Ensuring control plane data availability and consistency across multiple regions is crucial for high availability and disaster recovery in today's globalized world. However, implementing seamless cross-region data replication in Kubernetes environments comes with its own set of challenges. This lightning talk will explore the common pitfalls encountered when setting up cross-region replication and share valuable lessons learned from real-world experiences. Attendees will gain insights into overcoming hurdles such as network latency, data consistency, and failover scenarios to build more resilient and scalable cloud-native orchestration.