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SOSHOST_SLEEP

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 SOSHOST_SLEEP?

1 Answer

 

Occurs when a hosted task sleeps while waiting for a generic event to occur. Hosted tasks are used by hosted components such as CLR. Information from Microsoft®

Never

This wait has never occurred recently

SOSHOST_SLEEP has not occurred recently on 4207 instances checked.

Prevalence of SOSHOST_SLEEP across the Spotlight Population