diff --git a/api/insights/client.go b/api/insights/client.go
index f74f48b9..93bfe5f7 100644
--- a/api/insights/client.go
+++ b/api/insights/client.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func NewClient(appID, apiKey string, region algoliaInsights.Region) (*Client, er
 			ApiKey:    apiKey,
 			UserAgent: userAgent,
 		},
+		Region: region,
 	}
 	client, err := algoliaInsights.NewClientWithConfig(clientConfig)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/api/insights/client_test.go b/api/insights/client_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2736086c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/insights/client_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package insights
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	algoliaInsights "github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-client-go/v4/algolia/insights"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestNewClientSetsRequestedRegion(t *testing.T) {
+	client, err := NewClient("test-app-id", "test-api-key", algoliaInsights.DE)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	cfg := client.GetConfiguration()
+	require.Equal(t, algoliaInsights.DE, cfg.Region)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, cfg.Hosts)
+
+	host := reflect.ValueOf(cfg.Hosts[0]).FieldByName("host").String()
+	require.Equal(t, "insights.de.algolia.io", host)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/events/tail/tail.go b/pkg/cmd/events/tail/tail.go
index 64053ab0..98836d2c 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/events/tail/tail.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/events/tail/tail.go
@@ -113,10 +113,15 @@ func runTailCmd(opts *TailOptions) error {
 		fmt.Fprint(opts.IO.Out, "\nWaiting for events... Press Ctrl+C to stop.\n")
 	}
 
-	c := time.Tick(Interval)
-	for t := range c {
-		utc := t.UTC()
-		events, err := client.GetEvents(utc.Add(-1*time.Second), utc, 1000)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(Interval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	windowStart := time.Now().UTC().Add(-Interval)
+	seenRequestIDs := map[string]time.Time{}
+
+	for {
+		windowEnd := time.Now().UTC()
+		events, err := client.GetEvents(windowStart, windowEnd, 1000)
 		if err != nil {
 			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "The log processing region does not match") {
 				cs := opts.IO.ColorScheme()
@@ -127,9 +132,12 @@ func runTailCmd(opts *TailOptions) error {
 				`, cs.FailureIcon(), opts.Region)
 				return errors.New(errDetails)
 			}
+
+			return err
 		}
 
-		for _, event := range events.Events {
+		pruneSeenRequestIDs(seenRequestIDs, windowStart.Add(-Interval))
+		for _, event := range unseenEvents(events.Events, seenRequestIDs, windowEnd) {
 			if p != nil {
 				if err := p.Print(opts.IO, event); err != nil {
 					return err
@@ -140,9 +148,35 @@ func runTailCmd(opts *TailOptions) error {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+		windowStart = windowEnd.Add(-Interval)
+		<-ticker.C
 	}
+}
 
-	return nil
+func unseenEvents(events []insights.EventWrapper, seenRequestIDs map[string]time.Time, seenAt time.Time) []insights.EventWrapper {
+	freshEvents := make([]insights.EventWrapper, 0, len(events))
+	for _, event := range events {
+		requestID := event.RequestID
+		if requestID != "" {
+			if _, ok := seenRequestIDs[requestID]; ok {
+				continue
+			}
+			seenRequestIDs[requestID] = seenAt
+		}
+
+		freshEvents = append(freshEvents, event)
+	}
+
+	return freshEvents
+}
+
+func pruneSeenRequestIDs(seenRequestIDs map[string]time.Time, cutoff time.Time) {
+	for requestID, timestamp := range seenRequestIDs {
+		if timestamp.Before(cutoff) {
+			delete(seenRequestIDs, requestID)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func printEvent(io *iostreams.IOStreams, event insights.EventWrapper) error {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/events/tail/tail_test.go b/pkg/cmd/events/tail/tail_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..333a511b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/events/tail/tail_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package tail
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/algolia/cli/api/insights"
+)
+
+func TestUnseenEventsSkipsDuplicateRequestIDs(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	seenAt := now.Add(10 * time.Second)
+	seenRequestIDs := map[string]time.Time{}
+	events := []insights.EventWrapper{
+		{
+			RequestID: "req-1",
+			Event: insights.Event{
+				EventName: "first",
+				Timestamp: insights.Timestamp{Time: now},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			RequestID: "req-1",
+			Event: insights.Event{
+				EventName: "duplicate",
+				Timestamp: insights.Timestamp{Time: now.Add(time.Second)},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			RequestID: "req-2",
+			Event: insights.Event{
+				EventName: "second",
+				Timestamp: insights.Timestamp{Time: now.Add(2 * time.Second)},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	freshEvents := unseenEvents(events, seenRequestIDs, seenAt)
+
+	require.Len(t, freshEvents, 2)
+	require.Equal(t, "first", freshEvents[0].Event.EventName)
+	require.Equal(t, "second", freshEvents[1].Event.EventName)
+	require.Equal(t, seenAt, seenRequestIDs["req-1"])
+	require.Equal(t, seenAt, seenRequestIDs["req-2"])
+}
+
+func TestUnseenEventsKeepsEventsWithoutRequestID(t *testing.T) {
+	seenAt := time.Now().UTC()
+	freshEvents := unseenEvents([]insights.EventWrapper{
+		{Event: insights.Event{EventName: "first"}},
+		{Event: insights.Event{EventName: "second"}},
+	}, map[string]time.Time{}, seenAt)
+
+	require.Len(t, freshEvents, 2)
+}
+
+func TestPruneSeenRequestIDsRemovesOldEntries(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	seenRequestIDs := map[string]time.Time{
+		"stale":  now.Add(-2 * Interval),
+		"recent": now.Add(-Interval / 2),
+	}
+
+	pruneSeenRequestIDs(seenRequestIDs, now.Add(-Interval))
+
+	require.NotContains(t, seenRequestIDs, "stale")
+	require.Contains(t, seenRequestIDs, "recent")
+}