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When you expand node Web Modules under Tomcat Instance node and if the tomcat doesn't run, then it takes 1 second.
should be fixed for 3.6
It takes time to detect if the server is running or not - I do not know how to avoind that. Maybe a better UI could help.
seems to be OK in dev build from Nov 20