Claude Desktop now starts ~2x faster than it did a month ago.
When the app started in the background, its timers got throttled and the JS engine dropped into power-saving mode. We now boot at full speed even while the window's still hidden, along with some smaller perf fixes!
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
Why it matters
Anyone shipping an Electron-based AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → client hits the same background throttling, and the fix is stated plainly enough to apply.
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postPerf win of the day: Claude Code CLI now uses 2x less CPU at p99. Bun's garbage