Bitbucket Server throws "The system CPU load has not been available for <time>. A fixed ticket limit of 3 is in place until the reading is next available"

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Summary

Problem

Bitbucket Server is not able to collect the CPU load and is not using the Adaptive Throttling feature to adapt the number of scm tickets to the load of the server.

The following appears in the atlassian-bitbucket.log

1 WARN [Caesium-1-4] c.a.s.i.t.AdaptiveResourceThrottleStrategy [scm-hosting] The system CPU load has not been available for <time>. A fixed ticket limit of 3 is in place until the reading is next available

Diagnosis

Environment

  • Windows as Operating system

Cause

The user running Bitbucket Server must be a member of the Performance Monitor Users group.

This will allow Bitbucket Server to take full advantage of the Adaptive throttling feature.

Solution

Resolution

  • Add the user to the Performance Monitor Users group

  • Restart Bitbucket Server

Updated on April 2, 2025

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