# Query causing 400% CPU Load

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-causing-400-cpu-load/285542>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [November 15, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-causing-400-cpu-load/285542 "2023-11-15T10:46:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![sok777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/query-causing-400-cpu-load/285542/25 "2023-11-30T16:16:21Z")

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```plaintext
Limit (cost=123.37..22204.48 rows=1000 width=40)
   Output: users.id, (array_agg(ARRAY[uccm.id, c_msg.id])), uccm.user_id
   -> GroupAggregate (cost=123.37..339399.59 rows=15365 width=40)
         Output: users.id, array_agg(ARRAY[uccm.id, c_msg.id]), uccm.user_id
         Group Key: users.id, uccm.user_id
         -> Nested Loop (cost=123.37..336077.65 rows=417317 width=24)
               Output: users.id, uccm.user_id, uccm.id, c_msg.id
               Inner Unique: true
               -> Merge Join (cost=123.23..271629.01 rows=417317 width=28)
                     Output: users.id, group_users.group_id, uccm.id, uccm.user_id, c_msg.id
                     Merge Cond: (user_options.user_id = group_users.user_id)
                     -> Nested Loop Left Join (cost=121.72..221430.16 rows=132835 width=28)
                           Output: users.id, user_options.user_id, uccm.id, uccm.user_id, c_msg.id
                           Filter: (((uccm.user_id = c_mentions.user_id) AND (uccm.following IS TRUE) AND ((cc.chatable_type)::text = 'Category'::text)) OR ((cc.chatable_type)::text = 'DirectMessage'::text))
                           -> Nested Loop (cost=121.32..149930.76 rows=132967 width=42)
                                 Output: users.id, user_options.user_id, uccm.id, uccm.user_id, uccm.following, cc.chatable_type, c_msg.id
                                 Join Filter: ((c_msg.user_id <> users.id) AND (cc.id = c_msg.chat_channel_id))
                                 -> Nested Loop (cost=120.91..57868.92 rows=21066 width=54)
                                       Output: users.id, user_options.user_id, uccm.id, uccm.user_id, uccm.chat_channel_id, uccm.last_read_message_id, uccm.last_unread_mention_when_emailed_id, uccm.following, cc.id, cc.chatable_type
                                       Inner Unique: true
                                       -> Nested Loop (cost=120.63..51231.73 rows=21066 width=33)
                                             Output: users.id, user_options.user_id, uccm.id, uccm.user_id, uccm.chat_channel_id, uccm.last_read_message_id, uccm.last_unread_mention_when_emailed_id, uccm.following
                                             Inner Unique: true
                                             -> Merge Join (cost=120.21..36835.88 rows=21096 width=29)
                                                   Output: users.id, uccm.id, uccm.user_id, uccm.chat_channel_id, uccm.last_read_message_id, uccm.last_unread_mention_when_emailed_id, uccm.following
                                                   Inner Unique: true
                                                   Merge Cond: (uccm.user_id = users.id)
                                                   -> Index Scan using user_chat_channel_unique_memberships on public.user_chat_channel_memberships uccm (cost=0.41..12177.25 rows=21618 width=25)
                                                         Output: uccm.id, uccm.user_id, uccm.chat_channel_id, uccm.last_read_message_id, uccm.following, uccm.muted, uccm.desktop_notification_level, uccm.mobile_notification_level, uccm.created_at, uccm.updated_at, uccm.last_unread_mention_when_emailed_id, uccm.join_mode, uccm.last_viewed_at
                                                   -> Index Scan using users_pkey on public.users (cost=0.42..23823.53 rows=237544 width=4)
                                                         Output: users.id
                                                         Filter: (users.last_seen_at < '2023-11-27 08:00:00'::timestamp without time zone)
                                             -> Index Scan using index_user_options_on_user_id on public.user_options (cost=0.42..0.68 rows=1 width=4)
                                                   Output: user_options.user_id
                                                   Index Cond: (user_options.user_id = users.id)
                                                   Filter: (user_options.chat_enabled AND (user_options.chat_email_frequency = 1))
                                       -> Index Scan using chat_channels_pkey on public.chat_channels cc (cost=0.28..0.32 rows=1 width=21)
                                             Output: cc.id, cc.chatable_id, cc.deleted_at, cc.deleted_by_id, cc.featured_in_category_id, cc.delete_after_seconds, cc.chatable_type, cc.created_at, cc.updated_at, cc.name, cc.description, cc.status, cc.user_count, cc.last_message_sent_at, cc.auto_join_users, cc.user_count_stale, cc.type, cc.slug, cc.allow_channel_wide_mentions, cc.messages_count, cc.threading_enabled, cc.last_message_id
                                             Index Cond: (cc.id = uccm.chat_channel_id)
                                 -> Index Scan using index_chat_messages_on_chat_channel_id_and_created_at on public.chat_messages c_msg (cost=0.41..4.19 rows=12 width=16)
                                       Output: c_msg.id, c_msg.chat_channel_id, c_msg.user_id
                                       Index Cond: ((c_msg.chat_channel_id = uccm.chat_channel_id) AND (c_msg.created_at > '2023-11-20 08:00:00'::timestamp without time zone))
                                       Filter: ((c_msg.deleted_at IS NULL) AND ((uccm.last_read_message_id IS NULL) OR (c_msg.id > uccm.last_read_message_id)) AND ((uccm.last_unread_mention_when_emailed_id IS NULL) OR (c_msg.id > uccm.last_unread_mention_when_emailed_id)))
                           -> Index Only Scan using chat_mentions_index on public.chat_mentions c_mentions (cost=0.40..0.52 rows=1 width=8)
                                 Output: c_mentions.chat_message_id, c_mentions.user_id, c_mentions.notification_id
                                 Index Cond: (c_mentions.chat_message_id = c_msg.id)
                     -> Index Only Scan using index_group_users_on_user_id_and_group_id on public.group_users (cost=0.42..44019.59 rows=760157 width=8)
                           Output: group_users.user_id, group_users.group_id
               -> Index Only Scan using groups_pkey on public.groups (cost=0.14..0.16 rows=1 width=4)
  Output: groups.id
                     Index Cond: (groups.id = group_users.group_id)

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