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Bramblewatch
Built on Electron, Bramblewatch stores several Chromium runtime caches under your Windows profile so its web interface, embedded scripts, and GPU rendering pipeline start faster between sessions. Those files include HTTP disk cache entries in Cache_Data, V8 compiled JavaScript in Code Cache, GPUCache metadata, DawnGraphiteCache and DawnWebGPUCache shader and pipeline blobs, Shared Dictionary compressed response dictionaries, and settled log files; Kudu removes only those disposable caches and logs, not your account, settings, or saved data.
Why clean Bramblewatch?
- Corrupted HTTP cache entries in Cache_Data can make Bramblewatch load an outdated shell or broken assets, showing blank panels, missing icons, or a window that never finishes refreshing
- Invalidated Electron V8 bytecode in Code Cache after a Bramblewatch update can cause unusually slow first launch, repeated script recompilation, or UI sections that feel sluggish until the cache is rebuilt
- A graphics driver update can invalidate GPUCache data, leading to black screens, flickering charts, or stutter during the first rendered views until Chromium regenerates fresh GPU state
- Stale DawnGraphiteCache and DawnWebGPUCache shader or pipeline blobs can conflict with new app builds or driver changes, causing rendering glitches, delayed canvas drawing, or sudden fallback to slower software paths
- Broken Shared Dictionary cache data can interfere with Chromium's compressed network responses, so Bramblewatch may repeatedly re-download resources, display partial content, or fail to load some views correctly
- Settled log files can quietly grow after repeated startup errors or sync failures, wasting disk space and making the Bramblewatch profile much larger than expected even though they no longer help normal operation
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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