# Wireplumber update causing high CPU

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994>\
**Category:** Newbie\
**Created:** [July 7, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994 "2022-07-07T16:49:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/scotty_trees/32/29792_2.png) [@Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Scotty_Trees)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/1 "2022-07-07T16:49:58Z")

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Greetings lovely community,

After the recent `wireplumber (0.4.10-3 -> 0.4.11-1)` update just from the other day, I’ve noticed on at least 2-3 occasions that `wireplumber` is using an excessive amount of CPU and will have my CPU run high, which also causes my GPU fan to start spinning like there’s a wildfire inside my laptop. I can’t yet figure out how to reproduce the issue, it seems to happen randomly so far as I can tell for the moment. When it does happen, I’m not doing anything other than browsing in Vivaldi or playing some music in Rhythmbox. Has anyone else noticed this or come across it at all? I haven’t seen any high CPU issues mentioned on the [Wireplumber GitLab](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber/-/issues) page (yet), so perhaps many users aren’t effected by it, I am not sure.

When the `wireplumber` CPU spike hits, it’s constant. The only way I’ve noticed to stop it, is to close every single application that’s open or do a reboot and it goes away. However, it will randomly happen again. It is very odd behavior for sure, I’m positive this is a bug of some kind.

As you can see below, `wireplumber` is using the most CPU on my system, and at this moment, no audio/video is being played:  
 ![Screenshot from 2022-07-07 12-30-54](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/e/7eedbe5e43d6f70507b6585e6c1cca7551e947d9.png)

As you can also see below, the CPU is spiking up and down like crazy.  
 ![Screenshot from 2022-07-07 12-31-09](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/e/2ef6d4d42fc3491167498420f42792c06dbfa2a6.png)

For reference below, under normal use (various apps like Vivaldi, Rhythmbox, Tilix are open): the CPU is not spiking at all:

![Screenshot from 2022-07-07 12-43-53](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/2/920da101221eb33a1e853c0b0998562eea83ecfa.png)

> **System Info via inxi -Fxxxza**
>
> ```auto
> [scott@EndeavourOS ~]$ inxi -Fxxxza --no-host
> System:
> Kernel: 5.18.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
> parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
> root=UUID=8ab413ef-eda4-48cd-a8fb-c75c65bb6667 rw rootflags=subvol=@
> nvidia-drm.modeset=1 quiet
> resume=UUID=e352a98c-ec79-4c56-9ff9-8823a71e8512 loglevel=3 nowatchdog
> nvme_load=YES
> Desktop: GNOME v: 42.3.1 tk: GTK v: 3.24.34 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM
> v: 42.0 Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
> Machine:
> Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire E5-576G v: V1.32
> serial: <superuser required>
> Mobo: KBL model: Ironman_SK v: V1.32 serial: <superuser required>
> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.32 date: 10/24/2017
> Battery:
> ID-1: BAT1 charge: 11.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 11.7/62.2 Wh (18.8%)
> volts: 12.6 min: 11.1 model: PANASONIC AS16B5J type: Li-ion
> serial: <filter> status: full
> CPU:
> Info: model: Intel Core i5-8250U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
> gen: core 8 built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
> stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF0
> Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
> L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
> L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
> Speed (MHz): avg: 3400 high: 3401 min/max: 400/3400 scaling:
> driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 3401 2: 3400 3: 3400
> 4: 3400 5: 3400 6: 3400 7: 3400 8: 3400 bogomips: 28800
> Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
> Vulnerabilities:
> Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
> Type: l1tf
> mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
> Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
> Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
> Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
> Type: spec_store_bypass
> mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
> Type: spectre_v1
> mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
> Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
> STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
> Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
> Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
> Graphics:
> Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915
> v: kernel arch: Gen9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
> active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917
> class-ID: 0300
> Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
> driver: nvidia v: 515.57 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+
> status: current (as of 2022-06) arch: Maxwell process: TSMC 28nm
> built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0
> chip-ID: 10de:1d10 class-ID: 0302
> Device-3: Chicony HD WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:4
> chip-ID: 04f2:b571 class-ID: 0e02
> Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.2
> compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia gpu: i915
> display-ID: :1 screens: 1
> Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26")
> s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
> Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP-1-1 model: Najing CEC Panda LM156LF1L03
> built: 2017 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
> size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
> modes: 1920x1080
> OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce MX150/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 515.57
> direct render: Yes
> Audio:
> Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
> driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
> chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
> Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.18.9-zen1-1-zen running: yes
> Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
> Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.54 running: yes
> Network:
> Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
> v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
> chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
> IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
> Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
> vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
> speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
> class-ID: 0200
> IF: enp4s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
> Bluetooth:
> Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
> bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
> Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: see --recommends
> Drives:
> Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 138.52 GiB (58.1%)
> SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
> ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS256G39TND-N210A
> size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
> speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1P10 scheme: GPT
> Partition:
> ID-1: / raw-size: 229.37 GiB size: 229.37 GiB (100.00%)
> used: 138.51 GiB (60.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
> ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
> used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
> ID-3: /home raw-size: 229.37 GiB size: 229.37 GiB (100.00%)
> used: 138.51 GiB (60.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
> ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 229.37 GiB size: 229.37 GiB (100.00%)
> used: 138.51 GiB (60.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
> Swap:
> Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
> ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
> priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
> Sensors:
> System Temperatures: cpu: 67.0 C pch: 59.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia
> temp: 57 C
> Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
> Info:
> Processes: 311 Uptime: 57m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.5 GiB used: 5 GiB (32.3%)
> Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
> gcc: 12.1.0 Packages: 1267 pacman: 1214 lib: 329 flatpak: 53 Shell: Bash
> v: 5.1.16 running-in: tilix inxi: 3.3.19
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sradjoker/32/64224_2.png) [@sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sradjoker)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/2 "2022-07-07T16:52:18Z")

