Code slow in RStudio over VPN

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Using latest version of R (4.2.1) and RStudio (2022.07.1-554) on Windows code execution (and even loading of an RStudio project) is extremely slow over VPN. Base RGui running the same code is unaffected. It has been this way for a few years but has gotten worse of late. (Or maybe I just work from home more often since COVID and it bothers me more often).

Simple code (loading a library, loading a small (<100k) text file, or plotting data already in memory) takes 5 to 10 seconds. This makes it unusable. I either have to run the code in RGui, copy all the files locally, or remote in to an office PC to access the files.

I looked a previous topics and no resolutions provided.

RStudio slow response over VPN

I've been using RStudio quite a while. Recently, I've noticed that when I am logged into my company's VPN (to access secure data), execution of even simple functions with RStudio slows to a crawl. However, loading up base R while on the same VPN connection is as fast as I would expect. Are there some RStudio settings that should be tuned for working over VPN? Or is this a bug? I've seen this issue mentioned various times over on the Pro Support site but any resolution is unclear: thread 1 thread 2 Thank for any comments or suggestions you can provide.

I tried some suggestions from other threads such as removing the project folder and also turning off the package pane and no change in performance.

[edited for typo]