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# Reduce kubeconfig Size

### Issue <a href="#issue" id="issue"></a>

If you’re seeing issues with halyard taking forever or complaining that your kubeconfig is too large, it may be worth reducing your kubeconfig or removing unnecessary certificate authorities from your kubeconfig.

### Cause <a href="#cause" id="cause"></a>

Kubeconfig file sizes can cause a long time to load because of the way kubeconfig yaml files are parsed