Grok desktop app ships a week of perf wins: up to 34% faster cold start
RachelVT42 · x · 2026-09-07
Developer poteto detailed a week of performance improvements shipped to the Grok desktop app:
- Cold start to usable shell: -247ms (18% faster)
- Cold start LCP: -425ms (23% faster); FCP: -234ms (16%)
- Total blocking time to shell: -101ms (34% faster)
- Warm restart to shell: -194ms (18%); marketplace bots tab first open: -18ms (41%)
INP p98, keystroke-to-frame latency, chat switching and long-chat scroll metrics stayed roughly flat.
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