This is definitely still a big problem, but it's significantly better than it was. I will grab another profile and take a look soon.
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This is definitely still a big problem, but it's significantly better than it was. I can reproduce a nasty perf cliff on Windows, so it's not Linux specific. I will grab another profile and take a look soon.