Slow save in Eclipse

Question

I'm using Eclipse 3.5, with Java 6u20, Tomcat 6.0.28, and I have a big problem: Everything worked normal, and somehow (I don't know how) Eclipse started to be very slow.

When I edit some file, Eclipse freezes, and show me a info window, saying Saving.........

And that last for about a minute or two, and than tomcat start to publish files. Till recently this worked ok (everything was finished in 3 seconds).

I don't know what has been changed in project, and I have tried using different eclipse, tomcat, Java,....

When I turn on System processes it shows a system process: System: Updating status for Tomcat....

What could be wrong? Any hint guys?

Answer 1

I was experiencing slow saves of about 2 seconds on some Java projects in Eclipse. On other projects saves were performed instantly. Removing all breakpoints resolved the issue.