# "convert" process eating CPU

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-process-eating-cpu/101309>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [November 5, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-process-eating-cpu/101309 "2018-11-05T14:02:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![skozz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/skozz/32/119704_2.png) [@skozz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/skozz)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-process-eating-cpu/101309/3 "2019-02-25T11:48:48Z")

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Hi! I’ve the same problem. I searched and found this post a few days ago, so according to your feedback @sam we decided to wait before doing any action in the forum, but after 4 days the **convert** process is killing our machine and pulling down the forum (it starts going slower and then starts throwing 502 for any request).

This is the _top_ at this moment:

```
%CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
51.5 3.0 0:07.73 ruby
27.9 7.2 3:42.61 postmaster
14.3 7.4 0:09.51 convert
13.6 7.3 1:52.68 postmaster
13.0 3.6 0:02.20 convert
11.3 3.8 0:02.41 convert
10.3 3.9 0:02.20 convert
 8.3 6.3 0:17.23 convert
 8.3 9.5 0:09.11 convert
 8.3 1.0 0:10.39 convert
 8.3 3.7 0:01.96 convert
 7.3 0.7 0:09.91 convert
 7.0 7.1 0:01.69 convert
 4.0 3.3 0:05.59 convert
 1.3 0.0 0:53.90 kswapd0
 0.7 0.0 0:00.40 kworker/u4:1ert
 1.3 0.0 0:53.90 kswapd0
 0.7 0.0 0:00.40 kworker/u4:1

```

Our setup is a one-click DigitalOcean image and the problem started last Friday 2019-02-22 10:00 **after upgrading the forum** to the last version from **2.2.0beta1 +20 to 2.3.0.beta2.**

Taken actions:

- Waiting for the process to end
- Clearing old containers + images and rebuilding
- Restarting 3-4 times the machine
- Crying

Any idea?

Thank you very much and sorry for bothering you.

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