Obsidian 1.9.10+ is slower / lags / choppy - Electron 37

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We got a few reports that Obsidian 1.9.10+ with installer 1.9.10 is slower / lags.

We are monitoring this issue. We believe there is certainty something on MacOS caused by the electron update and perhaps related to GPU acceleration.

If you encounter this bug, it would be helpful to know when exactly it happens and if it does in the sandbox vault.

Does disabling hardware acceleration help (Settings>Appearance>Advanced)?

Please provides us the output of “show debug info” and your computer specs. Thanks.

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I’m experiencing the described slowdown.

When?
Opening the Quick Switcher (cmd+O) and opening the Command Palette (cmd+P).
Subsequent openings are snappy, but waiting a while and using the quick switcher will once again be slow.

Hardware Acceleration
Disabling hardware acceleration seems to completely resolve the issue for me.

Sandbox Vault
Still slow with hardware acceleration enabled.

Debug Info

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v1.9.12
	Installer version: v1.9.12
	Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0: Mon Jul 14 11:30:40 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.140.69~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 24.6.0
	Login status: logged in
	Language: en
	Catalyst license: insider
	Insider build toggle: off
	Live preview: on
	Base theme: light
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 1
	Restricted mode: off
	Plugins installed: 2
	Plugins enabled: 2
		1: Minimal Theme Settings v8.1.1
		2: Style Settings v1.0.9

RECOMMENDATIONS:
	Custom theme and snippets: for cosmetic issues, please first try updating your theme and disabling your snippets. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community theme and snippets.
	Community plugins: for bugs, please first try updating all your plugins to latest. If still not fixed, please try to make the issue happen in the Sandbox Vault or disable community plugins.
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Yes, since this update which introduced bases, their performance was really bad, especially when I’m marking some text, copying or deleting. Really bad overall.
I’m not quite sure yet, but it seems like disabling hardware acceleration improved or maybe fixed the problem.

Windows 11 with AMD 5600H and Nvidia 3060.

SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.9.12
Installer version: v1.6.3
Operating system: Windows 10 Home 10.0.26100
Login status: not logged in
Language: en
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Base theme: dark
Community theme: Ayu Light & Mirage v1.7.2
Snippets enabled: 2
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 36
Plugins enabled: 27
1: Dataview v0.5.68
2: Calendar v1.5.10
3: Book Search v0.7.5
4: Callout Manager v1.1.0
5: Commander v0.5.4
6: Context Command Hider v0.0.7
7: Doubleshift v2.2.1
8: Full Calendar v0.10.7
9: Hider v1.5.1
10: Image Converter v1.3.15
11: Kanban v2.0.51
12: Note Toolbar v1.25.02
13: Projects v1.17.4
14: QuickAdd v2.1.0
15: Style Settings v1.0.9
16: Supercharged Links v0.13.5
17: Templater v2.14.1
18: Tracker v1.17.0
19: Note Refactor v1.8.2
20: PodNotes v2.13.4
21: Paste URL into selection v1.11.4
22: Color Folders and Files v1.4.1
23: TreeFocus v1.1.4
24: Various Complements v10.8.0
25: Omnisearch v1.27.2
26: Workspaces Plus v0.3.3
27: Paste Mode v5.0.2

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You have different problem, because you are still running an older version of electron.

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ok thanks for pointing this out. but still, before the bases update everything was fine

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Open a separate bug report and make sure you follow the troubleshooting steps before that.

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we will have a workaround for this problem in 1.9.13. No ETAs.

This is an upstream problem.

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They have fixed it for v39.0.0-alpha.7, v38.2.0, v37.6.0 and v36.9.2.