# SLOOOWWW & lagging **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugs / Site Issues\ **Created:** [August 21, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/slooowww-lagging/6977 "2025-08-21T01:44:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sudsync](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/sudsync/32/3999_2.png) [@sudsync](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/sudsync)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/slooowww-lagging/6977/1 "2025-08-21T01:44:09Z")
Anyone else having issues with just lagging? It is solely just this site for me but it has been all day no matter what I do. ---
**Author:** ![danny\_support](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/danny_support/32/3492_2.png) [@danny\_support](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/danny_support)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/slooowww-lagging/6977/2 "2025-08-21T04:13:57Z")
Hi @sudsync , Thank you for reaching out! To help us look into it, could you share a few more details about what you’re seeing? For example, is the site slow to load overall, or is the lag happening during specific actions like submitting forms, navigating between pages, or interacting with a chatbot? Also, what browser and device are you using, and whether you’re connected through a VPN or using any browser extensions? In the meantime, we recommend clearing your browser cache and cookies, disabling any unnecessary extensions, and trying a different browser or device to see if the problem persists. ---
**Author:** ![sudsync](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/sudsync/32/3999_2.png) [@sudsync](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/sudsync)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/slooowww-lagging/6977/3 "2025-08-21T18:04:40Z")
Site overall - not the community. Anything in the studio - opening an axe, editing a prompt, waiting for an action to load, waiting for chat response regardless of what model, opening my domain… literally anything. ---
**Author:** ![nathaniel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/nathaniel/32/11_2.png) [@nathaniel](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/nathaniel)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/slooowww-lagging/6977/4 "2025-08-21T21:42:27Z")
Hello! We haven’t experienced any outage or slowdown from what we can see. Some models seem to be lagging, but the site itself seems ok. Are you still experiencing long loading times? ---
**Author:** ![beaupierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@beaupierce](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/beaupierce)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/slooowww-lagging/6977/5 "2025-08-26T23:22:36Z")
I’m having the same issue. All of pickaxes when I input a search query is either not giving me anything but a spinning search or delayed 30 seconds of greater response ---
**Author:** ![lindsay\_support](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/lindsay_support/32/4508_2.png) [@lindsay\_support](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/lindsay_support)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/slooowww-lagging/6977/6 "2025-08-27T22:52:33Z")
@beaupierce can you tell us more about the models that you’re using, and send a video or screenshot if possible? Feel free to send to [info@pickaxeproject.com](mailto:info@pickaxeproject.com) as well to interact with Customer Support directly! ---
**Author:** ![beaupierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@beaupierce](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/beaupierce)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/slooowww-lagging/6977/7 "2025-08-28T14:02:14Z")
I was using the GPT 5 model…. i switched back to GPT 40 and it is working without issue. Thanks for the comment and reach out.. I REALLY appreciate the customer service ---
**Author:** ![nathaniel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/community.pickaxe.co/nathaniel/32/11_2.png) [@nathaniel](https://community.pickaxe.co/u/nathaniel)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.pickaxe.co/t/slooowww-lagging/6977/8 "2025-08-31T18:13:23Z")
![Screenshot 2025-08-31 at 11.12.37 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/pickaxeproject/original/2X/0/081bd6ce22df80b548eb71f99dd5855adfd5a3ae.png) Exciting news! We’ve introduced the ability to choose the thinking speed of GPT-5! Should help a lot to allow builders to pick 🙂