BUG: Window Freeze

[JoyHak]

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• I have checked that this issue has not already been reported.

• I am using the latest version of Flow Launcher.

• I am using the prerelease version of Flow Launcher.

Problem Description

Flow Launcher constantly freezes. The search window and tray menu stops responding, the only way to fix it is to manually kill Flow Launcher from powershell/process explorer. Search window responds to some hotkeys like Ctrl+Enter...

I found this exceptions in logs:

16:52:20.1205+03:00 - ERROR - ImageLoader.GetThumbnailResult - Failed to load SVG image from path C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_3_8_299\resources\aiff_filetype_256.svg: Root element is missing.
EXCEPTION OCCURS: System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.
   at void System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
   at void System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowWithoutLineInfo(string res)
   at bool System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
   at void System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, bool preserveWhitespace)
   at void System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
   at void SharpVectors.Dom.Css.CssXmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
   at void SharpVectors.Dom.Svg.SvgDocument.Load(string filename)
   at void SharpVectors.Renderers.Utils.WpfSvgWindow.LoadDocument(Uri documentUri, WpfDrawingSettings drawingSettings)
   at DrawingGroup SharpVectors.Converters.FileSvgReader.LoadFile(Uri svgUri)
   at DrawingGroup SharpVectors.Converters.FileSvgReader.Read(Uri svgUri)
   at RenderTargetBitmap Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Image.ImageLoader.LoadSvgImage(string path, bool loadFullImage) in C:/projects/flow-launcher/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageLoader.cs:line 380
   at ImageResult Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Image.ImageLoader.GetThumbnailResult(ref string path, bool loadFullImage) in C:/projects/flow-launcher/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Image/ImageLoader.cs:line 247

There's A LOT of this exceptions:

To Reproduce

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Screenshots

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Flow Launcher Version

2.0.3

Windows Build Number

Windows 11 Pro 22621.819

Error Log

2026-01-27.txt

2025-12-27.txt

[Jack251970]

We have already resolved this issue in this PR #3593. And it is not published in release version yet.

You can try prerelease version: https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Prereleases.

[JoyHak]

Im not sure it was fixed even on v2.0.3.14877

Flow.Launcher.2026-01-27.log

[Jack251970]

@JoyHak You can use this prerelease version during daily usage and ping me if you still encounter this problem

[JoyHak]

@Jack251970 I ran into this issue on the latest v2.0.3.14877 pre-release, which is why I wrote again...

[Jack251970]

The log file contains no errors and looks good

[JoyHak]

Yes, and the latest log entries are telling of a normal exit which hasn't been there in past logs

20:01:45.3897+03:00 - INFO  - App.RegisterExitEvents - Application Exit
20:01:45.3897+03:00 - INFO  - App.Dispose - Begin Flow Launcher dispose ----------------------------------------------------
20:01:45.4173+03:00 - INFO  - App.Dispose - End Flow Launcher dispose ----------------------------------------------------
20:01:45.4173+03:00 - INFO  - App.Dispose - Dispose cost <26ms>

[Jack251970]

@JoyHak Could you please check if this still exists in the latest version?

[JoyHak]

Looks like everything is correct... I think this bug happens after Win11 sleep mode (not hibernation).