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Optimizing backend workflows

Bubble · Bubble Docs Free Intermediate

Anything batch like, bulk updates, recalculations, imports, belongs on the server, not in a page the user is staring at. This is the official guide to doing that work in backend workflows without timing out or burning workload. It pairs directly with the advice to move heavy operations off the hot path.

  • Run bulk and batch work server side so the interface stays responsive
  • Chunk large jobs to avoid timeouts and runaway workload
  • Schedule expensive results once and store them for instant reads

The question it answers

  1. My Bubble app slows to a crawl once I have a few thousand records. How do I fix performance without rebuilding in code?

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