Turns out this may be caused by a known bug. bug 530605 is likely the cause to all the couchdb 100% cpu woes. I've not linked directly incase it isn't a directly that.
-- Any app using couchdb hit 100% of cpu usage https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549108 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs