Latest Update Makes My Server Load High

I’m sorry to hear you’ve run into issues.

I tried to enable it again and to activate module by module but by the time I attempt to do that

That was a great idea, as that would have allowed us to find out what exactly is causing the problem.

Since you can’t get to that point, may I suggest checking your server logs to find out more about what’s causing the issues on your site? Raw access logs will tell you exactly which calls overload your server.

If you’re not sure how to access your server access logs, your hosting provider should be able to help.

Let me know how it goes!

I wish we could look at the changelog to maybe see what happened for this script to cause the load spikes.

You can take a look at the differences between Jetpack 3.6 and 3.6.1 here:
https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/compare/3.6…3.6.1

There were not changes related to cron in 3.6.1.

Thanks A LOT for the reply. I have reactivated the plugin on 90% of the sites and I closely monitoring my load/cpu usage as we type.

So far, it looks like the problem has something to do with “protect”. Which is the little module that tries to blocks bots/spammers from trying to bruteforce their way into your login page, right?

Everything else I am using seems fine right now, I use subscription, wpstats, widget visility and my favorite, publicize.

These are the only modules active on any of my sites right now and so far, the load is fine. Previously we had ‘protect’ activated, I don’t even know how that happened.

But to be honest, MAYBE there is a plugin conflict with another popular plugin that we use called “LIMIT MY LOGIN ATTEMPTS” which basically kind of does the same thing as your module but I prefer limit my login attempts.

Anyway, If I could change my review, I would. I think I have solved my issue, but I will confirm by Friday, the next 3 days I will monitor my server.

Thanks again @jeremy!

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the little module that tries to blocks bots/spammers from trying to bruteforce their way into your login page, right?

That’s correct. You can read more about it here:
https://jetpack.me/support/security-features/

The module relies on cron to clean up after itself and delete transients once a week, but that shouldn’t cause any issues with your server, unless you somehow modified cron to run a lot more often.

Keep me updated if the problems come up again! As Andrew mentioned above, you can also start new threads in the support forums if you experience issues or have questions.