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Constantly using 400+% of CPU

See original GitHub issue

Description

GitHub Desktop: 1.4.1

Operating system: MacOS Mojave 10.14 (18A391)

Steps to Reproduce

Open Github Desktop

Expected Behavior

Program uses very little CPU

Actual Behavior

Program consistently uses 400% or more CPU

Additional Information

Logs

2018-09-30T00:16:34.405Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.781sec
2018-09-30T00:31:35.804Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.120sec
2018-09-30T00:46:35.181Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.947sec
2018-09-30T01:01:34.175Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.641sec
2018-09-30T01:16:34.617Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.113sec
2018-09-30T01:31:34.817Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.345sec
2018-09-30T01:32:07.104Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: sixteenzero - ReagentX (has token)
2018-09-30T01:46:39.099Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 7.036sec
2018-09-30T02:01:34.883Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.803sec
2018-09-30T02:15:14.418Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: sixteenzero - ReagentX (has token)
2018-09-30T02:15:21.862Z - info: [ui] Executing push: git -c credential.helper= push origin master:master --progress (took 7.434s)
2018-09-30T02:16:34.395Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.014sec
2018-09-30T02:31:41.757Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 7.413sec
2018-09-30T02:46:36.427Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.464sec
2018-09-30T03:01:37.304Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.616sec
2018-09-30T03:16:38.260Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.928sec
2018-09-30T03:31:38.466Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.739sec
2018-09-30T03:46:38.111Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.949sec
2018-09-30T04:01:39.000Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.975sec
2018-09-30T04:16:34.746Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.750sec
2018-09-30T04:31:36.104Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.762sec
2018-09-30T04:46:36.299Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.860sec
2018-09-30T05:01:36.346Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.060sec
2018-09-30T05:07:58.119Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: sixteenzero - ReagentX (has token)
2018-09-30T05:12:43.912Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: sixteenzero - ReagentX (has token)
2018-09-30T05:16:34.307Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.296sec
2018-09-30T05:31:34.621Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.641sec
2018-09-30T05:46:34.395Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.447sec
2018-09-30T06:01:34.158Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.239sec
2018-09-30T06:16:33.751Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.862sec
2018-09-30T06:31:35.004Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.331sec
2018-09-30T06:46:36.640Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 7.163sec
2018-09-30T16:04:43.348Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.992sec
2018-09-30T16:19:42.694Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.364sec
2018-09-30T16:34:46.656Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.190sec
2018-09-30T16:49:44.432Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.139sec
2018-09-30T17:04:42.420Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.983sec
2018-09-30T17:19:42.873Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.491sec
2018-09-30T17:34:42.780Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.983sec
2018-09-30T17:49:42.869Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.339sec
2018-09-30T18:04:43.896Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.772sec
2018-09-30T18:19:41.288Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.604sec
2018-09-30T18:34:39.987Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.816sec
2018-09-30T18:49:44.597Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.735sec
2018-09-30T19:04:42.356Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.875sec
2018-09-30T19:19:38.388Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: pydemos - ReagentX (has token)
2018-09-30T19:19:43.796Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 7.345sec
2018-09-30T19:34:41.075Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.286sec
2018-09-30T19:49:44.730Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.484sec
2018-09-30T20:04:43.504Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.995sec
2018-09-30T20:19:41.892Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 5.549sec
2018-09-30T20:34:44.146Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.092sec
2018-09-30T20:49:40.228Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.336sec
2018-09-30T21:01:40.109Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: sixteenzero - ReagentX (has token)
2018-09-30T21:02:00.866Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: pydemos - ReagentX (has token)
2018-09-30T21:02:27.568Z - info: [ui] [AppStore.withAuthenticatingUser] account found for repository: pydemos - ReagentX (has token)
2018-09-30T21:04:41.545Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 7.015sec
2018-09-30T21:14:35.498Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] loading 17 repositories from store
2018-09-30T21:14:35.498Z - info: [ui] [AppStore] found account: ReagentX (Christopher Sardegna)
2018-09-30T21:14:35.908Z - info: [ui] launching: 1.4.1 (Mac OS 10.14.0)
2018-09-30T21:14:35.908Z - info: [ui] execPath: '/Users/chris/Applications/GitHub Desktop.app/Contents/Frameworks/GitHub Desktop Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/GitHub Desktop Helper'
2018-09-30T21:16:43.550Z - info: [ui] Background fetch for 17 repositories took 6.666sec

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Reactions:1
Comments:28 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

5reactions

diogomedeirostdcommented, Aug 28, 2020

I also have this issue right now

1reaction

stevewardcommented, Dec 15, 2021

From https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/13540:

When the desktop app updater window pops up asking for credentials, if it goes unnoticed, it will spin up the CPU. I stepped away from my laptop running macOS Big Sur and when I came back the fans were going nuts. Checking activity monitor showed it was using 99.9% CPU.

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