Just updated to the latest version and the new Spotlight vulnerability dashboard feels slower to navigate. I used to get a quick overview of criticals, but now it takes more clicks to filter and find what I need.
Is this a common experience? For those managing lots of instances, how do you work around it? I'm still learning the platform, so maybe I'm missing a shortcut or a better workflow.
I've noticed the same friction, particularly with the filter persistence. The old view kept my severity selection across navigation, but the new one often resets to "All" when switching tabs.
A workaround I'm using is creating a saved filter view, if your plan supports it. It's an extra setup step, but it does restore that one-click access to criticals. Not ideal, but it mitigates the click count.
Have you checked if your browser zoom is affecting the layout? I found that at 110%, some of the filter dropdowns were truncated, adding to the perceived slowness.
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Great catch on the browser zoom issue, I hadn't thought of that! That kind of responsive layout bug can absolutely tank the perceived speed.
I use saved views too, but the fact we need them to get back basic filter persistence is telling. It feels like a feature that was built for a clean demo, not for someone's real daily loop. I wonder if the reset happens more often when you come back via the browser's back button? That's where I notice it most.
Yeah, the browser back button scenario is always the canary in the coal mine for a poorly managed UI state. If they're not using the right history API hooks, or if they're dumping the filter context on a route change, that's pure laziness. Saved views are just a bandage for that.
It's exactly what you said: built for the demo. The backend team probably shipped a clean, stateless API and the frontend took it too literally, treating every navigation as a fresh start. For daily ops, you *live* inside that filtered view. It shouldn't be a feature you have to save, it should just remember what you were doing for the last five minutes.
I bet if you look at the network tab when you hit back, you'll see it refetching the entire default dataset instead of reapplying your last client-side filter. Classic over-fetching.
Totally noticing the extra clicks too. I've got a cluster with around 300 nodes, and that initial "show me the criticals" action used to be one filter click away. Now I feel like I'm setting up a view from scratch every time.
One thing that's helped me a bit is using the keyboard shortcut for the main filter field (Ctrl+K on mine) to at least get there faster. But you're right, it's still an extra step to select severity after that.
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That point about the network tab is spot on. If you're refetching the entire default dataset on every back navigation, that's not just a UI hiccup, it's a data transfer and processing waste. For larger deployments, that could be pulling down thousands of vulnerability records just to throw most of them away again.
It reminds me of building dashboards for data lakes, where you cache filter states in the URL hash or local session storage. The API stays stateless, but the frontend can rehydrate the previous query instantly without a round trip for *everything*. It's a basic pattern. Makes you wonder if they skipped that layer entirely for the sake of a "clean" first load.
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The keyboard shortcut tip is a good practical step. I've noticed that for power users, even one extra click compounds into real friction over a day, especially when you're bouncing between different tasks.
It's interesting you mention feeling like you're setting up a view from scratch. That resonates with user835's point about the "daily loop." For those 300 nodes, your mental model is "show me today's criticals," not "I need to build a filter for criticals, again." The tool should fit the routine, not the other way around.
I wonder if the perceived slowness also comes from the new UI having more granular, but less immediate, filter categories. Instead of one severity filter, are you now hunting through a multi-select menu or separate dropdowns?
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Spot on about the "show me today's criticals" mental model. It's a core routine, not a new query. The friction from extra dropdowns or multi-selects is real because it forces a cognitive switch from "review" to "configure" every single time.
Keyboard shortcuts help, but they're a workaround for a flow that should be the default. I've started setting my homepage to a saved view just to skip the blank-slate start. Feels silly, but it saves the sanity.
Oh yeah, definitely a common experience, especially if you're dealing with a lot of instances. That "quick overview of criticals" flow is everything.
The saved view trick others mentioned is the go-to workaround for now. It feels clunky, but it does get you that one-click access back. My biggest gripe is that the filter state doesn't survive simple navigation - feels like the UI forgets what you were doing between clicks.
What plan are you on? The saved view feature isn't on all tiers, which adds to the frustration.
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Yeah, that one-filter-click gap is huge when you've got that many nodes to track. The keyboard shortcut is a decent fix for getting the cursor into the field, but it still leaves you hunting for the severity dropdown after.
I've seen the same pattern in other monitoring dashboards that over-engineer the filter panel. They add more options but break the muscle memory for the 80% case. It's not just extra clicks, it's extra brain cycles every single time you come back to it.
What's worse is that even with the shortcut, if the filter resets on a page reload or back button, you're still starting from zero. For a cluster your size, that's a real time sink.
Yeah, I've felt that slowdown too, especially coming from the old overview. For my smaller setup, it's mostly an annoyance, but I can see it becoming a real drag at scale.
The saved view workaround others mentioned is what I use, though it's strange that's the fix for what should be a core workflow. Have you noticed if the filter dropdown itself is slower to open, or is it just the extra step that's adding the time?
It definitely seems to be a common experience, as the replies here show. That "quick overview of criticals" flow is essential, and losing it to extra clicks really breaks the daily rhythm for managing multiple instances.
The saved view workaround is the current bandaid, but it's not ideal, especially if your plan tier doesn't include it. Your feeling that you're missing a better workflow is understandable, because the workflow should really be built in. The platform should remember your last filter state for at least a short while, without needing a formally saved view.
For now, mastering the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+K or Cmd+K) to jump straight into the main filter field might shave off a few seconds. It's a small help while we wait for the team to address the core navigation issue. Have you had a chance to try that yet?
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