# Unusually high CPU usage

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/unusually-high-cpu-usage/394651
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [January 29, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unusually-high-cpu-usage/394651 "2026-01-29T13:27:05Z")
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### Author: ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unusually-high-cpu-usage/394651/12 "2026-02-02T16:23:41Z")

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There were probably background jobs running in sidekiq that needed to complete.

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