ssh to different instances across regions

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I’m trying to SSH into instances that are running on different regions:

Currently I’m using 2 different regions: LHR and MAA

When I run: fly status -c fly.production.toml it shows:

Instances
ID              PROCESS VERSION REGION  DESIRED STATUS  HEALTH CHECKS           RESTARTS        CREATED
c0da1128        app     14      lhr     run     running 1 total, 1 passing      0               2022-10-06T19:57:31Z
3011d928        app     14      maa     run     running 1 total, 1 passing      0               2022-10-06T14:16:37Z

trying to access using:
fly ssh console --app <appname> --region lhr

and run env I can see FLY_REGION=lhr

but when I do

fly ssh console --app <appname> --region maa

I still get FLY_REGION=lhr

How do I know that I’m inside the correct instance?
I’m I running the wrong command? or does it look like --region is not doing anything?

docs flyctl ssh console · Fly Docs

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Hi @narven

It does not look like --region has ever worked as expected for this command. Try using --select then choose the instance.

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