# The search for speed in Figma

DevFeed: [The search for speed in Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-search-for-speed-in-figma-10145.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/the-search-for-speed-in-figma-opensearch/>)

Author: Scott Laird

Published: 2024-10-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [Amazon OpenSearch Service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-opensearch-service.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [Instrumentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/instrumentation.md>), [elasticsearch](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/elasticsearch.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Traces](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/traces.md>), [telemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/telemetry.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [elasticsearch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/elasticsearch.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [instrumentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/instrumentation.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [opensearch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opensearch.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [traces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/traces.md>)

## AI overview

Figma describes an investigation into slow search performance as its search infrastructure grew. The team migrated from an older version of ElasticSearch to OpenSearch through AWS's managed OpenSearch service, then used instrumentation, metrics, and traces to reconcile major differences between reported search latency and application-level latency. The investigation found that API-library calls were substantially slower than OpenSearch's reported averages and helped establish a foundation for future scale.

## Source excerpt

Our months-long investigation into slow search speeds led to a solution that not only improved performance but also set the foundation for future scale.