n my WHM >> Apache Status page I see the numbers instantly increased for the CGI processes as I navigated the site.
No. Always
ZERO process. Then Server API like your only shows
CGI/1.1...
AH00489: Apache/2.4.46 (cPanel) OpenSSL/1.1.1h mod_bwlimited/1.4 mod_fcgid/2.3.9 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed Dec 09 17:52:57.659525 2020] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 15479:tid 47239526519872] AH00489: Apache/2.4.46 (cPanel) OpenSSL/1.1.1h mod_bwlimited/1.4 mod_fcgid/2.3.9 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed Dec 09 17:52:57.659574 2020] [core:notice] [pid 15479:tid 47239526519872] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/httpd'
[Wed Dec 09 17:53:04.767434 2020] [proxy_fcgi:error] [pid 15574:tid 47239839979264] [client xx.xx.xx.xx:58370] AH01067: Failed to read FastCGI header
[Wed Dec 09 17:53:04.767472 2020] [proxy_fcgi:error] [pid 15574:tid 47239839979264] (104)Connection reset by peer: [client xx.xx.xx.xx:58370] AH01075: Error dispatching request to :
[Wed Dec 09 17:53:04.768239 2020] [proxy:error] [pid 15574:tid 47239839979264] (2)No such file or directory: AH02454: FCGI: attempt to connect to Unix domain socket /opt/cpanel/ea-php74/root/usr/var/run/php-fpm/e31f88d129d69c880a9bb4bfdbc9cad2a2d59e4f.sock (*) failed
[Wed Dec 09 17:53:04.768258 2020] [proxy_fcgi:error] [pid 15574:tid 47239839979264] [client xx.xx.xx.xx:58370] AH01079: failed to make connection to backend: httpd-UDS
[Thu Dec 10 20:18:58.731349 2020] [proxy_fcgi:error] [pid 82100:tid 47239829473024] (70007)The timeout specified has expired: [client xx.xx.xx.xx:57233] AH01075: Error dispatching request to : (reading input brigade), referer:
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[Thu Dec 10 20:25:25.788309 2020] [proxy_fcgi:error] [pid 82100:tid 47239795853056] (70007)The timeout specified has expired: [client xx.xx.xx.xx:57242] AH01075: Error dispatching request to : (reading input brigade), referer:
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This is what I found in the logs (snip).