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UI3 Component Search Terrible Performance (minutes vs seconds)


Isaac_at_RIVER

Hi team, this follows the launch of UI3.

 

We use a design system, and one thing our team found was incredibly slow performance of the component search (Shift I).From less than a second to minutes.

 

This was related to UI3 only, as we could switch between UI2 and UI3, and where UI2 would take less than a second to return relevant results, UI3 would just show “loading” placeholders for minutes at a time in the same file. I was thinking yesterday I should take a video, only to be locked into UI3 today. Our team would regularly check UI3 every few weeks, as this would happen across devices, on web, and in the app.

 

This is literally 100x worse performance (from less than a second to minutes). It’s like UI3 does not have a debounce, or the search is trying to do other things at the same time like identify how may of those components are in the file (great to know, but way less useful than a fast search).

 

I have seen numerous other threads on this, and I was just wondering if there was any updates? This has slowed our design process to a crawl.

 

Many thanks,

Isaac @ RIVER

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y_toku
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • 2545 replies
  • May 1, 2025

Hi Isaas ​@Isaac_at_RIVER , 

 

Toku here at Figma - so sorry you're experiencing slow performance of the component search. We'd love to investigate this with you:

  • Could you please grant view-only access to support-share@figma.com for your impacted file(s), so we can try to reproduce the issue? Please DM me with the URL of the shared file or share it here on the Forum
  • Could you also please record a video of the specific sequence that is slow? Please DM me the video or share it here on the Forum

We look forward to taking a closer look here.

 

Thanks so much,

Toku


y_toku
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • 2545 replies
  • May 1, 2025

Hi Isaac,

 

Thanks for your patience while we await the file links. In the meantime, our team has been investigating the issue and has made a change that might improve the performance that you are seeing.

Would you mind taking a moment to check if this adjustment has resolved the problem for you?

If the issue persists, please don’t hesitate to let me know, and I’ll be happy to connect you directly with the relevant team to provide further assistance.

 

Thanks!

Toku


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