AI Apps after the 26D update: LLM-generated “node progress messages” add 10–14 s before the first

Summary:

Once we launch the AI application it takes around 14 seconds and every question takes quite long since this new patch.

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Since the AI Agent Studio update at the start of November, our AI app workflows (data_pipeline, about 55 nodes, called from a Redwood AI app) wait 8–14 seconds before the first node starts.

In the run log (workflowExecutions), every affected job shows a REASONING step before the first NODE_START. Its prompt begins:

“Below is a agentic workflow specification. Using this spec, please generate user friendly messages which can be shown to user when each node is running…”