# Load average ×2 since last upgrade

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/load-average-x2-since-last-upgrade/391603
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** activitypub
**Created:** [December 17, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/load-average-x2-since-last-upgrade/391603 "2025-12-17T22:25:56Z")
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### Author: ![pmusaraj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pmusaraj/32/119489_2.png) [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/load-average-x2-since-last-upgrade/391603/6 "2025-12-22T16:35:53Z")

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Load went back to normal with ActivityPub enabled again?

> [@Julien\_Palard](#):
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> `DistributedMutex("activity_pub_process_[...]"): held for too long`

Any chance you can share a backtrace for this error? I am not seeing it on two instances that we have running with the plugin enabled.

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