# Plex Server Showing High Utilization While Idle

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-showing-high-utilization-while-idle/897434>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [November 30, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-showing-high-utilization-while-idle/897434 "2024-11-30T11:38:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Erpels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Erpels](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Erpels)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-showing-high-utilization-while-idle/897434/1 "2024-11-30T11:38:15Z")

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Server Version#: 1.41.2.9200

My plex server shows quite some activity (30%) even though the dashboard states that it does nothing.  
My log is flooded with entries of UltraBlurProcessor]followed by errors. I can’t find anything  
regarding these logs online. Does anyone know what my server is doing and how to stop this?

```auto
Nov 27, 2024 18:55:30.463 [140482032982840] Debug — [UltraBlurProcessor] Generated for item 15796 in 0 ms.
Nov 27, 2024 18:55:30.464 [140482032982840] Debug — Calculated media file path for path [metadata://art/tv.plex.agents.movie_a7794e1e745d1fa203d87424253199432e715f97]: ["/config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Metadata/Movies/3/32e58ea2c265065e43affbe3c0aaf2c10b9cb2.bundle/Contents/_combined/art/tv.plex.agents.movie_a7794e1e745fgf43d87424253199432e715f97"]
Nov 27, 2024 18:55:30.563 [140482032982840] Error — Failed to get color palette: Empty pixels when quantize
Nov 27, 2024 18:55:30.589 [140482032982840] Error — Failed to select colors

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-showing-high-utilization-while-idle/897434/2 "2024-11-30T11:46:57Z")

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Let it run through. It is preparing some pretty background colors for the new generation of client apps.  
It takes the poster and extracts the predominant color for each of the 4 corners.

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**Author:** ![Erpels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Erpels](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Erpels)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-showing-high-utilization-while-idle/897434/3 "2024-11-30T13:40:51Z")

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But it seems to be unable to do this since there are a lot of errors. But thanks for the explaing what it is doing.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-showing-high-utilization-while-idle/897434/4 "2025-02-28T13:40:59Z")

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