Unsupport API Traffic Issues (OpenAI has detected traffic from unsupported regions)

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I have an app running with Cloudflare Worker as well. When requests come from China etc., “edge” code will run in Cloudflare’s China datacenter.

Eventually I set up firewall rules on Cloudflare to whitelist only those supported regions:

This time OpenAI did a poor job in communication. A lot of guesswork to do from us.

Identifying API Keys with Traffic from Unsupported Regions

Finally, after some waiting and communication, the customer support team revealed the issue: OpenAI detected that a portion of our traffic (likely ~5%) from our Cloudflare Worker app originated from China, Hong Kong, and Macau before June 2, 2024. [Screenshot 2024-06-25 at 9.23.20 AM] Lessons learned: If you plan to use OpenAI’s API key in Cloudflare Worker or other edge computing products, make sure to whitelist traffic only from regions supported by OpenAI. You can find the supported count…