Amazon RDS

CPU Saturation with SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD Wait Events

Resource Contention

High CPU utilization combined with SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD wait events (SQL Server) or excessive context switching indicates CPU-bound queries competing for limited cores. This pattern suggests either under-provisioned instances or inefficient queries.

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