On my test computer at least, today's snap revision 1373 seems to have solved it.
Running `snap run --trace-exec chromium` on a cold boot I get Slowest 10 exec calls during snap run: 0.237s snap-update-ns 0.400s /usr/lib/snapd/snap-confine 0.087s /snap/chromium/1373/snap/command-chain/snapcraft-runner 0.590s /snap/chromium/1373/bin/desktop-launch 0.065s /usr/bin/snapctl 0.114s /snap/chromium/1373/bin/chromium.launcher 0.159s /usr/bin/dbus-send 0.286s /usr/bin/xdg-settings 3.609s /proc/self/exe 5.238s /snap/chromium/1373/usr/lib/chromium-browser/chrome Total time: 6.515s -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1900783 Title: [snap] On Groovy, Chromium snap takes much longer to load the first time after reboot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1900783/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs