From c2d1339256f7b2b125c23e1787797f723e617b74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jkingsman <jack.kingsman@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 15:55:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Default stale node pruning for visualizer to ON

---
 frontend/src/utils/visualizerSettings.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/visualizerSettings.ts b/frontend/src/utils/visualizerSettings.ts
index 41c69c2..971d10a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/visualizerSettings.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/visualizerSettings.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const VISUALIZER_DEFAULTS: VisualizerSettings = {
   observationWindowSec: 15,
   letEmDrift: true,
   particleSpeedMultiplier: 2,
-  pruneStaleNodes: false,
+  pruneStaleNodes: true,
   pruneStaleMinutes: 5,
   autoOrbit: false,
   showControls: true,