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have you tried restarting the wireplumber service to see if the problem goes away temporarily?

```auto
systemctl --user restart wireplumber.service

```

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**Author:** ![Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/scotty_trees/32/29792_2.png) [@Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Scotty_Trees)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/3 "2022-07-07T16:56:44Z")

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Thanks for the instant reply, I’ll run that command now and it’s good to know also for in the future when the CPU runs high again. But I’m not so sure if that will inevitably fix the possibly underlying bug 🪲 ❌ 😅

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**Author:** ![sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sradjoker/32/64224_2.png) [@sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sradjoker)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/4 "2022-07-07T16:57:37Z")

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> [@sradjoker](#):
>
> temporarily

And try looking at `wpctl` command for more details

```auto
wpctl status

```

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**Author:** ![Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/scotty_trees/32/29792_2.png) [@Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Scotty_Trees)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/5 "2022-07-07T16:59:52Z")

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Ah good to know another useful command. Below is what it typically looks like under normal use. I’ll have to wait and see if the CPU goes high again to check it’s status, but for now this is just under normal use with no high CPU:

```auto
[scott@EndeavourOS ~]$ wpctl status
PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, cookie:2854602376]
 └─ Clients:
        32. pipewire-pulse [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:1143]
        40. GNOME Volume Control Media Keys [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:1295]
        53. GSConnect [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:1524]
        54. GNOME Shell Volume Control [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:1094]
        55. Mute on Middle Click extension [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:1094]
        62. xdg-desktop-portal [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:2096]
        68. Rhythmbox [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:8446]
        69. Chromium input [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:3452]
        72. Podcasts [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:2]
        75. wpctl [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:8927]
        85. WirePlumber [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:8390]
        87. WirePlumber [export] [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:8390]

Audio
 ├─ Devices:
 │ 47. UE BOOM 2 [bluez5]
 │ 52. Built-in Audio [alsa]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │ * 34. UE BOOM 2 [vol: 0.22]
 │ 63. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo [vol: 0.34]
 │  
 ├─ Sink endpoints:
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │ * 64. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo [vol: 0.00 MUTED]
 │  
 ├─ Source endpoints:
 │  
 └─ Streams:
        81. Rhythmbox                                                   
             33. output_FL > UE BOOM 2:playback_FL	[paused]
             37. output_FR > UE BOOM 2:playback_FR	[paused]
        83. Podcasts                                                    
             35. output_FL > UE BOOM 2:playback_FL	[active]
             39. output_FR > UE BOOM 2:playback_FR	[active]

Video
 ├─ Devices:
 │ 46. HD WebCam [v4l2]
 │ 50. HD WebCam [v4l2]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  
 ├─ Sink endpoints:
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │ * 48. HD WebCam (V4L2)                   
 │  
 ├─ Source endpoints:
 │  
 └─ Streams:

Settings
 └─ Default Configured Node Names:
         0. Audio/Sink bluez_output.C0_28_8D_44_77_7A.a2dp-sink
         1. Audio/Source alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo

