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[feature-request] interactively add runs without stopping tensorboard

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Description

We are using tensorboard all the time to monitor our training sessions and to compare between our models.
Since it takes a lot of time to load and read large events files, it would be very helpful to be able to interactively load and remove runs.
Currently the only we know is to terminate tensorboard and run it again with new "--logdir" argument.
Loading all the runs in advance is not an option since:

  1. We have large (~20GB) events files and many runs
  2. Sometimes we want to add a new run that was not created when tensorboard started

Thank you.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the current workflow of stopping TensorBoard and restarting it with a different --logdir, then inspect how runs are loaded and displayed. Done means users can interactively add and remove runs, including runs created after startup, without restarting TensorBoard or loading every large events file in advance.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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