# CPU Usage spikes - how to identify problems

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cpu-usage-spikes-how-to-identify-problems/16272>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [3 October 2019 19:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cpu-usage-spikes-how-to-identify-problems/16272 "2019-10-03T19:10:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![deme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@deme](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/deme)\
**Post date:** [3 October 2019 21:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cpu-usage-spikes-how-to-identify-problems/16272/7 "2019-10-03T21:19:04Z")

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Digging a bit deeper, apparently, this topic had been discussed / worked on before:

- [Easy way to remove lag?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/easy-way-to-remove-lag/10025/26)
- [https://github.com/node-red/node-red.github.io/wiki/Analysing-Performance](https://github.com/node-red/node-red.github.io/wiki/Analysing-Performance)

Has someone worked with one of these tools before?

- [https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/simple-profiling/](https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/simple-profiling/)
- [https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/diagnostics-flamegraph/](https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/diagnostics-flamegraph/)
- [https://github.com/RuntimeTools/appmetrics](https://github.com/RuntimeTools/appmetrics)

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