```

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**Author:** ![pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pebcak/32/100472_2.png) [@pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pebcak)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/6 "2022-07-07T17:02:54Z")

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I am not seeing that on my end. With audio running (Online Radio in Tuner):

![Screenshot from 2022-07-07 18-58-40](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/f/efcfec8e23a540b48694afce7522160493523e5b.png)

But it sure looks like it does like to do a whole lot of disk writing 🤔

> **wpctl status**
>
> ```auto
> PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [0.3.54, pebcak@arch-gnome, cookie:224919591]
> └─ Clients:
> 32. pipewire-pulse [0.3.54, pebcak@arch-gnome, pid:1226]
> 33. WirePlumber [0.3.54, pebcak@arch-gnome, pid:1225]
> 34. WirePlumber [export] [0.3.54, pebcak@arch-gnome, pid:1225]
> 48. GNOME Shell Volume Control [0.3.54, pebcak@arch-gnome, pid:1159]
> 49. GNOME Volume Control Media Keys [0.3.54, pebcak@arch-gnome, pid:1328]
> 50. xdg-desktop-portal [0.3.54, pebcak@arch-gnome, pid:1612]
> 51. Mutter [0.3.54, pebcak@arch-gnome, pid:1159]
> 52. gsd-power [0.3.54, pebcak@arch-gnome, pid:1330]
> 53. com.github.louis77.tuner [0.3.54, pebcak@arch-gnome, pid:2]
> 58. Firefox [0.3.54, pebcak@arch-gnome, pid:9]
> 61. wpctl [0.3.54, pebcak@arch-gnome, pid:5589]
> 
> Audio
> ├─ Devices:
> │ 40. Built-in Audio [alsa]
> │  
> ├─ Sinks:
> │ * 45. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo [vol: 0.35]
> │  
> ├─ Sink endpoints:
> │  
> ├─ Sources:
> │ * 46. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo [vol: 0.00 MUTED]
> │  
> ├─ Source endpoints:
> │  
> └─ Streams:
> 54. com.github.louis77.tuner                                    
> 56. output_FL > ALC3271 Analog:playback_FL	[active]
> 59. output_FR > ALC3271 Analog:playback_FR	[active]
> 
> Video
> ├─ Devices:
> │  
> ├─ Sinks:
> │  
> ├─ Sink endpoints:
> │  
> ├─ Sources:
> │  
> ├─ Source endpoints:
> │  
> └─ Streams:
> 
> Settings
> └─ Default Configured Node Names:
> 0. Audio/Sink alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sradjoker/32/64224_2.png) [@sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sradjoker)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/7 "2022-07-07T17:05:10Z")

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> [@Scotty\_Trees](#):
>
> Ah good to know another useful command

I was exploring wireplumber yesterday to fix audio issues in my Raspberry Pi 😉. Learnt a lot yesterday.

