very high CPU usage

[zephred]

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.

[boriel]

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

[samuelawachie]

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.