This document discusses issues with running OpenStack in a multi-region mode and proposes Tricircle as a solution. It notes that in a multi-region OpenStack deployment, each region runs independently with separate instances of services like Nova, Cinder, Neutron, etc. Tricircle aims to integrate multiple OpenStack regions into a unified cloud by acting as a central API gateway and providing global views and replication of resources, tenants, and metering data across regions. It discusses how Tricircle could address issues around networking, quotas, resource utilization monitoring and more in a multi-region OpenStack deployment.