After Angular SSR Implementation, Firebase Read Counts Have Increased Dramatically

The situation: Compared to csr, daily usage increases by 10–20 times, and this spike is observed as soon as SSR is enabled with Firebase.

Some facts about our setup:

• We use Azure, Cloudflare, and Firebase in our tech stack.
• The app is stable; I verified this using ApplicationRef.
• The counts of direct API requests to the data server are as expected.
• However, when we use Cloudflare, the API requests increase 3–4 times, even though this behavior is consistent for both CSR and SSR.
• I have even researched similar problems on the web for non-Angular tech stack but could not find anything applicable or helpful.

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