# Elastic Agent high CPU Usage

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-high-cpu-usage/383578>\
**Category:** Elastic Agent\
**Created:** [November 21, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-high-cpu-usage/383578 "2025-11-21T08:13:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-high-cpu-usage/383578/1 "2025-11-21T08:13:56Z")

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Hi there,

Elastic Stack : 9.0.3

Elastic Agent: 9.04

Im already install elastic-agent standalone on my postgresql server using postgresql module integration on kibana, and there is high cpu usage, which is make my postgresql down.

here some elastic-agent resource usage on server

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/b/6be97b239529b8268f0e54667723b275d8b27d46.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/9/f9c822d88c3c887cd027d9f06a170634f9e12bdc.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/5/a5075bb833033ff2321fb24d44f551be8fb62559.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/d/0d6329fbff585e389797f089ca1642f276da9c54.png)

Does that error log cause the high CPU usage, or are there other parameters that could be the root cause of the issue?