# Deadlock detected while waiting on \`renderer\` thread. Update was not called for 16.1 seconds

**URL:** <https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/deadlock-detected-while-waiting-on-renderer-thread-update-was-not-called-for-16-1-seconds/106976>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Tags:** acknowledged\
**Created:** [April 10, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/deadlock-detected-while-waiting-on-renderer-thread-update-was-not-called-for-16-1-seconds/106976 "2025-04-10T01:14:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Harridas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/harridas/32/25941_2.png) [@Harridas](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Harridas)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/deadlock-detected-while-waiting-on-renderer-thread-update-was-not-called-for-16-1-seconds/106976/1 "2025-04-10T01:14:50Z")

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### Issue Type (Required):

Crash - During Play

### Issue Description (Required):

Crashed as I tabbed out during loading screen.

### [PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

Yes, but I haven’t tried disabling them

### Reproduction Rate (Required):

Once

### Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

### [PC] Crash Report (Optional):

## GUID: 97583348-4331-45ed-8b15-c6cd125b30de Log File: Info Type:

## [Engine Error]: Deadlock detected while waiting on `renderer` thread. Update was not called for 16.1 seconds. You need to supply a crash dump or a crashify link in the report since we need both logs and crashdump to investigate this.

### [PC] Upload Console Log & darktide\_launcher.log (Optional):

[console-2025-04-09-22.44.44-97583348-4331-45ed-8b15-c6cd125b30de.log](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/uploads/short-url/1QhOdkJwYxCvUPYVNUZxJ3nCZZY.log) (1.28 MB)  
[crash\_dump-2025-04-09-22.44.44-97583348-4331-45ed-8b15-c6cd125b30de.dmp](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/uploads/short-url/sqyggwpHCE3bgGNDZNmooCM5dVf.dmp) (1010 KB)  
[darktide\_launcher.log](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/uploads/short-url/ha8g4Ji54OIm0GYax3qJQaiLKl9.log) (409 KB)

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**Author:** ![FatsharkJulia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/fatsharkjulia/32/11653_2.png) [@FatsharkJulia](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/FatsharkJulia)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/deadlock-detected-while-waiting-on-renderer-thread-update-was-not-called-for-16-1-seconds/106976/2 "2025-04-10T09:55:16Z")

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Thanks Harri, I’ve raised this with the team.

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**Author:** ![Bishop2563](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@Bishop2563](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Bishop2563)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/deadlock-detected-while-waiting-on-renderer-thread-update-was-not-called-for-16-1-seconds/106976/3 "2025-04-20T02:43:59Z")

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I have this same issue, currently cant play at all…but I am unsure how to create my own post to provide my logs. Maybe I can troubleshoot via email?

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**Author:** ![Harridas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/harridas/32/25941_2.png) [@Harridas](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Harridas)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/deadlock-detected-while-waiting-on-renderer-thread-update-was-not-called-for-16-1-seconds/106976/4 "2025-04-20T05:08:22Z")

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You can try opening a support ticket in case you haven’t tried already  
[https://support.fatshark.se/hc/en-us/requests/new](https://support.fatshark.se/hc/en-us/requests/new)