topic Re: Renderer process using too much CPU in Desktop (Linux)

Renderer process using too much CPU

samuelawachie — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:45:23 GMT

Spotify version 1.2.77.358.g4339a634

(Linux Mint 22.2)

Once the spotify-client downloaded via the apt is in the foreground, this particular process (the renderer process) consumes about 10 to 40% of the CPU. It of course makes the fans spin loudly on the laptop and is frustrating to listen to music.

One doesn't even have to have anything playing. Just having the application open and not minimized makes the renderer process go crazy with these CPU cycles.

This wasn't the case in the 1.2.8 version (that I was using in Linux Zorin due to the old UI that that version enabled me to use).

If there's a way to resolve the dependency **bleep** that installing that 1.2.8 version on mint, I'd go back to it irrespective of the newer version of the application.

Please this needs to be fixed.

I have even searched out similar topics of this issue, and there are no fixes.

Something's wrong with the renderer process when the application is in the foreground. If it's backgrounded, no issue at all.

Look into it please

Re: Renderer process using too much CPU

laander — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:41:34 GMT

Same here, on MacOS Sequoia with M4 Pro.
"Spotify Helper (Renderer)" constantly hovering around 20-25% on a fresh installation.
App version 1.2.81.264.gb4ad4efa

Re: Renderer process using too much CPU

only_bo — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:14:31 GMT

Same here. I left Spotify running during an Ableton session on my M1 Pro Macbook and Spotify helper was using 275% to the point where I hit my file descriptor limit in the OS and couldn't open any new processes (tabs, etc.). Please fix urgently.

Re: Renderer process using too much CPU

samuelawachie — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:43:58 GMT

I've had to go back quite a few versions in time to Spotify 1.2.31.1205.g4d59ad7c for something else, and magically, this issue does not exist on this version. That means that this issue was introduced with the new layout options in recent versions of the application. It's amazing some of the things that are now working again, some bugs that don't even exist and stuff. I also lost some newer functions like Block Artist, and Exclude from Taste Profile.

But I'd take the listening in quietness and better performance on this version. The app is no more lagging. Everything is just so fast. It's quite breathtaking!