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A large number of users have been recently complaining over the performance, optimization and reliablity with Files. These requests haven't been really addressed before (at least taken with enough seriousness).
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These problems really should be taken care of. We should start with upgrading the codebase and its structure. This will help us later to work with it and solve performance issues.
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Since a new update just dropped we have more time now to work on some of the backend stuff.
Please reference this issue in every PR that focuses on optimizations to keep track of the progress.
- Home page, favorites and drivesThumbnailsStartup performanceDeleting large batches of filesLess than 1% crash rateImprove performance when resuming multiple tabs from the background (restoring multiple tabs is visibly slow)Improve ram usage
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yaira2 commentedon Nov 24, 2023
The performance issues in Git repos has been resolved in our dev branch and will be included in the next release.
yaira2 commentedon Mar 5, 2024
Thumbnail performance is better in the dev branch, but we're still trying to fix the issue with loading a lot of thumbnails simultaneously in the Grid View layout. In the meantime, turning off the option to show thumbnails helps as a workaround for this issue.
yaira2 commentedon Mar 14, 2024
This issue has been fixed in the latest preview build and will be included in the next stable release.
yaira2 commentedon May 17, 2024
Performance improvements for opening file pickers are included in #15386.
yaira2 commentedon Jul 21, 2024
Thanks to @Tptogiar, improvements to loading large folders have been made in #15831.
yaira2 commentedon Dec 31, 2024
A couple of noticeable improvements have been made to the address bar in #16665
yaira2 commentedon May 4, 2025
Significant improvements are being made to the quick access widget on the home page. More details be provided with our next preview build, but we look forward to continued improvements across the board.