Long load times when large Asset Bundles are discarded

Unity: Asset Bundles

6.0.X

6000.0.0b14

2023.2.X

2022.3.X

2021.3.X

2021.3.30f1 onwards

How to reproduce:

Expected result: Load times are fast
Actual result: Load times are long

Reproducible with: 2021.3.30f1
Not reproducible with: 2022.3.17f1, 2023.2.5f1, 2023.3.0b2

Reproduced on: macOS 14.1 (Intel)

For details see: