[HOLD for payment 2024-06-24] [$250] Desktop app startup is slow

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Version Number: 1.4.75-0
Reproducible in staging?: n
Reproducible in production?: n
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Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):
Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856
Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:
Issue reported by: @neil-marcellini
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1716480870229429

Action Performed:

1. Install the desktop app on Mac
2. Open it
3. Quit/close it completely
4. Open it again

Expected Result:

The app opens quickly, within a few seconds

Actual Result:

The app takes over 30 seconds to open, then a bunch of time to load a chat. Let's focus on the slow opening part specifically, since that's unique to the desktop app.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android: Native
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: Native
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

Add any screenshot/video evidence

desktop-startup720.mov

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @anmurali

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