Graph Creation: @nx/storybook/plugin:createNodes is very slow in large projects

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Problem
@nx/storybook/plugin is very slow in monorepos with numerous storybook projects.

> nx reset && NX_PERF_LOGGING=true NX_DAEMON=false NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING=true nx graph

Time for 'loading dotenv files' 0.2315409999999929
Time for 'workspace context init' 1.1064160000000243
Time for 'plugin worker 67551 code loading' 6.084209000000001
Time for 'plugin worker 67547 code loading' 6.763291000000002
Time for 'plugin worker 67546 code loading' 6.592749999999999
Time for 'plugin worker 67552 code loading' 6.752708000000002
Time for 'plugin worker 67548 code loading' 6.467167
Time for 'plugin worker 67553 code loading' 5.706084000000001
Time for 'plugin worker 67549 code loading' 6.484459000000001
Time for 'plugin worker 67554 code loading' 6.140333000000002
Time for 'plugin worker 67550 code loading' 6.103459000000001
Time for 'Load Nx Plugin: /Users/ccroom/Development/square-web/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]_@[email protected]_@[email protected]_@[email protected][email protected]__@[email protected]/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/project-json/build-nodes/project-json' 223.82658299999997
Time for 'Load Nx Plugin: /Users/ccroom/Development/square-web/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]_@[email protected]_@[email protected]_@[email protected][email protected]__@[email protected]/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/package-json' 224.17483299999998
Time for 'loadDefaultNxPlugins' 237.732459
Time for 'Load Nx Plugin: /Users/ccroom/Development/square-web/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]_@[email protected]_@[email protected]_@[email protected][email protected]__@[email protected]/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/js' 237.63737500000002
Time for 'Load Nx Plugin: @nx/storybook/plugin' 344.498375
Time for 'Load Nx Plugin: @nx/vite/plugin' 348.60758300000003
Time for 'Load Nx Plugin: @squareup/nx-stats-plugin' 359.656458
Time for 'loadSpecifiedNxPlugins' 489.99158300000005
Time for 'Load Nx Plugin: @squareup/service-dashboard-web-runtime/nx-plugin' 488.994083
Time for 'Load Nx Plugin: @squareup/nx-lint-plugin' 486.36804199999995
Time for 'Load Nx Plugin: @squareup/service-i18n/nx-plugin' 485.161625
Time for 'nx/core/project-json:createNodes' 0.16500000000002046
Time for '@squareup/nx-lint-plugin:createNodes' 0.6371669999999767
Time for '@squareup/service-dashboard-web-runtime/nx-plugin:createNodes' 16.54495800000001
Time for '@squareup/service-i18n/nx-plugin:createNodes' 22.517333000000008
Time for 'nx/core/package-json:createNodes' 166.94216700000004
Time for 'nx/js/dependencies-and-lockfile:createNodes' 208.34920900000003
Time for 'workspace context init' 0.9713750000000232
⠹ Creating project graph nodes with 8 pluginsTime for '@nx/vite/plugin:createNodes' 2324.0385420000002
⠙ Creating project graph nodes with @nx/storybook/pluginTime for '@nx/storybook/plugin:createNodes' 13536.203667
Time for 'workspace context init' 0.7220839999999953
Time for 'build-project-configs' 13587.508125
Time for 'createNodes:merge' 30.13654200000019
Time for 'native-file-deps' 0.002291999999215477
Time for 'get-workspace-files' 8.193749999998545
Time for 'get-all-workspace-files' 8.103250000000116
Time for 'read cache' 0.07179200000064156
Time for '@nx/storybook/plugin:createDependencies' 28.78741700000137
Time for '@nx/vite/plugin:createDependencies' 38.70166699999936
⠋ Creating project graph dependencies with 9 pluginsTime for 'build typescript dependencies' 2897.7423340000005

 NX   Nx Daemon is not enabled. Graph will not refresh on file changes.

Time for 'create-project-graph-async' 17147.250208
Time for 'create-project-graph-async >> retrieve-project-configurations' 14084.860666999999
Time for 'create-project-graph-async >> retrieve-workspace-files' 16.41912500000035
Time for 'create-project-graph-async >> build-project-graph-using-project-file-map' 3026.783708000001
Time for 'createDependencies' 3015.0257089999977
Time for 'nx/js/dependencies-and-lockfile:createDependencies' 3001.7879170000015
Time for 'createMetadata' 0.06670799999847077
Time for 'write cache' 18.329125000000204
Time for 'nx/core/project-json:createNodes' 0.1782920000005106
Time for '@squareup/nx-lint-plugin:createNodes' 0.49745899999834364
Time for 'nx/js/dependencies-and-lockfile:createNodes' 7.05712499999936
Time for '@squareup/service-dashboard-web-runtime/nx-plugin:createNodes' 11.45037500000035
Time for '@squareup/service-i18n/nx-plugin:createNodes' 15.414042000000336
Time for 'nx/core/package-json:createNodes' 99.61666599999808
Time for '@nx/storybook/plugin:createNodes' 142.4839159999974
⠋ Creating project graph nodes with 8 pluginsTime for '@nx/vite/plugin:createNodes' 526.2124580000018
Time for 'build-project-configs' 567.2272919999996
Time for 'createNodes:merge' 20.679707999999664
Time for 'native-file-deps' 0.0006659999999101274
Time for 'get-workspace-files' 7.174958999999944
Time for 'get-all-workspace-files' 2.1304589999999735
Time for 'read cache' 4.1287499999998545
Time for '@nx/vite/plugin:createDependencies' 27.218958000001294
Time for '@nx/storybook/plugin:createDependencies' 21.293666000001394
Time for 'build typescript dependencies' 0.03833400000075926

 NX   Project graph started at http://127.0.0.1:4211/projects

Time for 'project graph watch calculation' 674.5686669999996
Time for 'create-project-graph-async' 668.0446669999983
Time for 'create-project-graph-async >> retrieve-project-configurations' 577.180124999999
Time for 'create-project-graph-async >> retrieve-workspace-files' 9.340499999998428
Time for 'create-project-graph-async >> build-project-graph-using-project-file-map' 61.99437500000204
Time for 'createDependencies' 44.66662499999802
Time for 'nx/js/dependencies-and-lockfile:createDependencies' 33.540790999999444
Time for 'createMetadata' 0.017708999999740627
Time for 'write cache' 18.90216700000019
Time for 'read cache' 4.688250000002881
Time for 'project graph response generation' 6.622624999999971