# Postgres using 100% of CPU

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-using-100-of-cpu/45261>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [June 5, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-using-100-of-cpu/45261 "2016-06-05T00:19:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-using-100-of-cpu/45261/1 "2016-06-05T00:19:26Z")

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Hi there, I’m seeing an issue on my docker install. It’s on Linode on Ubuntu 14.04.

Postgres is using 100% of the CPU. The forum itself is working just fine, version v1.6.0.beta7 +156. Doesn’t seem any slower or anything.

Here’s a screen capture from “htop”:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/e/1eba152b30401ae7bdab3170d8dba15fbdafb4fd.png)

Any pointers on how I can diagnose this and remedy it?

I’ve tried rebuilding with ./launcher rebuild and even cleaning up with ./launcher clean. I’ve tried rebooting the server as well.

I have plenty of disk space left (10GB free), and Discourse is the only thing running on this server.

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

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