# Watcher Resource Usage?

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/watcher-resource-usage/11538
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [May 3, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/watcher-resource-usage/11538 "2018-05-03T05:09:12Z")
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### Author: ![Iceman248](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Iceman248](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/Iceman248)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/watcher-resource-usage/11538/1 "2018-05-03T05:09:12Z")

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Does the watcher use extra resources? If so, how much?

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### Author: ![schnappi](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@schnappi](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/schnappi)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2018, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/watcher-resource-usage/11538/2 "2018-05-03T05:44:46Z")

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On machines that use resource usage went down after the watcher was enabled.