Extremly slow STS startup, loading org.springsource.ide.eclipse.dashboard.ui

Question

when I start my STS (3.5.1.RELEASE) it takes about 5 Minutes to startup. On the splashscreen I can see "loading org.springsource.ide.eclipse.dashboard.ui"

I've allready disabled the Option "Show Dasboad on Startup".

Does anyone has an idea?

Even my colleagues have the same problem.

Best regards, Peter

Answer 1

This is a known issue in STS up to version 3.6.0. This will be fixed in 3.6.1. See https://issuetracker.springsource.com/browse/STS-3861

Answer 2

I guess this is related to a network issue, I experienced a similar behavior in situations where my network access was problematic. Are you behind a firewall and/or proxy? And did you configure that in the Eclipse network preferences?