install_cli.py script and possibly other scripts running in background causing high cpu usage

[farzadmf]

Hi, I noticed that my CPU usage has gone very hight.

After some digging, I realized that every time I start neovim, a new process calling

python3 -W ignore .../vim-wakatime/scripts/install_cli.py /Users/farzadmf

is started on my Mac and keeps running forever.

Also I see another script running having this command:

-c import sys, importlib.util;\012sys.path = [p for p in sys.path if p != ""] ....

which is also probably coming from Wakatime since it starts when I start Neovim.

Since the scripts are running forever, eating my CPU, I stopped them, but then I see an error/message in Neovim showing [Wakatime] 143:

Is it possible to investigate what's going on causing this issue?

Thank you

[alanhamlett]

For now, add this line to your neovim config: vim.s.autoupdate_cli = 0

What's the contents of your ~/.wakatime/wakatime-internal.cfg file?

[farzadmf]

Thank you @alanhamlett for the and sorry for the late reply on my part.

Are you sure it's vim.s.autoupdate_cli? I tried doing it my init() function in lazy.nvim configuration, and it's complaining:

...dmf/.config/nvim/lua/plugins-lzv/coding/vim-wakatime.lua:12: attempt to index field 's' (a nil value)

As for the cfg file, I had to disable wakatime when I opened this issue because of it eating my CPU, but this is what I have:

[internal]
cli_version               = v1.106.0
cli_version_last_modified = Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:09:42 GMT
cli_version_last_accessed = 1732855369
heartbeats_last_sent_at   = 2024-11-29T00:07:15-05:00

Also, I tried to manually run the never-ending command, which is:

/Users/farzadmf/.local/share/mise/shims/python3 -W ignore /Users/farzadmf/.local/share/nvim/.../vim-wakatime/scripts/install_cli.py /Users/farzadmf

and it works fine: runs and says the CLI is up-to-date, not sure why it gets stuck (or seems to be stuck) when I open Neovim

[alanhamlett]

Are you sure it's vim.s.autoupdate_cli? I tried doing it my init() function in lazy.nvim configuration, and it's complaining

Oops, sorry I thought it was a global variable that we could have used to disable auto-updates but it's a script local variable that only exists inside the plugin scope. The two ways to disable auto updates are putting wakatime-cli in your $PATH or setting this variable in your nvim config:
vim.g.wakatime_CLIPath = ~/.wakatime/wakatime-cli

and it works fine: runs and says the CLI is up-to-date, not sure why it gets stuck (or seems to be stuck) when I open Neovim

That means the Python script is working, and the problem seems to be in how the plugin is executing the Python script:

vim-wakatime/plugin/wakatime.vim

Line 169 in cf51327

elseif s:nvim_async

By chance, do you have debug = true in your ~/.wakatime.cfg file? That would cause NVim to check for wakatime-cli updates in the foreground instead of the background.