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title: "ApexGuru Antipattern: Expensive Methods"
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description: Hot methods that consume over 5% of CPU time can cause performance bottlenecks, breach governor limits, and decrease system performance. Expensive methods consume more than 2% but less than 5% of CPU time. Critically expensive methods consume more than 5% of CPU time. To reduce CPU consumption, refactor expensive methods.
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# ApexGuru Antipattern: Expensive Methods

Hot methods that consume over 5% of CPU time can cause performance bottlenecks, breach governor limits, and decrease system performance. Expensive methods consume more than 2% but less than 5% of CPU time. Critically expensive methods consume more than 5% of CPU time. To reduce CPU consumption, refactor expensive methods.

## Scope

Detection only