AJAX query weird delay between DNS lookup and initial connection on Chrome but not FF, what is it?

Question

I have an AJAX query on my client that passes two parameters to a server:

var url = window.location.origin + \"/instanceStats\"            
$.getJSON(url, { \'un         


        

Answer 1

I've run into this also. It only seems to happen when using localhost. If you use 127.0.0.1 (or even the computer name), it will not have the extra delay.