diff --git a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Routing/AvailabilityStrategy/CrossRegionHedgingAvailabilityStrategy.cs b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Routing/AvailabilityStrategy/CrossRegionHedgingAvailabilityStrategy.cs
index 444db2cda3..d315b330c8 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Routing/AvailabilityStrategy/CrossRegionHedgingAvailabilityStrategy.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Routing/AvailabilityStrategy/CrossRegionHedgingAvailabilityStrategy.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ internal class CrossRegionHedgingAvailabilityStrategy : AvailabilityStrategyInte
     {
         private const string HedgeContext = "Hedge Context";
         private const string HedgeConfig = "Hedge Config";
+        private const string ResponseRegion = "Response Region";
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Latency threshold which activates the first region hedging 
@@ -206,6 +207,10 @@ internal override async Task<ResponseMessage> ExecuteAvailabilityStrategyAsync(
                                     ((CosmosTraceDiagnostics)hedgeResponse.ResponseMessage.Diagnostics).Value.AddOrUpdateDatum(
                                         HedgeContext,
                                         hedgeRegions.Take(requestNumber + 1));
+                                    // Note that the target region can be seperate than the actual region that serviced the request depending on the scenario
+                                    ((CosmosTraceDiagnostics)hedgeResponse.ResponseMessage.Diagnostics).Value.AddOrUpdateDatum(
+                                        ResponseRegion,
+                                        hedgeResponse.TargetRegionName);
                                     return hedgeResponse.ResponseMessage;
                                 }
                             }
@@ -234,6 +239,9 @@ internal override async Task<ResponseMessage> ExecuteAvailabilityStrategyAsync(
                             ((CosmosTraceDiagnostics)hedgeResponse.ResponseMessage.Diagnostics).Value.AddOrUpdateDatum(
                                 HedgeContext,
                                 hedgeRegions);
+                            ((CosmosTraceDiagnostics)hedgeResponse.ResponseMessage.Diagnostics).Value.AddOrUpdateDatum(
+                                ResponseRegion,
+                                hedgeResponse.TargetRegionName);
                             return hedgeResponse.ResponseMessage;
                         }
                     }
@@ -278,6 +286,7 @@ private async Task<HedgingResponse> CloneAndSendAsync(
                 return await this.RequestSenderAndResultCheckAsync(
                     sender,
                     clonedRequest,
+                    hedgeRegions.ElementAt(requestNumber),
                     cancellationToken,
                     cancellationTokenSource, 
                     trace);
@@ -287,6 +296,7 @@ private async Task<HedgingResponse> CloneAndSendAsync(
         private async Task<HedgingResponse> RequestSenderAndResultCheckAsync(
             Func<RequestMessage, CancellationToken, Task<ResponseMessage>> sender,
             RequestMessage request,
+            string targetRegionName,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken,
             CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource,
             ITrace trace)
@@ -301,10 +311,10 @@ private async Task<HedgingResponse> RequestSenderAndResultCheckAsync(
                         cancellationTokenSource.Cancel();
                     }
 
-                    return new HedgingResponse(true, response);
+                    return new HedgingResponse(true, response, targetRegionName);
                 }
 
-                return new HedgingResponse(false, response);
+                return new HedgingResponse(false, response, targetRegionName);
             }
             catch (OperationCanceledException oce) when (cancellationTokenSource.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
@@ -346,11 +356,13 @@ private sealed class HedgingResponse
         {
             public readonly bool IsNonTransient;
             public readonly ResponseMessage ResponseMessage;
+            public readonly string TargetRegionName;
 
