A single chat request might involve one network round trip. A single agent task can involve fifty: model calls, tool calls, database queries and file reads. Small delays multiply fast.

The maths of agent latency

If each round trip adds 120 ms because your sandbox sits on another continent, a 50-step task loses six seconds to the network alone. Across thousands of tasks a day, that's hours of wasted compute and slower answers for your users.

Run near your agents

Codexa runs sandboxes in 14 regions across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. You can pin a project to a region for data residency, or let us place each sandbox automatically based on where requests come from.

Tips for lower latency

• Keep your database and your sandboxes in the same region.

• Cache model weights and large files in Volumes instead of downloading them per task.

• Batch small tool calls where your agent framework allows it.

• Use streaming so users see progress immediately.

Latency is rarely the first thing teams optimise, but it's often the cheapest win. Check your project's region settings today.