This was confirmed upstream to be caused by a problem in appstream-glib. 16.10 will need to either move to 0.6.4 or backport a handful of patches.
https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd/issues/70 ** Changed in: fwupd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1637024 Title: fwupd consuming very high cpu after startup/login To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream-glib/+bug/1637024/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
