Public bug reported:

I'm a relatively heavy desktop user, having multiple browsers running at
any given time, lots of terminal windows, etc.    However, my browsers
don't use a lot of CPU as most of the tabs are suspended at any given
moment.

On a regular basis, over time, my desktop becomes less and less usable.
It starts with becoming noticeably slower, laggy, and eventually
absolutely requiring a reboot since it becomes totally unusable.

At the same time my my system load is low, and remains low, while gnome-
shell appears only to take more and more CPU. I often see it using 30,
50, 90, and sometimes 100% CPU, while the rest is idle.

It reaches the point where terminals don't easily

The only "fix" is rebooting, or restarting X.

I must admit that I've been seeing this on my laptop for years now, and
there is no improvement in sight even though I upgrade Ubuntu to the
next version every time an update is out.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome-shell 3.36.2-1ubuntu1~20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-33.37-generic 5.4.34
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Jun 18 11:53:00 2020
DisplayManager: gdm3
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.2-1ubuntu1~20.04.1
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-28 (50 days ago)

** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1884049

Title:
  gnome-shell is taking more and more CPU over time, UI becomes slowly
  unusable

Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm a relatively heavy desktop user, having multiple browsers running
  at any given time, lots of terminal windows, etc.    However, my
  browsers don't use a lot of CPU as most of the tabs are suspended at
  any given moment.

  On a regular basis, over time, my desktop becomes less and less
  usable.  It starts with becoming noticeably slower, laggy, and
  eventually absolutely requiring a reboot since it becomes totally
  unusable.

  At the same time my my system load is low, and remains low, while
  gnome-shell appears only to take more and more CPU. I often see it
  using 30, 50, 90, and sometimes 100% CPU, while the rest is idle.

  It reaches the point where terminals don't easily

  The only "fix" is rebooting, or restarting X.

  I must admit that I've been seeing this on my laptop for years now,
  and there is no improvement in sight even though I upgrade Ubuntu to
  the next version every time an update is out.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: gnome-shell 3.36.2-1ubuntu1~20.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-33.37-generic 5.4.34
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Jun 18 11:53:00 2020
  DisplayManager: gdm3
  RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.2-1ubuntu1~20.04.1
  SourcePackage: gnome-shell
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-28 (50 days ago)

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