-            public HedgingResponse(bool isNonTransient, ResponseMessage responseMessage)
+            public HedgingResponse(bool isNonTransient, ResponseMessage responseMessage, string targetRegionName)
             {
                 this.IsNonTransient = isNonTransient;
                 this.ResponseMessage = responseMessage;
+                this.TargetRegionName = targetRegionName;
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/tests/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.EmulatorTests/CosmosAvailabilityStrategyTests.cs b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/tests/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.EmulatorTests/CosmosAvailabilityStrategyTests.cs
index b3b6b7aaaa..cab1e04b9a 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/tests/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.EmulatorTests/CosmosAvailabilityStrategyTests.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/tests/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.EmulatorTests/CosmosAvailabilityStrategyTests.cs
@@ -340,6 +340,71 @@ public async Task AvailabilityStrategyRequestOptionsTriggerTest(bool isPreferred
             }
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        [DataRow(false, DisplayName = "ValidateAvailabilityStrategyNoTriggerTest with preferred regions.")]
+        [DataRow(true, DisplayName = "ValidateAvailabilityStrategyNoTriggerTest w/o preferred regions.")]
+        [TestCategory("MultiRegion")]
+        public async Task AvailabilityStrategyResponseRegionDiagnosticsTest(bool isPreferredLocationsEmpty)
+        {
+            FaultInjectionRule responseDelay = new FaultInjectionRuleBuilder(
+                id: "responseDely",
+                condition:
+                    new FaultInjectionConditionBuilder()
+                        .WithRegion(region1)
+                        .WithOperationType(FaultInjectionOperationType.ReadItem)
+                        .Build(),
+                result:
+                    FaultInjectionResultBuilder.GetResultBuilder(FaultInjectionServerErrorType.ResponseDelay)
+                        .WithDelay(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(4000))
+                        .Build())
+                .WithDuration(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(90))
+                .Build();
+
+            List<FaultInjectionRule> rules = new List<FaultInjectionRule>() { responseDelay };
+            FaultInjector faultInjector = new FaultInjector(rules);
+
+            responseDelay.Disable();
+
+            CosmosClientOptions clientOptions = new CosmosClientOptions()
+            {
+                ConnectionMode = ConnectionMode.Direct,
+                ApplicationPreferredRegions = isPreferredLocationsEmpty ? new List<string>() : new List<string>() { region1, region2 },
+                Serializer = this.cosmosSystemTextJsonSerializer
+            };
+
+            using (CosmosClient faultInjectionClient = new CosmosClient(
+                connectionString: this.connectionString,
+                clientOptions: faultInjector.GetFaultInjectionClientOptions(clientOptions)))
+            {
+                Database database = faultInjectionClient.GetDatabase(MultiRegionSetupHelpers.dbName);
+                Container container = database.GetContainer(MultiRegionSetupHelpers.containerName);
+
+                //warm up connections read
+                ItemResponse<CosmosIntegrationTestObject> _ = await container.ReadItemAsync<CosmosIntegrationTestObject>("testId", new PartitionKey("pk"));
+
+                responseDelay.Enable();
+
+                ItemRequestOptions requestOptions = new ItemRequestOptions
+                {
+                    AvailabilityStrategy = new CrossRegionHedgingAvailabilityStrategy(
+                        threshold: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100),
+                        thresholdStep: TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50))
+                };
+                ItemResponse<CosmosIntegrationTestObject> ir = await container.ReadItemAsync<CosmosIntegrationTestObject>(
+                    "testId",
+                    new PartitionKey("pk"),
+                    requestOptions);
+
+                CosmosTraceDiagnostics traceDiagnostic = ir.Diagnostics as CosmosTraceDiagnostics;
+                Assert.IsNotNull(traceDiagnostic);
+                Assert.IsTrue(traceDiagnostic.ToString()
+                        .Contains($"\"Hedge Context\":[\"{region1}\",\"{region2}\""));
+                traceDiagnostic.Value.Data.TryGetValue("Response Region", out object responseRegionObj);
+                Assert.IsNotNull(responseRegionObj);
+                Assert.AreEqual(region2, responseRegionObj as string);
+            }
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         [DataRow(false, DisplayName = "ValidateAvailabilityStrategyNoTriggerTest with preferred regions.")]
         [DataRow(true, DisplayName = "ValidateAvailabilityStrategyNoTriggerTest w/o preferred regions.")]