Startup is very slow when Bitdefender is active

[ThomasCollignon]

Expected Behavior

Startup takes roughly the same time with or without Bitdefender is active.

Actual Behavior

Startup takes ~30 seconds when Bitdefender Shield is active.

Reproduction Steps

1. Make sure that Bitdefender Shield is active:

2. Start Insomnia

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the issue tracker for this problem.

Additional Information

Postman seems to have the same issue

My setup:

Insomnia Version

8.4.2

What operating system are you using?

Windows

Operating System Version

Windows 11 Pro

Installation method

Download from web site, I think

Last Known Working Insomnia version

No response

[gatzjames]

Hey @ThomasCollignon do you experience this with other applications too or is it just Insomnia in your environment?

[ThomasCollignon]

I've noticed such a long startup delay only for Insomnia and Postman.
If Bitdefender slows down the startup of other application, it has a much lower impact than for those two.

[subnetmarco]

Could this be an Electron thing? Do you have other Electron applications that perhaps you can try with?

[ThomasCollignon]

According to ChatGPT, VSCode and Slack are also based on Electron. The startup delay of those two apps is max 5 seconds, while for Insomnia it's closer to 30 seconds.

[jackkav]

Seems related: electron/electron#32375

It appears you can white list these applications yourself to avoid this issue.