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TRAMP
Raised as a usability problem by 24 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2011–2026), in 21 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Editing remote files freezes and runs very slowlyUnreviewed
20112026- File path completion is annoyingly slow when the server is far away2026-05-13
- Editing remote files over TRAMP freezes and is very slow2026-04-16
- Opening and saving remote files takes slightly too long2023-07-31
Hangs occasionally with no understandable causeUnreviewed
20112026- Magit over TRAMP works but is very slow to respond2025-06-25
- TRAMP locks up after the user steps away for a few minutes2021-03-18
- Tramp occasionally hangs for no understandable reason2020-04-10
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 24 complaints
- File path completion is annoyingly slow when the server is far away2026-05-13
- Editing remote files over TRAMP freezes and is very slow2026-04-16
- Magit over TRAMP works but is very slow to respond2025-06-25
- TRAMP is unusable for the commenter's remote development needs2024-04-17
- UI freezes for seconds after every operation on high-latency connections2024-04-15
- Remote LSP and PATH setup in docker containers breaks, requiring constant connection updates2024-01-31
- Can't figure out how to get eglot working properly over TRAMP2024-01-30
- Opening and saving remote files takes slightly too long2023-07-31
- Needs finicky settings in Emacs and remote shell to work well2022-11-09
- Working with files on remote servers is slow in Emacs2022-11-08
- Typos or backspacing in multi-hop paths break input, forcing the user to abort and retry2022-08-04
- LSP isn't pleasant over TRAMP and sometimes crashes2022-07-08
- Each request reopens a connection, freezing Emacs for a second on refresh2021-03-25
- TRAMP locks up after the user steps away for a few minutes2021-03-18
- Opening remote files over Tramp freezes Emacs for several seconds2021-03-12
- Remote folders stall 1-2 seconds on entry; typing hangs Emacs on latency2020-09-23
- Tramp occasionally hangs for no understandable reason2020-04-10
- GUI hangs when SSH connection drops, and unsaved edits can be lost on reconnect2018-06-01
- Autosave files updating frequently makes remote editing painful over slow connections2015-03-23
- Mistyped domain or slow connection leaves user waiting for timeout2015-01-21
- Remote editing via TRAMP has higher latency and feels sluggish over slow links2014-09-17
- Remote editing over complicated SSH tunnels is a pain to use2014-07-24
- Tramp often feels too slow for remote editing tasks2013-12-31
- Blocks the whole UI during network problems and gets confused by prompts2011-12-07