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**Author:** ![Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/scotty_trees/32/29792_2.png) [@Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Scotty_Trees)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/8 "2022-07-07T17:08:44Z")

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I’m not yet sure when exactly it happens or gets triggered. It doesn’t happen when I first boot my laptop, it just seems to happen randomly at the moment. It could just be my combination of hardware/bluetooth speaker or it could be a bug that happens either while audio is playing or gets initiated when audio is stopped after a certain time being idle or could happen when there’s no audio being played. Feel free to check it from time to time, but it may be hard to check if it happens randomly and also you could be unaffected by it too is a possibility.

@sradjoker looks like all your reading has paid off I’d say 😃

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**Author:** ![pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pebcak/32/100472_2.png) [@pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pebcak)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/9 "2022-07-07T17:11:07Z")

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I’ll keep an eye on it an post here if I find some out-of-ordinary CPU usage.

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**Author:** ![Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/scotty_trees/32/29792_2.png) [@Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Scotty_Trees)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/10 "2022-07-07T17:11:18Z")

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Comparing our `wpctl status` you have `mutter` listed, but I do not. Hmm. Not sure if that is of any significance or not. Thanks for checking though of course 👍

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/11 "2022-07-07T17:13:50Z")

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KDE here

![Screenshot_20220707_131325](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/d/9d290ff3eba65e41e82963ca4e0ddcc4665b225e.png)

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**Author:** ![Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/scotty_trees/32/29792_2.png) [@Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Scotty_Trees)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/12 "2022-07-07T17:15:43Z")

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I knew I should’ve posted this strictly in the Gnome section 😛 🥦  
Thanks for checking though, it looks like it might not even affect you.

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/13 "2022-07-07T17:15:43Z")

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My CPU is just idling…

![Screenshot_20220707_131511](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/a/2a6694b898fb88c95267dc552c0009e0bb242d18.png)

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**Author:** ![sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/sradjoker/32/64224_2.png) [@sradjoker](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/sradjoker)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/14 "2022-07-07T17:21:00Z")

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Join team Plasma  
 ![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/f/9f8e4bf2b3d7c96c0a85458be7b40ee55c8fed55.png)

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/15 "2022-07-07T17:23:44Z")

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Ya CPU .7% … 😉

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**Author:** ![Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/scotty_trees/32/29792_2.png) [@Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Scotty_Trees)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/16 "2022-07-07T19:00:55Z")

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ok, just played a YouTube video, and it was spiking. And even thought the video is done. It’s still spiking right now.

```auto
[scott@EndeavourOS ~]$ systemctl --user status wireplumber
● wireplumber.service - Multimedia Service Session Manager
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/wireplumber.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2022-07-07 13:55:42 EDT; 58min ago
   Main PID: 1268 (wireplumber)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 19028)
     Memory: 11.6M
        CPU: 13min 13.533s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/session.slice/wireplumber.service
             └─1268 /usr/bin/wireplumber

Jul 07 14:28:43 EndeavourOS wireplumber[1268]: error reading timerfd: Resource temporarily unavailable
Jul 07 14:29:34 EndeavourOS wireplumber[1268]: error reading timerfd: Resource temporarily unavailable
Jul 07 14:30:26 EndeavourOS wireplumber[1268]: error reading timerfd: Resource temporarily unavailable
Jul 07 14:33:04 EndeavourOS wireplumber[1268]: error reading timerfd: Resource temporarily unavailable
Jul 07 14:33:10 EndeavourOS wireplumber[1268]: error reading timerfd: Resource temporarily unavailable
Jul 07 14:33:33 EndeavourOS wireplumber[1268]: error reading timerfd: Resource temporarily unavailable
Jul 07 14:33:46 EndeavourOS wireplumber[1268]: error reading timerfd: Resource temporarily unavailable
Jul 07 14:34:10 EndeavourOS wireplumber[1268]: error reading timerfd: Resource temporarily unavailable
Jul 07 14:34:40 EndeavourOS wireplumber[1268]: 0x555da3db6158: error 24
Jul 07 14:34:40 EndeavourOS wireplumber[1268]: (bluez_output.C0_28_8D_44_77_7A.a2dp-sink-19) running -> error (Received error event)

