> Source: [sk185025](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk185025)

# sk185025 - HCP report shows this error: "Test Failed. Found more than 1 pid for FWD process"

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk185025 |
| Date Created | 2026-06-24 |
| Last Modified | 2026-07-01 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * The HCP Report shows this error in **Performance** \> **General** \> **Static Affinity** : "*Test Failed. Found more than 1 pid for FWD process.*"

* Running this command on the Security Gateway : `ps fww -Ao psr,uname,pid,ppid,pcpu,pmem,rss,vsz,stat,time,start,cmd`, shows parent and child FWD processes running simultaneously:  


  ```
  PSR USER       PID  PPID %CPU %MEM   RSS    VSZ STAT     TIME  STARTED CMD
  ...
    9 admin    45594 44514  4.2  0.8 276344 873220 Ssl 03:29:37   Jan 31  \_ fwd
   15 admin    43179 45594  0.0  0.2 75872 389908 Sl   00:00:02   Jan 31  |   \_ in.asessiond 0
   13 admin    43225 45594  0.0  0.1 55332 153996 S    00:00:25   Jan 31  |   \_ tpd 0
   31 admin    88977 45594  0.0  0.7 232964 871636 S   00:00:00   Feb 02  |   \_ fwd
  ```

  <br />

* No system impact is observed.

## Cause

The FWD process is a core Check Point daemon responsible for logging and communication.  
By design, the FWD process can spawn additional child/helper processes to handle system tasks such as communication, logging, or service-related operations. This behavior can occur, for example, during RPC communication, when the system creates a dedicated helper process.  
As a result, multiple FWD-related process IDs (PIDs) can appear in the system output.  

The HCP static affinity test expects to find a single FWD process instance. However, it does not account for these helper processes. Therefore, the presence of additional FWD-related processes may cause the test to report a failure, even though the system is operating as expected.

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