minutes. At least that's the assumption of what happens, as the change is not visible, not even after refreshing the table/cleaning cache/refreshing the page.

The same problem doesn't happen when accessing the admin portal on a local connection.

I'd appreciate any kind of help with debugging this. Much obliged.

[Marcus1Pierce]

If the issue is related to caching, one possible step would be to configure a rule in Cloudflare to bypass cache specifically for the authentik domain. Also, don’t forget to purge the existing cache first before testing again, so you can be sure the changes take effect.