# Winlogbeat causing high CPU utilization

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-causing-high-cpu-utilization/344972>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-causing-high-cpu-utilization/344972 "2023-10-13T08:20:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![momher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@momher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/momher)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-causing-high-cpu-utilization/344972/1 "2023-10-13T08:20:06Z")

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Winlogbeat is causing high CPU utilization in one of our Domain Controller Server. It happens the same time of the day and it's been re-occurring and alerted 3x for this month.

Winlogbeat version - 7.17.9

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**Author:** ![momher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@momher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/momher)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-causing-high-cpu-utilization/344972/2 "2023-10-17T06:17:57Z")

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Up. Hoping to hear from anyone from Elastic Support Team

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**Author:** ![Shaakxuur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shaakxuur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaakxuur)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-causing-high-cpu-utilization/344972/3 "2023-10-17T07:16:41Z")

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I also use WinlogBeat for our domain controller. Additionally also metricbeat.  
What application did you use to find that Winlogbeat is causing these load peaks?

I use version 8.10.2, maybe updating your software is a possible solution!?

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**Author:** ![momher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@momher](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/momher)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-causing-high-cpu-utilization/344972/4 "2023-10-18T06:18:59Z")

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Regarding the version upgrade, we'll check with our supporting team if its a possible workaround since the other DCs have the same version but not experiencing this CPU utilization issue.

As for the application we use, we didn't use any software/application to detect what causing it. We logged in to the server and found out that during the cpu peak it was winlogbeat.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-causing-high-cpu-utilization/344972/5 "2023-11-15T08:19:46Z")

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