Introducing global replica credentials

PlanetScale has introduced global replica credentials that automatically route reads to the closest replica from anywhere on the planet. This feature simplifies utilizing extra compute by creating a single password dedicated for replica use, which automatically load-balances across replicas in a region. The underlying architecture, PlanetScale Global Network, manages this without requiring users to reconnect and seamlessly routes to the read-only region with the lowest latency even as new regions are added or removed.