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This being a rare operation, the maximum time taken is within acceptable range.
CSV Import
CSV import has been significantly optimized with 1.8.0 and the timeout errors have been eliminated during imports.
However, CSV import still slows down considerably for MySQL in default configuration, when certain tables hit the limit of around 1 million rows. The fix requires considerable change in database design and is planned to be addressed in RMsis 1.9.x series (after 1.9.0 release).
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