Description | This article describes how to investigate high CPU usage due to the 'wpad_ac' process. |
Scope | FortiOS 7.4.3. |
Solution |
Examine the output of 'diagnose sys top', which will show the 'wpad_ac' process consuming high CPU: Run Time: 181 days, 4 hours and 36 minutes This is a known issue reported in bug ID 983526, and it has been resolved in FortiOS versions 7.4.4 and above. As a workaround, restart the 'wpad_ac' process using the following command:
fnsysctl killall wpad_ac |
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