# Ignition Spinning up Webserver Threads Dispite No Connections

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-spinning-up-webserver-threads-dispite-no-connections/101995>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 6, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-spinning-up-webserver-threads-dispite-no-connections/101995 "2025-02-06T18:55:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Randolph\_Sewell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@Randolph\_Sewell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Randolph_Sewell)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-spinning-up-webserver-threads-dispite-no-connections/101995/1 "2025-02-06T18:55:56Z")

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Gateway network disabled, database connections disabled, MQTT uninstalled, no projects running and yet its still spinning up webserver threads till everything gets slow. Anyone have experience seeing this?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-spinning-up-webserver-threads-dispite-no-connections/101995/2 "2025-02-06T19:03:09Z")

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Get thread dumps and see what these webserver threads are doing, that'll give you an idea why they're being created.

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**Author:** ![Randolph\_Sewell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@Randolph\_Sewell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Randolph_Sewell)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-spinning-up-webserver-threads-dispite-no-connections/101995/3 "2025-02-10T15:37:19Z")

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It was the microsoft defender update putting lots of people on "starting" project.