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Why can a Java application be slow even when CPU usage is low?
Tests whether you suspect threads blocked waiting -- on I/O, lock contention, GC pauses, or a slow downstream dependency -- since low CPU with high latency almost always points to waiting, not computing, and a thread dump confirms where.
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