Mounted Google Drive files open slowly even if cached
Files opened from a rclone Google Drive mount take 20 to 30 seconds even when cached, and users cannot tell whether the app or the mount is at fault.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
8 public reports · first reported 16 September 2026 · last reported 23 September 2026
What's going wrong
Users who mount Google Drive with rclone and open media files through an application see long waits, sometimes 20 to 30 seconds, even for files already held in the local cache.
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