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Bramblewatch
Built on Electron, Bramblewatch stores several Chromium runtime caches on Windows to speed up its web UI, JavaScript execution, and GPU rendering. Those files include HTTP disk cache entries in Cache_Data, V8 compiled script data in Code Cache, GPUCache artifacts, DawnGraphiteCache and DawnWebGPUCache shader and pipeline blobs, Shared Dictionary compression cache files, and settled log files. Kudu removes only these disposable caches and logs so Bramblewatch can rebuild them cleanly without touching your account, watchlists, settings, or saved content.
Why clean Bramblewatch?
- Corrupted HTTP cache entries in Cache_Data can leave Bramblewatch showing outdated panels, missing images, or pages that never finish refreshing until the cache is rebuilt
- Invalidated V8 compiled code in Code Cache after a Bramblewatch update often causes a noticeably slow first launch, white windows, or UI sections that stay unresponsive while scripts recompile
- Old GPUCache data from a previous graphics driver version can conflict with Chromium's rendering pipeline and show up as black flashes, flickering charts, or a blank window on startup
- Stale DawnGraphiteCache or DawnWebGPUCache shader blobs after a driver or app update can cause stutter during first render, broken transitions, or repeated GPU process crashes before Bramblewatch regenerates them
- A bad Shared Dictionary cache can break compressed resource reuse, leading to partial page loads, missing text fragments, or repeated re-downloading of the same Bramblewatch assets
- Settled log files can quietly grow over time after sync errors or renderer crashes, wasting disk space and making it harder to spot current problems among old entries
What gets cleaned
Cache paths Kudu targets
Windows
%AppData%/Bramblewatch/Cache/Cache_Data |
%AppData%/Bramblewatch/Code Cache |
%AppData%/Bramblewatch/GPUCache |
%AppData%/Bramblewatch/DawnGraphiteCache |
%AppData%/Bramblewatch/DawnWebGPUCache |
%AppData%/Bramblewatch/Shared Dictionary/cache |
%AppData%/Bramblewatch/logs |
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