Omen of blanching locking up game

When I used an omen of blanching, the game would freeze for 10+ seconds. The third time I did so, it did not unfreeze the image; I could hear the game going on in the background and when I hotkeyed a quit out to login screen, I could hear the main menu theme but the visuals where stuck on the moment right after I used the omen.

Check client log for any errors. My first guess is to run PackCheck/Steam Integrity for corrupted files. Worst case full reinstall and see if that resolves it.

same problem here, pack check from standalone client did not fix it. Switched to dx12 fixed the problem, however if I try to switch back to vulcan my game CTDs

Happened to me as well, 4 blanchings in a row.

Found a fix, delete production _config.ini in \Documents\My Games\Path of Exile a line within the configs from pre 3.26 is causing it, and was preventing me from switching back to vulcan. I can provide my old config file if a dev wants to figure out the source.