WebView2 CPU Usage Issue from Weather Widget
Author: HenryTheVacuumCreated Apr 10, 2023Updated Aug 18, 2026
LabelsWeather
When using the Weather Widget on the taskbar, Microsoft's Edge WebView2 service will glitch/hang and use like 15% CPU consistently which leaves my laptop's processor running at 95 degrees.
There are several processes under COM Surrogate in the task manager that support the widget (Several WebView2 services).
Ending or restarting the widget fixes the issue, however I'm not sure what causes it as it takes several hours for the issue to come up again.
I have changed the update frequency to every minute to see if I can catch something sooner that might be triggering the constant CPU usage.
Source: valinet/ExplorerPatcher