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Prototypes Lagging Very Badly


Julian_Chen

Recently my project prototypes have started to lag incredibly and become unusable for presentations. The latest change I can think of is updating my table components into variants.

Granted I have very big projects, but they ran well previously and now even just trying to open an overlay on the very starting screen is impossible. This only started recently, within this week.

I cannot share any videos of this now due to confidentiality. If necessary I would need to blank out some elements. I was wondering if anyone else has the same experience.

45 replies

Mat_Graf
  • 2 replies
  • February 25, 2021

Same problem.
Yesterday everything worked fine.
Today it’s lagging.
Simple prototypes work well, but the more complex are lagging badly.


Fred_Tinsel
  • Active Member
  • 110 replies
  • February 25, 2021

Same here.
In the app it’s lagging
In chrome it’s dead


Yulia
  • 39 replies
  • February 25, 2021

🙉


Inna_Donets

I have the same issue, it lasts about 2 weeks! It drives me crazy…


Jonathan
  • 1 reply
  • February 25, 2021

I’ve also experienced severe lag when running usability testing sessions. Is there a technical issue on figma’s side? I thought it was my participants internet connection.


Majkel
  • 1 reply
  • February 25, 2021

Yeah. Yesterday it was fine. Today I get hover state on button after 3 sec. holding mouse on it…


Evan_Hankins

Anyone heard anything on this? I have a very important presentation tomorrow and it’s too slow to work right now.


Josh
  • Former Community Manager
  • 1019 replies
  • February 25, 2021

Our team is currently taking a closer look at this.


Josh
  • Former Community Manager
  • 1019 replies
  • February 25, 2021

Alright if you refresh now, do the lagging problems go away?


Evan_Hankins

Yep, that did it for me.

Thanks so much!


Julian_Chen

Yes it seems like it is fixed, thanks for the quick response Figma team and also to the other users who shared their experience.


Mat_Graf
  • 2 replies
  • February 26, 2021

Yes it works great again.
Life makes sense like this 🥳
Thanx


Fred_Tinsel
  • Active Member
  • 110 replies
  • February 26, 2021

@Josh For me it’s not good at all
I can DM a prototype link or a screenrecord if needed
can I?
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Josh
  • Former Community Manager
  • 1019 replies
  • February 26, 2021

Have you tried doing a restart?
When you say “not good at all” does this mean the prototype doesn’t load at all or is it just laggy? Can you provide some more info?


Fred_Tinsel
  • Active Member
  • 110 replies
  • March 1, 2021

Hi josh
I’ve sent you a screen record via twitter


Josh
  • Former Community Manager
  • 1019 replies
  • March 1, 2021

Thanks. Will take a look at this today with the team. In the future if you click on my profile you should see a message button in the top right. This will let you send a PM within the forum. 🙂


Yulia
  • 39 replies
  • March 23, 2021

Today, heavy prototypes can not be loaded again.


Dmitrii_Skotarenko
  • Hello. Same issue. My desktop prototype works fine when interacting, and the mobile prototype lags and freezes very much. And nothing helps to solve the problem. For some reason, no one from support responds to my topic, although I attached screencasts and a link to the prototype and described the problem in detail. If it is not difficult for you, answer in my topic to draw the attention of support to my problem. This really prevents you from approving the layout with the customer. Thanks. Here is a link to my topic: Prototype is freezing (mobile layout)

Bradford_Kuntscher

Having identical issues. Significant lags in prototypes. And my pages now freeze in several cases.

Am using some interactive components but issues preceded their use. Are there plans to optimize and audit prototype loading performance?


Shehzad_Shakeel

Hello there I have a problem during Prototyping when I run my design the half of the screen get black while prototyping its shows half screen so what should I do pls help me out.


MattBraun
  • 5 replies
  • December 13, 2021

This is STILL a major issue!!! Prototyping is basically worthless for more than 2-3 screens.


Nathan_Rosler

Having the same issue, serious lag in between interactions. Makes for impossible user testing.

Any work arounds?


Apple
  • 45 replies
  • December 17, 2021

Same here. @poiru ?


Tawfiq_Aliyu

I have this same problem, Its driving me crazy


Apple
  • 45 replies
  • January 2, 2022

It’s been almost a year since this thread was started


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