# Traefik - High CPU usage in high load

**URL:** <https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-high-cpu-usage-in-high-load/18716>\
**Category:** Traefik v2\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [May 23, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-high-cpu-usage-in-high-load/18716 "2023-05-23T14:53:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![bluepuma77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@bluepuma77](https://community.traefik.io/u/bluepuma77)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-high-cpu-usage-in-high-load/18716/4 "2023-05-24T19:16:50Z")

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I meant this one

> [@High memory usage during DoS](https://community.traefik.io/t/high-memory-usage-during-dos/16640):
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> During DDoS traefik (it's happening with 2.6.x, 2.8.x, and now even with 2.9.5) starts consuming memory and eventually is OOMKilled. About 14k req/s ends with consuming about 16GB RAM. How can I check why it is consuming memory so much?

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