Deadlock - even after 3.28.0c hotfix 2

crash, locks my machine for ~90 seconds, finally spits out "deadlock detected". Seems to be when I'm loading a new instance and click to another window (PoB, trade site, even bringing up the Awakened PoE Trade overlay) and it shuts down.

Sometimes I get control after a minute or two, other times it locks and never returns control. I can still see the mouse cursor move, but can't interact with anything. Caps lock still goes on and off as well, but I still have to pull the plug to get to a restart.
Last edited by DemandredG#6749 on Mar 18, 2026, 4:08:39 AM
Last bumped on Mar 22, 2026, 3:30:45 PM
Any luck fixing this? Experiencing it myself.
Im also having this any time i alt tab out... please fix this, its so annoying
I have it since the beginning of this league. Please fix it. I cannot play !
This only happens to me when I play on EU servers, when I play on NA servers with high ping I never get this at all.
From the Error message it shouldnt be related to server problems but CPU workload, sadly their is no 100% solution to this problem.
Using Vulkan renderer, just had this happen in heist. Fun.

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