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Database CPU hits 100% while application CPU stays low. How do you find the queries responsible?

Tests whether you'd pull the DB's slow-query log or active query view (pg_stat_activity, SHOW PROCESSLIST) to find long-running or frequently-executed queries, rather than looking at the application side where the symptom clearly isn't located.

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