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Edge Beta black out
I've been having these black screens for a while now.
I'm currently on the Dev branch, version 81.0.381.0, and I still am experiencing these.
Reading this thread helped me realize it's indeed a process using the GPU that hangs Edge.
I've noticed that there's a period in which the UI is not drawing (therefore the black window) but the app is still somewhat responsive. For example, I can switch the tabs by Ctrl + Tab and in my taskbar the title of the app changes accordingly. But after a few seconds Edge freezes and Windows asks me if I want to kill it.
I've been trying to bring Edge's Task Manager up (i.e. Shift + Esc), with varying success. Sometimes I can terminate the GPU process, sometimes it tries to show me the Task Manager window and promptly crashes, sometimes it shows me another black screen.
What has been working reliably for me since reading this is bringing up Task Manager (i.e. Ctrl + Shift + Esc) and killing the process labeled Microsoft Edge that is taking up GPU resources.
The way I found to fix it when it happens, is to open a new instance of edge without closing the previous one, as that seems to restart the GPU process and then the previous instance is visible again.
