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Since I upgraded to Big Sur, everything seems really slow on Gitkraken (checkout, pull/push, commits...)

I tried reinstalling it but it didn't change.

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Edit Feb 16 2022:

Axosoft released 8.3 version of Gitkraken which seems to fix the issue:

Mac users will get optimal performance without needing to run the 'Big Sur workaround' from a terminal, which had been required to fix the partial signature issue introduced in macOS Big Sur.

Previous answer:

I got an answer from their support, saying I have to run

codesign --remove-signature /Applications/GitKraken.app/Contents/Frameworks/GitKraken\ Helper\ \(Renderer\).app

And everything is now working smoothly again. Yay!

Here is their full answer:

Thank you for using GitKraken! This is currently a known issue with the new Mac Big Sur OS.

As a workaround, consider running the following command in your terminal: codesign --remove-signature /Applications/GitKraken.app/Contents/Frameworks/GitKraken\ Helper\ (Renderer).app

This temporary workaround removes the GitKraken Signature (making it a partially-signed app) which means if you update GitKraken you will need to do this again. However, this should help with the performance for now while we wait for Apple to address this issue.

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    Thanks a ton! Hopefully Axosoft and Apple release a more permanent solution soon – Niels Kersic Nov 22 '20 at 14:32
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    This workaround has been officially published on Axosoft's blog: https://blog.axosoft.com/workaround-gitkraken-big-sur-issues/ – Kamil Harasimowicz Nov 24 '20 at 07:48
  • I was stuck with this and thought that it is just the way it is now, thanks for the answer! – Sebastian Weiß Dec 09 '20 at 17:26
  • Worked for me to. Had the same issue with VSCode where the same 'codesign remove-signature' command fixed the issue – RonzyFonzy Jan 22 '21 at 18:11
  • Why does removing the signature make it run faster? Signatures are only checked when the process is started, so why does this work? – Dai Jan 23 '21 at 09:55
  • @Dai You can have a look at the open issue of this lib used by Gitkraken : https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues/3050 – Hugo H Jan 23 '21 at 19:13
  • I guess Apple hasn't "fixed" it yet. 2 Big Sur updates have been released since the slow down and it's still slow, but only on my iMac. My Macbook Air is not having the slow issue. – Chris May 05 '21 at 17:07
  • Thank you very much! I was starting to think that there was something wrong with my mac. This worked wonders. – Mauker Sep 23 '21 at 18:01
  • Seems, not working on Monterey, sadly I lose my day work, thx for this bug – mblw Feb 04 '22 at 14:21