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Sourcetree 2.7 (144): High CPU load on Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.2

Tom Drewes

I recently updated to Sourcetree 2.7 (144) and I've noticed very high CPU load when operating on a Bitbucket HTTPS git repo - just typical commits and pushes.

It first came to my attention when I noticed the fan on my Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.2 machine was blasting after using Sourcetree for just a while. The CPU load in Activity Monitor showed >150%.

Even when it was idle, the CPU load would drift between 60-150%.

The machine specs are MacBook Pro, 2.8 GHz Core i7, 16 GB RAM, 185GB of free disk space on a 1TB SSD.

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bgannin

We've had a couple reports about this and will investigate shortly. Thanks for the info.

Brian Ganninger
Senior Mac Developer, Sourcetree

smartcat

Also noticed about high CPU usage. To fix this temporary need restart sourcetree.

Process `/usr/libexec/nsurlstoraged` taking too many cpu time, after that Source tree may crash.

Jeremiah Messerer_6b9fxo

I've been noticing SourceTree causing slowness on my Mac too.

SourceTree: 2.7 (144)

OS: OSX Sierra (10.12.6)

Processor: 2Ghz Intel Core i7

Memory: 16GB 1333 Mhz DDR3

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thepublicgood

Also experiencing this, but only when the interface is visible. If Sourcetree is running, but no windows are open, then it will eventually lower it's CPU usage. But open the main window, and back up to between 100% and 130%.

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Matej Vitásek

This is still happening with the latest build (152).

thepublicgood

Build 150 fixed it for me. 152 also still good on my side.

Jan Klan

Same here, %CPU always between 80 and 100%, decreasing battery life significantly. Restart doesn't help, I have to keep Sourcetree turned off.

Robert Fink

I removed the version 2.7 of SourceTree and downgrade to 2.5.3. This version works also with high sierra

https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/download-archives

Kyle Cordes

This appears to still be the case on 2.7 build 152, High Sierra. Unlike the initial poster, I see the symptom with SSH repositories present, so it is not specific to HTTPS. It wastes approximately 100% of one CPU all the time while running, idle. Ample disk, ample RAM, a couple of versions back there is no such problem, so I don't think there is anything about the machine causing this problem, but rather only a defect in the current source tree. This is... not ideal.

Unfortunately the only workaround I've found for this is to use a different Git tool when operating on battery.

Pavlo Kapynos

I have the same problem. Over 100% CPU Time. I have to Kill the Process all the time. Version 2.7 (152). MAC OS X El Capital 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB DDR3

Scott Colestock

Same issue - SourceTree Version 2.7 152, High Sierra 10.13.2. Cpu above 100% routinely. I typically have 2-3 SourceTree windows open - but closing the "extras" and getting down to 1 window doesn't change the cpu consumption.

Tom Drewes

I've downgraded to 2.6.3 (134) and it is working for me on High Sierra 10.13.2.

Scott Colestock

This was a great suggestion - works for me as well.

Scott Colestock

Per poster above - downgrading to 2.6.3 (134) works great.

Christian Ochsenius

2.6.3(134) works fine too on Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6

Jonathan M_85ddwj

I really start wondering if they mine bitcoins in background... Version 152, still present, almost never going below 100%, raising as far as 270%, putting my machine on its knees...

Ling Li

I have the same issue on my Mac OS X El Capitan / 10.11.4, with SourceTree 2.7(152). I've downgraded to 2.6.3(134) and the cpu usage drops back down.

Jonathan M_85ddwj

Still the same situation with the new 2.7.1 (159)...

Pavlo Kapynos

Me too! It gets to the point that I'm looking for alternative.... Tired of high CPU.

Thanks for doing nothing about it.

rcugut

Happening still on

- macOS 10.13.3 (17D47), MBP 15" Retina 2015, 2.7GHz 16G RAM

- with SourceTree 2.7.1 (159) git-embedded 2.5.1 git-lfs 2.3.4

CPU usage for SourceTree process won't go under 40%, with just 1 repo window open, git+ssh from bitbucket.org.

