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HelioStack Chat app-02 · Linux · Azure
01Describe
Why is CPU usage so high on app-02?
02Diagnose

Looking at app-02: CPU over the last day, the busiest processes, scheduled jobs, recent changes.

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CPU has been at 94% since 02:00. A log-compression job started then and is stuck in a loop on one corrupt file. Here's the evidence.

CPU · app-02 · last 24 h94% since 02:00
24 h ago02:00now
Busiest process
PID 41822 gzip -9 /var/log/app/app-2026-10-13.log.1 CPU 97.8% started 02:00:03 running 7h 41m
The job's own log
02:00:03 logrotate: compressing /var/log/app/app-2026-10-13.log.1
02:00:41 gzip: /var/log/app/app-2026-10-13.log.1: unexpected end of file, retrying
02:00:42 gzip: /var/log/app/app-2026-10-13.log.1: unexpected end of file, retrying

I can fix this: stop the stuck job, move the corrupt file aside for you to look at, and run the job again. Here's exactly what it changes, and how to undo it.

What it changes
1 Stop the stuck job (PID 41822)
2 Move app-2026-10-13.log.1 to /var/hs-quarantine
3 Run the log-compression job again
How to undo it
Move the file back from /var/hs-quarantine
03Prove

Testing it on an isolated test server first.

Passed: the job completes and CPU returns to normal

Your rules allow a copy of app-02, so I'm testing it there too.

Passed on the copy of app-02: same result, nothing else changed
04Approve
Sent to Sam (Change approver) with the fix, its effects and the undo plan
Approved by Sam
05Fix and remember

Taking a backup snapshot of app-02 first, with no downtime.

Snapshot saved

Applying to app-02, then running a health check.

Fixed CPU is back to 12%. The corrupt file is in /var/hs-quarantine for you to inspect.

Saved as a reusable fix for this problem.

Stuck log compression: stop, set aside, rerun 1 success

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