Kong / Kong/insomnia

Last two (maybe three?) version gives a blank window

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Description

### Expected Behavior

For the Insomnia App to load and remain open and working

### Actual Behavior

I get a "blank" screen, sometimes directly on starting Insomnia and if I go and hit the menu for a new Window it loads a new window which I can use:
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Also, often when I start Insomnia I get several messages from Windows about a frozen startup and if I want to reload Insomnia or wait. I have to chose wait.

### Reproduction Steps

Start Insomnia and load a lot of endpoints and some OpenAPI definitions and see if it gets slow and blank, I guess

### Is there an existing issue for this?

- [x] I have searched the [issue tracker](https://www.github.com/Kong/insomnia/issues) for this problem.

### Which sync method do you use?

- [ ] Git sync.
- [x] Insomnia Cloud sync.
- [ ] Local only

### Additional Information

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I've already tried to clear out %AppData%/Insomnia director and create a new one and start "fresh", but after a few days syncing my collections and importing the OpenAPI definitions it's back to becoming sluggish and giving the blank screen.

I try to close tabs after I've used them, and the blank screen can happen even if I'm not using Insomnia actively, and when I switch to it it has gone blank.

Running updated Windows 11 Business with a Ultra 9 CPU, SSD storage and 32GB of RAM.

### Insomnia Version

11.01

### What operating system are you using?

Windows

### Operating System Version

Win 11 24H2

### Installation method

Download

### Last Known Working Insomnia version

10.x

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

No source file or test is identified. First reproduce Insomnia 11.01 on Windows 11 24H2 with Cloud sync, many endpoints, and imported OpenAPI definitions, then compare behavior with version 10.x. Done means startup and newly opened windows remain usable without blanking or freezing.

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Assessment

Tech stack
electron, typescript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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