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June 2, 2021
Question

Slow loading files and everything connected with figma servers

  • June 2, 2021
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Hi! Everything works well on local, but each time when I trying renew component, change a color to another color from library or open file I face with very slow connection to server.

It dramatically slows my work. And my colleagues too. We are waiting for few minutes(!) to open a file.

We are all installed newest versions of app (98&13, 98.14) — nothing changed

Asking for help

Thanks

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14 replies

tank666
June 2, 2021
UX/UI designer. Figma expert. Creator and developer of plugins and widgets for Figma and FigJam. Check out my resources in Figma Community: figma.com/@tank
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C11Author
June 2, 2021

In our case everything was much much better not long ago. Only sometimes I watched a little lag between I choose style and moment when it applies. But now it takes a minutes or doesn’t work!

Viktor_ty
June 8, 2021

We’ve been having the exact same problem for over a week now. Prototypes also work badly, they take a long time to load and often text layers are simply not displayed.

It would be better to improve performance, instead of making new features. Our team can’t work with figma now.

Dsgn
June 10, 2021

Same problem with the mac app

Maxence_Le_Corre
July 29, 2021

Same on our side. We keep getting this darkened screen with a loading indicator
Screenshot 2021-07-27 at 9.58.44 AM

Avijit_Kumar
September 16, 2021

Facing a similar issue on Windows 10 Figma desktop app. Navigating to other parts of the app while a file is getting ready to open makes Figma hang and a dialog box appears asking either Close the app or Wait for the app to respond.

What could be the exact reason for this issue?
Is it because of the file itself being huge or a lot of files on my Figma app?

Martijn_Hoppenbrouwer
New Member
November 22, 2021

I have the same.
Just opening a designer file, with quite some images, was blazing fast before.
Now i have to wait like a full minute for everything to load in.
Something has changed and should be reverted/improved - the advantage of speedy editing/loading/saving now is completely lost.

Dr_Kanukie
November 29, 2021

Seeing images take 30 seconds plus to load in and then some more time to rez up. Whole app feeling very slow and sluggish. Something definitely is affecting performance badly.

Damian7
December 1, 2021

Same here, images before were loaded in couple of seconds. Now they need couple of minutes or even they don’t load. Can’t find any solution.

Steven_Kilzer
February 14, 2022

Also has been a problem for some of our teams that use a large number of images. Hoping to find a solution.