# High CPU usage (Ruby)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-cpu-usage-ruby/348913
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** server-resources
**Created:** [January 25, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-cpu-usage-ruby/348913 "2025-01-25T01:50:40Z")
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### Author: ![AstonJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/astonj/32/215041_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-cpu-usage-ruby/348913/18 "2025-02-03T11:28:43Z")

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> [@AstonJ](#):
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> So what I found was reducing the unicorn workers on this server reduced load…

So it looks like my issue wasn’t the unicorn workers after all - after @sam’s update following @LotusJeff’s [thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increased-cpu-usage-since-3-4-0-beta4-dev-58f75ed205-upgrade/350200/5) the server loads have gone back to what they were (less than half of what they had gone up to)…

> [@Increased CPU Usage since 3.4.0.beta4-dev ( 58f75ed205 ) upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/increased-cpu-usage-since-3-4-0-beta4-dev-58f75ed205-upgrade/350200/5):
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> OK this is reverted now, [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/31119](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/31119) Let me know if the commit restores performance.

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