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rxtx
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March 17, 2022
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Zoom on Linux is using 2-7% CPU when idle

  • March 17, 2022
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Zoom on Linux is using ~2-7% CPU when idle and minimized to tray.

Tried on Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 11 with KDE Plasma.

This drains my laptop battery.

How to fix it?

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      Pascal80
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      April 21, 2022

      I'm having the exact same issue om Ubuntu 21.10. 

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        nicolas_b
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        June 22, 2022

        Same problem for me with Debian 11 on amd64 and Zoom 5.10.7 (but the problem has been present for a long time)

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          andyroid
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          August 12, 2022

          Same Ubuntu 22.04, zoom Version: 5.11.3 (3882)

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            lebauce
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            September 20, 2022

            This is the case for all our company Linux computers. It eats an average of 7% when doing nothing - not in a meeting. Is it possible to have at least an acknowledge from the Zoom team ?

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              kabell
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              October 27, 2022

              The same for me - Ubuntu 22.04. Plz fix it zoom team.

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                gtf21
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                March 24, 2023

                Same problem, has been present for a long time (and I note this thread is 1y old now):

                 

                Zoom 5.14.0-1 on Archlinux (6.2.7 kernel)

                 

                Has been a problem for every version of zoom I have used for at least six months.

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                casl
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                April 20, 2023

                This continues.  Zoom support says it's "expected".   

                 

                The client is consuming more CPU idle than Xorg.  🤔 🤔

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                casl
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                May 15, 2023

                I have an update from Zoom support.

                 

                The dev team has found several locations to optimize.  

                 

                There may be some hope for this soon.

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                bbcoder
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                October 3, 2023

                Zoom consumes ~100% of single CPU core when IDLE.. are you guys trying to mine crypto on my laptop ryzen 4500u?))
                PS: Ubuntu Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS

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                gtf21
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                October 3, 2023

                FWIW I've noticed that it's always the same thread which chews up CPU time:

                 

                    /opt/zoom/zoom --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --service-sandbox-type=utility [...]

                 

                Killing this process (SIGTERM) has no noticeable impact on Zoom -- calls still work just fine.

                 

                Would be interested to see if anyone else notices this behaviour.

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                  casl
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                  October 3, 2023

                  In my case, it was not the `--type=utility` process, but the top child in the process hierarchy. 

                   

                  During idle, I see no activity at all for that `--type=utility` process at all.

                   

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