Idle renderer CPU burn fix on macOS desktop
Cluster 88275 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #106602 on 9 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #106602. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #106602. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
A bug caused the desktop renderer process to consume 40–70% CPU at idle, causing thermal throttling on macOS Intel. The associated fixes address HUD edge polling and renderer activity when the window is not in view.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#106602 fix(desktop): HUD edge poll parks while the window is not viewed (#88275, salvage #101987)
files:
apps/desktop/src/app/hud/hud-shell.tsx,apps/desktop/src/app/hud/hud-shell.viewed-interval.test.tsx
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#101987 fix: [desktop] Renderer process burns 40-70% CPU at idle since early August — thermal throttling on macOS Intel (#88275) · merged via another change →
0272647,#106602,#88275
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#88275[desktop] Renderer process burns 40-70% CPU at idle since early August — thermal throttling on macOS Intel
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- Subsystem
- apps/desktop
- Merged PRs
- #106602
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 9 Sep 2026