https://github.com/benfred/py-spy#when-do-you-need-to-run-as-sudo https://github.com/benfred/py-spy#when-do-you-need-to-run-as... tl;dr - yes, it's a limitatio

https://github.com/benfred/py-spy#when-do-you-need-to-run-as-sudo https://github.com/benfred/py-spy#when-do-you-need-to-run-as... tl;dr - yes, it's a limitation(?) of macOS syscalls.