Site name: teamsiteinspect.netlify.app
Type of site: Static, deployed via Netlify Drop (drag-and-drop folder, no Git, no build, no functions)
Custom domain: None — using the default .netlify.app subdomain.
Problem: Every first request after the site is idle takes ~2.5 minutes to return any response (browser shows infinite spinner). Once the first request completes, subsequent requests serve normally and quickly — until the site goes idle again, then the next visitor hits another 2.5 min wait. This started recently after ~3 months of normal, fast serving with no changes from my side.
Impact: This is a PWA used by field engineers on mobile. The long cold start is unusable — they think the site is down. The app only “works” because it has an offline Service Worker cache; users with no cache (incognito / first visit) just see an infinite spinner.