# Designer Find/Replace suddenly taking much longer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-find-replace-suddenly-taking-much-longer/91769>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [June 12, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-find-replace-suddenly-taking-much-longer/91769 "2024-06-12T17:58:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Deardorff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan_deardorff/32/63815_2.png) [@Ryan\_Deardorff](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ryan_Deardorff)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-find-replace-suddenly-taking-much-longer/91769/1 "2024-06-12T17:58:52Z")

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For the past few days, every time I invoke a search with the Find/Replace tool, it takes several seconds while attempting to connect with the gateway:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/f/8fb12341ac66b46c2b64f8a2cc213ff66c042d7d.png)  
This wouldn't bother me so much, except that when it finally finishes, the window gets minimized. Any ideas what could be causing this? I don't see any other indicators that the gateway is bogged down or unresponsive, so I'm assuming it's an issue with the network...?