Latency computation and judging when to fire

Alongside the chronological result points, the dashboard exposes the engine's latency computation. Latency — the round-trip delay between your engine and the registry — is the deciding factor in competitive drops, because a create command has to arrive at exactly the right instant.

The dashboard puts this figure in front of you so you can tune your timing to the current conditions of your catching node. If latency is higher than usual, you know to adjust; if it is low and stable, you can fire tighter. Surfacing latency in the web interface turns a piece of engine internals into something you can actually act on when deciding the moment to send EPP creates.