```

```auto
[scott@EndeavourOS ~]$ wpctl status
PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, cookie:1512828212]
 └─ Clients:
        32. WirePlumber [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:1268]
        33. WirePlumber [export] [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:1268]
        34. pipewire-pulse [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:1269]
        40. GNOME Volume Control Media Keys [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:1440]
        53. GSConnect [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:1753]
        54. GNOME Shell Volume Control [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:1221]
        55. Mute on Middle Click extension [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:1221]
        56. xdg-desktop-portal [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:2275]
        63. Rhythmbox [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:2376]
        69. Chromium input [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:3507]
        82. wpctl [0.3.54, scott@EndeavourOS, pid:7738]

Audio
 ├─ Devices:
 │ 41. Built-in Audio [alsa]
 │ 62. UE BOOM 2 [bluez5]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │ 50. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo [vol: 0.33]
 │ * 60. UE BOOM 2 [vol: 0.09]
 │  
 ├─ Sink endpoints:
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │ * 51. Built-in Audio Analog Stereo [vol: 0.00 MUTED]
 │  
 ├─ Source endpoints:
 │  
 └─ Streams:
        64. Rhythmbox                                                   
             66. output_FL > ALC255 Analog:playback_FL	[init]
             68. output_FR > ALC255 Analog:playback_FR	[init]

Video
 ├─ Devices:
 │ 42. HD WebCam [v4l2]
 │ 43. HD WebCam [v4l2]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  
 ├─ Sink endpoints:
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │ * 44. HD WebCam (V4L2)                   
 │  
 ├─ Source endpoints:
 │  
 └─ Streams:

Settings
 └─ Default Configured Node Names:
         0. Audio/Sink bluez_output.C0_28_8D_44_77_7A.a2dp-sink
         1. Audio/Source alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo

```

![Screenshot from 2022-07-07 14-57-26](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/b/2b31ac36d6e39a87ba5a13fbc554738824cdd929.png)

I closed the Vivaldi tab the video was playing in, CPU still high. So even though I wasn’t playing music in Rhythmbox I had it open, so I decided to close it, and thought brought the CPU down back to normal instantly. Perhaps there is something with wireplumber and Rhythmbox I don’t know, but it is very strange behavior. I think I’m gonna have to report this upstream later this evening, this is pretty buggy behavior.

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**Author:** ![anon11595408](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@anon11595408](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon11595408)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/17 "2022-07-07T20:38:15Z")

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I’ve said this somewhere else before, Gnome42 is a beast, hard to tame.

Ok, I’m running old hardware. That’s why I switched to XFCE-DE…

My fans always peak on YT or on Gnome software-center. In order to keep my ole’ hardware going, I stay away from Gnome (or Plasma for that matter) wherever I can.

Just sayin’…

✌

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**Author:** ![Echoa](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/echoa/32/77553_2.png) [@Echoa](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Echoa)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/18 "2022-07-08T01:38:12Z")

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Its a pipewire issue afaik

there was some reporting on it over on the PW gitlab

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**Author:** ![Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/scotty_trees/32/29792_2.png) [@Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Scotty_Trees)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/19 "2022-07-08T02:43:59Z")

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I see this one that’s a week old, but no solution has been found: [https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/2484](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/2484)

Edit: possibly this one too:  
[https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber/-/issues/152](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber/-/issues/152)

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**Author:** ![Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/scotty_trees/32/29792_2.png) [@Scotty\_Trees](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Scotty_Trees)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wireplumber-update-causing-high-cpu/28994/20 "2022-07-20T16:00:30Z")

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Just wanted to follow up with a quick update. It looks like there’s a new merge request from one of the Pipewire/Wireplumber devs with a potential fix to address this high CPU usage that has been affecting various users across various distros from Fedora, Arch, and even openSUSE when running the`wireplumber` 0.4.11.x series. You can see the merge request here:

[https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber/-/merge\_requests/398](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/wireplumber/-/merge_requests/398)

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