From a31969d2284082c8f071763831130211dae3e5bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Stirling <julian@julianstirling.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 18:35:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add note about mdns speed

---
 apidocs/dev/webapp.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apidocs/dev/webapp.md b/apidocs/dev/webapp.md
index 905f579f..1e4fe2a5 100644
--- a/apidocs/dev/webapp.md
+++ b/apidocs/dev/webapp.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ If your microscope hostname is not `microscope`, you can use local environment f
 
 (changing `myhostname` to the correct host name.)
 
+**Note:** If you have performance issues with lag this can depend on mdns speed for your setup. To avoid mdns overload `VITE_MICROSCPOPE_HOST` with the IP address rather than the host name.
+
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