Remote control planes with automated failover

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, by a control plane monitoring service, a request for a remote control plane in a parent area of a provider network to manage a child area of the provider network, wherein the child area of the provider network does not include a local implementation of at least some control plane functionality;
• identifying, by the control plane monitoring service, a first parent area of the provider network based on a geographic distance between the first parent area of the provider network and the child area of the provider network;
• instructing, by the control plane monitoring service, the child area to connect to a first remote control plane of the first area;
• monitoring, by the control plane monitoring service, the first remote control plane of the first area for a failure of the remote control plane;
• detecting, by the control plane monitoring service, the failure of the first remote control plane;
• identifying, by the control plane monitoring service, a second control plane in a second area of the provider network;
• sending, by the control plane monitoring service, a message to the second control plane identifying the child area;
• and
• instructing, by the control plane monitoring service, the child area to connect to the second control plane of the first area, wherein the second control plane accepts the connection from the child area and wherein the child area updates one or more references to endpoints of the first control plane to be references to endpoints of the second control plane.