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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 03:44:45 +0000
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Offloads `DiskInfo.current()`, `process.waitUntilExit()`, and `pipe.readDataToEndOfFile()` from the `@MainActor` to background tasks using `Task.detached` to prevent UI freezing.

Co-authored-by: acebytes <2820910+acebytes@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .jules/bolt.md                                  |  3 +++
 .../Cacheout/ViewModels/CacheoutViewModel.swift | 17 +++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .jules/bolt.md

diff --git a/.jules/bolt.md b/.jules/bolt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..078f60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jules/bolt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## 2024-06-18 - Offload Synchronous Operations from Main Actor
+**Learning:** In Swift Concurrency, `Task { ... }` created from within a `@MainActor` inherits that actor's context. To prevent synchronous, blocking operations (like `DiskInfo.current()`, `process.waitUntilExit()`, and `pipe.readDataToEndOfFile()`) from blocking the main thread and freezing the UI, they must be executed outside the actor's context.
+**Action:** Use `Task.detached { ... }` which does not inherit the actor context, and `await` its `.value` property to safely return the result without blocking the `@MainActor`.
diff --git a/Sources/Cacheout/ViewModels/CacheoutViewModel.swift b/Sources/Cacheout/ViewModels/CacheoutViewModel.swift
index 13a9811..a389517 100644
--- a/Sources/Cacheout/ViewModels/CacheoutViewModel.swift
+++ b/Sources/Cacheout/ViewModels/CacheoutViewModel.swift
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ class CacheoutViewModel: ObservableObject {
     func scan() async {
         isScanning = true
         isNodeModulesScanning = true
-        diskInfo = DiskInfo.current()
+        // ⚡ Bolt: Offload blocking I/O to background thread to prevent UI freeze during scan startup
+        diskInfo = await Task.detached { DiskInfo.current() }.value
 
         // Scan caches and node_modules in parallel
         async let cacheResults = scanner.scanAll(CacheCategory.allCategories)
@@ -241,10 +242,13 @@ class CacheoutViewModel: ObservableObject {
         ]
 
         do {
-            try process.run()
-            process.waitUntilExit()
-            let data = pipe.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile()
-            let output = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? ""
+            // ⚡ Bolt: Offload synchronous process execution to prevent MainActor blocking (~3-5s UI freeze prevention)
+            let output = try await Task.detached {
+                try process.run()
+                process.waitUntilExit()
+                let data = pipe.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile()
+                return String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? ""
+            }.value
 
             if process.terminationStatus == 0 {
                 // Extract "Total reclaimed space:" line
@@ -270,7 +274,8 @@ class CacheoutViewModel: ObservableObject {
         }
 
         // Refresh disk info after prune
-        diskInfo = DiskInfo.current()
+        // ⚡ Bolt: Offload blocking I/O to background thread to prevent UI freeze
+        diskInfo = await Task.detached { DiskInfo.current() }.value
     }
 
     func clean() async {