workflow is extremely slow
# support
k
workflow is no longer in bata but it's definatly not production ready. Compared to a normal assistant or even Retell AI's conversatio flow, it's so much slower. Will this be improved in the next week? Or do I need to use a nother service?
v
Thank you for your feedback. While Vapi Workflows are still in active development and the team encourages bug reports and suggestions, there is no official timeline for performance improvements in the next week ([changelog](https://docs.vapi.ai/changelog/2025/5/9)). Could you share a specific example or describe which part of the workflow feels slow? This will help the team investigate and prioritize improvements. Sources: - [Vapi Changelog, May 9, 2025](https://docs.vapi.ai/changelog/2025/5/9) - [Vapi Support Documentation](https://docs.vapi.ai/support)
a
We apologize for the poor experience. Can you elaborate on what is slow in workflows? Feel free to also upload a loom recording of the slowness and we will have our team review it to see if there is something we can improve upon.
k
what is loom recording? when I talk to an assistant in the workflow, the average response time is like 4 seconds. And sometimes it doesn't reply at all so I need to ask say something again to get a response.
a
Thank you for providing that information. loom is a screen recording software that we use to troubleshoot issues with UI and other VAPI related things.
j
I just experienced the same. Tried the scheduler template and the response time for interactions is much slower than the regular agent. Is this something that can be expected to improve in the near future?