why does figma weave keep disconnecting

Frequent disconnections while using Figma Weave can disrupt your workflow, forcing prompt restarts and causing canvas freezes. These intermittent dropouts often occur when the continuous WebSocket connection between your Figma client and Weave's real-time AI processing clusters is repeatedly interrupted.

This independent guide from Figma Weave Support explains why these connection drops happen during micro-outages or network instability and provides actionable steps to maintain a stable session.

Quick checks

• Check connection persistence: Ensure your connection isn't dropping during high-bandwidth tasks like video calls or background downloads.
• Verify status stability: Momentary server hiccups can drop active sessions; see if Figma Weave is down across wider service clusters.
• Relaunch the editor: Close all open Figma tabs or restart the desktop app to re-establish clean connection sockets.

1. Audit WebSocket traffic and local security software

Figma Weave relies on continuous bidirectional WebSocket streams to stream design generations to your canvas. Corporate firewalls, strict antivirus software, or active VPN filtering tools can prematurely terminate idle WebSockets. Temporarily pause third-party security software or whitelist Figma domains to check if disconnections stop.

1. Disable browser extension conflicts

Ad blockers, privacy shields, and script management extensions can interfere with background connection heartbeats. Open Figma in an Incognito or Private window with all extensions disabled. If Weave operates smoothly without disconnecting, re-enable your extensions one by one to find the culprit.

1. Rule out canvas generation load timeouts

When Weave generates complex multi-frame layouts, heavy processing loads can cause the connection to time out if local client memory is constrained. If disconnections occur primarily during large generations, refer to our troubleshooting steps for Figma Weave not generating layouts to reduce context complexity.

1. Clear Figma client cache and reset local session

Corrupted cache data can cause the client to repeatedly lose authentication state during AI generation calls. In the desktop app, go to Help > Troubleshooting > Clear Cache and Restart. In a browser, clear site data and cookies for Figma before logging back in.

Still stuck?

If Weave continues to disconnect despite a stable internet connection and clear client cache, the underlying cause is likely server-side cluster instability or ongoing maintenance. Try working in smaller prompt increments, or verify that the AI feature hasn't vanished entirely by checking our page on Figma Weave missing in Figma.