# Bug: Prototyper intermittently fails to apply XML/file changes

**URL:** <https://community.firebasestudio.dev/t/bug-prototyper-intermittently-fails-to-apply-xml-file-changes/13001>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** troubleshooting\
**Created:** [May 22, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/t/bug-prototyper-intermittently-fails-to-apply-xml-file-changes/13001 "2025-05-22T21:26:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.firebasestudio.dev/dac/32/6866_2.png) [@DaC](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/u/DaC)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/t/bug-prototyper-intermittently-fails-to-apply-xml-file-changes/13001/7 "2025-05-26T11:08:47Z")

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> [@How-to Enabling Prototyper on Existing Project + Prototyper Full Context Clear](https://community.firebasestudio.dev/t/how-to-enabling-prototyper-on-existing-project-prototyper-full-context-clear/13781):
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> Background: People trying to bring their existing project (local machine, github, other cloud, etc) realize they can’t use the prototyper interface, only the code view, which uses a different model. With time the prototyper context memory gets huge and this ends up causing some troubles: Slow Speeds Frequent VM locks (Infinite Loading - reset needed) Uncomplete interactions Reduced Context Precision Old code being randomly and frequently reintroduced Additional errors like exceeding input tok…

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