# Why does a canister keep consuming cycles?

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/why-does-a-canister-keep-consuming-cycles/10821>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Tags:** community-consideration\
**Created:** [February 11, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/why-does-a-canister-keep-consuming-cycles/10821 "2022-02-11T06:34:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![PaulLiu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/paulliu/32/4701_2.png) [@PaulLiu](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/PaulLiu)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/why-does-a-canister-keep-consuming-cycles/10821/7 "2022-02-13T05:20:05Z")

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My [Tip Jar Canister](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/worry-about-your-favorate-canister-running-low-on-cycles-you-got-it-covered/10307) consumes about 0.5 TC every day because it uses heartbeat. It is very hard for me to imagine anything that doesn’t use heartbeat will be more expensive

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