# Ignition Server CPU and Memory Usage

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-server-cpu-and-memory-usage/78131>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [August 21, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-server-cpu-and-memory-usage/78131 "2023-08-21T05:36:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![monc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@monc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/monc)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-server-cpu-and-memory-usage/78131/1 "2023-08-21T05:36:20Z")

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Hello,

Is there a way to find what's causing the High CPU and Memory Usage?

I only have 1 designer and 1 Perspective instance open, and the CPU and Memory just went up.

I'm using Ignition 8.1.18 and I attached a photo for reference

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/9/f91d8de45e8b667dc326794701e64b8257c7e546.png)

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**Author:** ![Learner\_Ignition](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@Learner\_Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Learner_Ignition)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-server-cpu-and-memory-usage/78131/2 "2023-08-21T08:54:48Z")

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Can you check in Gateway --\> Status --\> Diagnostics --\> Execution

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-server-cpu-and-memory-usage/78131/3 "2023-08-21T12:59:13Z")

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Good lord, that is pathological! And with only one hour of uptime. That suggests your application contains many infinite recursion problems and/or circular binding problems. But that is just a guess. Is there anything odd showing in your gateway logs?

Consider taking a thread dump. And possibly a heap dump or flight recording. Some techniques to pursue:

[https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/search?q=java%20flight%20recorder%20order%3Alatest](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/search?q=java%20flight%20recorder%20order%3Alatest)

Also consider opening a support ticket and having IA look over your shoulder.