Libpacks in BIMcloud take long time to load

[Jaime-airc_digital]

Since the change to library packs, the loading times of BIMcloud libraries has increased more than 10 fold. See video below comparing the same template loading libraries from BIMcloud both in Archicad 27 and 28. While Archicad 27 loaded the same libraries in around 20 seconds, in Archicad 28, using libpacks, the total library loading time of approximately 2 minutes and 33 seconds just to open a single project template.

This loading time also happens when refreshing the libraries. This is a very long wait time for a user to begin working or update libraries.
Please provide feedback, as this is a serious problem that I suppose most Archicad 28 users have been facing in silence.

[SeaGeoff]

Jumping in here. I too am building and refining my AC29 template. Our office uses BIMcloud SaaS as the library source for all projects, even solo PLNs. We did not move to the global libraries for AC28 so this is our big transition point. Favorite conversion went quite well using the add-on. We are not migrating any running projects to the new library architecture. Even if move them to AC29 we will keep using the monolith libraries for the duration of the project.

Two things I am experiencing while working on the template:

1. I get an Updating local library data… progress pop-up when I open a project even if the libraries are already downloaded and are unchanged. Not a huge deal, but why?
2. Updating the Libpacks on BIMcloud is a royal pain. We have about 50 libpacks that load with most projects and updating them one by one is very tedious. Please tell me there is a way to update all the libpacks on BIMcloud in one go that I am not aware of.

Thanks.