I tried system git (2.6) and different other repositories. Waited for 15min to "chill down", but still no less than 40% CPU. Laptop fan is blasting continuously...

I can't use the app anymore. I'll do the archive-download of an older version ...

Too bad, it was such a great app about 1 year ago, when it wasn't probably bloated with all the new fancy (useless?) features :-(

Tony Gutierrez

Same issue, CPU > 100% most of the time the program is running.

Malte Hübner

Same here!

alexander_shiltcev

Same issue for me with build #159. 113% CPU usage with only main window opened in SourceTree.

Tony Gutierrez

For the love of god please fix this.

morungos

I think I'll bail on SourceTree until this gets resolved. It's killing my laptop battery life. Ping me if it gets fixed.

Jeremiah Messerer_6b9fxo

I got sick of waiting & switched to GitKraken.

Nathan Dubord

Experiencing extreme slowness along with the high CPU usage, switched to GitKraken. Sucks, I like SourceTree better, but it's literally unusable.

ldipenti

I switched back to 2.6.3 and it works perfectly. I even like it more as the commit list is more compact (less line height) so more history is viewable on the screen at the same time. Deactivated the auto-update.

Christopher Hunt_xd4732

It'd be great if Atlassian could provide an update to this issue.

morungos

I prodded them on Twitter: response was "Regarding the high CPU usage, our team is aware of the issue and continuing to investigate solutions. Thanks for reaching out!" (as of March 12th).

That doesn't convince me they're active on this.

Roman Filippov

Same here! CPU is killing it. When on battery it drains new macbook in an hour. Even with just one repo open.

David Suriano

Same issue here. SourceTree v2.7.1 on High Sierra v10.13.3. Never drops below 90% CPU.

Greg Balmer

Well this is a depressing #metoo

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Fix this please - it's killing my MBP!

Balázs Kovács

Please fix the CPU and Memory issues, I'm constantly hovering over 40GB of memory used!!!

Scott Stevenson_u2fix1

This is making Sourcetree basically unusable on OS X. Would love an update on this issue.

Scott Colestock_aje8rd

Currently, you'll want to downgrade to 2.6.3 - https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/download-archives

ewilde-imperial

See the low priority bug on the SourceTree JIRA - I don't think Atlassian are taking this seriously enough.

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREE-5306

ivanrigovsky NA

Same problem. Build 162

Steve Pascoe

Here because of the same issue, High Sierra CPU usage off the charts with Sourcetree in activity monitor. A downgrade to 2.6.3 is looking good for now. Seems this issue began appearing when they introduced the feature of displaying activity from Bitbucket Pipelines (which i have a few active).

Dominik Palo

I've downgraded to the version 2.6.3 too and now it's ok. The version 2.7 is completely unusable - I and a few of my colleagues have big issues with High CPU loads when Sourcetree 2.7 is running... it consumes about 60-70% of CPU and drains out Mac battery like crazy. Please, fix it ASAP

Matthew McQuaid

Yeah also seeing this - please fix

chris del

I am also experiencing this and cannot figure out how to fix it. Cannot use ST because CPU runs at 90-100% and never goes bellow. On paid bitbucket account too.

Fraser Hardy

Yeah this is driving me mad. My usually good battery was dead within 2 hours of me arriving at a conference because I forgot to kill sourcetree. Its #1 on 'Significant battery usage'.

When its running (and not even in use) fans are going full speed and CPU spikes.

Jan Klan

Well, I simply can’t afford to use Sourcetree in this state. So after about 5 years of happiness, it’s Good bye Sourcetree, hello Tower.

Scott Stevenson_u2fix1

Seriously! SourceTree has been practically unusable for over 6 months now.

David Suriano

I highly recommend checking out Tower 3. This issue forced me away from SourceTree and I highly doubt it's getting fixed anytime soon.

Willem Stuursma-Ruwen

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HjoshM

@Scott Colestock Dear Scott, Do you know the version number for the stable Windows SourcetTree? Thanks to your indication, I downloaded the 2.6.3 version for Mac and it is great. Now, I would like to know the one that I should download for Windows. Thanks