Use psutil for PID lookup instead of forking ps
Cluster 117270. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #117562 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
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- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #117562. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These items address a performance issue on macOS where the gateway identity check unnecessarily forks a ps process to read a PID's command line, despite psutil being available and significantly faster. The proposed fix reads the command line via psutil first.
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Fixes on record
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#117562 perf(gateway): the identity check reads a PID's command line with psutil before forking ps (#117270, salvage #117271)
files:
gateway/status.py,tests/gateway/test_process_cmdline_source.py
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#117271 perf(gateway): read a PID's command line with psutil before forking ps · merged via another change →
b93d68e,#117562
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#117270[Perf]: the gateway-identity check forks `ps` on macOS when psutil (a core dependency) answers 190x faster
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- #117562
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- 20 Sep 2026