# KopiaUI on Linux - high memory, constant network upload

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopiaui-on-linux-high-memory-constant-network-upload/8882>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 9, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopiaui-on-linux-high-memory-constant-network-upload/8882 "2026-05-09T13:37:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![dcog989](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/dcog989/32/1245_2.png) [@dcog989](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/dcog989)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/kopiaui-on-linux-high-memory-constant-network-upload/8882/1 "2026-05-09T13:37:59Z")

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I recently dumped Windows for Linux (CachyOS) and KopiaUI seems to be misbehaving:

 ![Screenshot_20260509_141819](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/kopia/original/2X/2/2021136e5ff66a46141d27b9e3093fb58c2a1050.png)

900MB? And constant network uploads?

Windows used a fraction of that memory. Don’t know if it was also ‘misbehaving’ with the network traffic.

Is this ‘correct’?