topic very high CPU usage in Desktop (Linux)

very high CPU usage

zephred — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:56:25 GMT

Idle linux spotify-client version 1.2.31.1205.g4d59ad7c is _again_ using a lot of CPU (ofter >100%) (ubuntu 22.04)

Clearing the cache did not help.
strace fills the screen with futex, epoll_wait and getrandom but gives no clue.

It makes my machine unusable. What is spotify doing to crush my CPU ?
Is it possible to get some feedback from spotify people about that recurring problem ?

Thanks for your help.

Re: very high CPU usage

boriel — Mon, 12 May 2025 17:37:19 GMT

I'm having a similar problem (Ubuntu 22.04, 22.04) with Spotify premium.

Re: very high CPU usage

samuelawachie — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:31:16 GMT

This is due to the renderer process whenever the client is in the foreground. They need to fix this. It was working well before in the 1.2.8 version of the application.