{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/3928","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/3928/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/3928/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/3928/events","html_url":"https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/3928","id":46525197,"number":3928,"title":"Atom Helper not responding","user":{"login":"flynfish","id":253936,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/253936?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/flynfish","html_url":"https://github.com/flynfish","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flynfish/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flynfish/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flynfish/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flynfish/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flynfish/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flynfish/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flynfish/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flynfish/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flynfish/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/labels/mac","name":"mac","color":"fcca27"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":51,"created_at":"2014-10-22T15:42:52Z","updated_at":"2015-03-13T22:51:32Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Looking at activity monitor, I always get a `Atom Helper (Not Responding)`, even if I start atom in safe mode. \r\n\r\nI'm on OSX mavericks and atom 0.138.0. I noticed this at least a few versions back too. \r\n\r\n![screen shot 2014-10-21 at 10 08 40 am](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/253936/4739097/05bb3504-5a02-11e4-9216-54f719241018.png)\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/comments/79513758","html_url":"https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/3928#issuecomment-79513758","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/atom/atom/issues/3928","id":79513758,"user":{"login":"bassu","id":977697,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/977697?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/bassu","html_url":"https://github.com/bassu","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bassu/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bassu/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bassu/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bassu/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bassu/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bassu/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bassu/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bassu/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/bassu/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-13T22:51:32Z","updated_at":"2015-03-13T22:51:32Z","body":"> And hardware has a way of catching up with software.\r\n\r\nI think you are expecting Moore's Law to give leverage and fix problems caused by the software. It's already slowed down recently.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n> Let's just discuss the \"Atom Helper not responding\" issue here.\r\n> In any case, this appears to be about how it's shown in Activity Monitor and not an actual lockup\r\n\r\nOk, I'll stop discussing the Atomic lag now. But I disagree that \"Not responding\" doesn't have an impact on the process. The CPU usage shoots up as soon as the process becomes unresponsive. "}}