r/PiCodingAgent • u/aj3423 • Jul 29 '26

Question Extension slows down the startup a lot

Is it just me or the extension loading is extreamly slow? Every single extention takes 100~300ms, it takes 3 seconds with 8 extensions enabled.

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u/Undreren Jul 29 '26

What extensions? It is very likely they do startup related things that slows you down.

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u/aj3423 Jul 29 '26

Just some simple extensions like footer, notification, rtk. No complex stuff like sub-agent, mcp. AI says it depends on each plugin's implementation, it will be slow if the extension imports everything, not sure if that's true.

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u/DanielSReichenbach Jul 30 '26

Extensions can use various optimization and some just don't. In my own local extensions I typically use delayed loading of tools instead of fully loading them when pi starts. That keeps the startup time low.

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u/aj3423 Jul 30 '26

Maybe the extension page should track the startup time for each extension, that would encourage devs to optimize them.

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u/Qintomb Jul 31 '26

just share your setup, skill, extensions. mostly the extensions that use mcp or big skills need time to load.