Did you notice After upgrading to recent Windows 10 22H2, while open Edge browser system continuously freezes, became unresponsive? And checking on Taskmanager, service host: State Repository Service is consuming a lot of CPU resources at a time. Especially users report When opening any link in the Microsoft Edge browser this State Repository Service starts to utilize up to 90% to 100% CPU resources, and because of that, System became unstable, not respond any clicks.
What is state repository service on Windows 10?
Windows 10 State Repository Service is a browser-based service, that helps a user to capture and save multiple independent snapshots of browsing sessions on a web browser. So that at a later time, the user can retrieve any saved snapshot on another web browser on a different device and continue accessing any particular saved browsing session in any order according to wish.
Fix State Repository Service High CPU Usage
Undoubtedly, this is an amazing service, but sometimes due to a bug on the latest Windows update, State Repository Service starts consuming 100% CPU. Which causes the system became not respond or run slowly. Here are some quick solutions you may apply to fix State Repository Service High CPU Usage in Windows 10 PC.
Repair or Reset Microsoft Edge
Open Windows 10 Settings (Windows + I) then click on Apps. Here in the Apps & Features section, search for Microsoft Edge click on it and select Advanced options.
In the next window, you will see two options: Repair and Reset. Click on the Repair button. It may take a while to get everything done.
Caution: One thing you need to keep in mind that repairing the Edge browser won’t affect anything, but resetting Microsoft Edge will remove all your history, cookies, and any settings you might have changed.
If repairing Microsoft Edge does not help and State Repository Service’s high CPU usage issue still persists, try using the Reset option to reset the Edge browser and get rid of this problem.
Restart State Repository Service
State Repository Service is turned on by default, and you should keep it ON so that you can get the snapshots of browsing sessions can be captured and saved properly. But as the service causing the issue, restarting State Repository Service is another helpful option that can resolve if the service gets stuck and causes high system resources.
To do this open Windows services ( type services.msc and start menu search and enter ) The look for service named state repository service right. Right-click on it and select restart,
In case, if the Restart option is grayed out then double-click on the State Repository Service to open its Properties dialog box and press the Stop button first. Once the Service status is stopped, now press the Start button to start State Repository Service again.
Reinstall Built-in Apps in Windows 10
If after resetting the edge browser and restart State Repository Service Still, is State Repository causing 100% CPU usage? Reinstalling all the built-in applications is another best solution you must try.
Note: Before performing the steps below we recommend to create a system restore point So that if anything goes wrong after reinstall built-in apps you can use the system restore feature to revert back recent changes without any data loss.
Open Powershell as an administrator, you can do this by right click on the Windows 10 start menu and select PowerShell (admin) Then perform the command below.
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
This command will install all the standard applications on your system, After that close the PowerShell window and restart your PC. On the next login, open the edge browser and check There is no more high CPU usage by State Repository Service.
I hope applying these solutions helps you to resolve State Repository Service High CPU Usage in Windows 10. Still, have any queries or suggestions about this post feel free to discuss in the comments below. Also, Read
