nylas-mail: Super high CPU usage for 'Nylas Mail Helper'

Seeing very high CPU usage for ‘Nylas Mail Helper’ on OSX 10.11.2. See screenshot.

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Consistently at 80%+, frequently bursting to <100% and bursting over at startup. Makes computer virtually unusable.

Think this is a renamed Electron Helper and to check, I have quit and restarted (the OS and apps) any other current running Electron apps (e.g Slack). It has no effect.

Are there any related issues?

https://github.com/nylas/N1/issues/2068

What operating system are you using?

OSX 10.11.2

What version of N1 are you using?

1.0.8

Bug?

Do you have any third-party plugins installed? If so, which ones?

No plugins, fresh install today.

Is the issue related to a specific email provider (Gmail, Exchange, etc.)?

I don’t think so, but I have a gmail and a g apps account created.

Is the issue reproducible with a particular attachment, message, signature, etc?

Yes, reproducible on Macbook (2016) and MacBook Pro (2016) using same OSX version with fresh install.

About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created 7 years ago
  • Reactions: 6
  • Comments: 45 (18 by maintainers)

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Nylas Mail is designed to sync recent mails first and also prioritize you Inbox folder. After that, it will sync older messages.

I had to remove Nylas since the app and Mac were not responding. I don’t see the point of syncing all emails and not only the most recent ones as IMAP does. Syncing will take forever…

Same experience as @Joe8Bit. Sync seems to have completed, but still hitting 90% CPU usage spikes. Already sold on Nylas though:)

Currently have 25,000 messages (+/-) across two mailboxes. Unread count <20 across both.