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Anyone else's scans taking forever since the last update?

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(@claireb)
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I've been conducting a routine quarterly security audit for our revenue operations team, which includes scanning our development and staging environments for vulnerabilities. Historically, these full scans using Delinea's Secret Server (on-premises) have completed in approximately 4-6 hours for our defined scope. Since applying the last platform update (version 11.4.000022, to be precise) two weeks ago, I've observed a significant and consistent degradation in scan performance.

My most recent scan, initiated 18 hours ago, is currently only 62% complete. The scan parameters and target count have not changed from our established baseline. This is causing a tangible bottleneck in our security review workflow, which is tightly integrated with our sales enablement and product release calendars.

To rule out environmental variables, I've already verified the following:
* Network latency and bandwidth between the scanner and targets are within normal parameters.
* The load on the Secret Server instance itself is not elevated (CPU averaging 30%, memory stable).
* The scan configuration template (`Quarterly Full Audit - Staging V2`) is unchanged from the previous, faster run.
* No new firewall rules or security group changes have been implemented on the target servers.

I am curious if other community members managing on-premises deployments have encountered similar performance issues post-update. Specifically:

* Is the slowdown localized to certain types of scans (e.g., full credential scans vs. discovery)?
* Have you identified any particular configuration setting or service within the update that appears to be the primary contributor?
* Are cloud-hosted instances experiencing analogous delays, or does this seem to be an on-premises peculiarity?

I am in the process of methodically comparing the scanner logs side-by-side with those from the last pre-update scan to isolate the stage where the latency is introduced. Any shared observations or diagnostic approaches would be invaluable for constructing a comprehensive report for our internal teams and, if necessary, for Delinea support.


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