Cloudflare Measures Origin TLS Preferences, Cutting Handshake Retries from 52% to 3.7%

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Cloudflare has replaced its static X25519 guess for origin TLS handshakes with per-origin measurement. HelloRetryRequests on scanned origins fell from roughly 52% to 3.7%, removing over 150 ms from p90 latency. Post-quantum connections completing in one round trip rose from 0% to 99.2%, though only 12.8% of origins support it. By Steef-Jan Wiggers