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BUILTIN_HASHKEY_MUTEX

Category: Idle
SQL Server versions: 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017

This is an idle wait and so it can be safely ignored.

What is BUILTIN_HASHKEY_MUTEX?

1 Answer

 

May occur after startup of instance, while internal data structures are initializing. Will not recur once data structures have initialized. Information from Microsoft®

Never

This wait has never occurred recently

BUILTIN_HASHKEY_MUTEX has not occurred recently on 4207 instances checked.

Prevalence of BUILTIN_HASHKEY_MUTEX across the Spotlight Population