Board Thread:New Features/@comment-24739709-20150518230347/@comment-24473195-20150829224658

Lua has a function to unstrip those kinds of markers. But it is not guaranteed to retrieve the right text because in some cases it is simply not there. For example, depending on the use, dpl itself may wait quite some time before it has the results, and it can consume considerable resources to get its results. It is quite a serious resource hog.

Simply put, dpl waits for something to happen before it continues doing its stuff, and so does the cite extension.

I would certainly suggest moving away from dpl (or reducing its use) if you can.