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linux mint cinnamon hangs after copy and paste

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Description

Distribution

Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia

Package version

6.0.4

Graphics hardware in use

No response

Frequency

Always

Bug description

In google chrome browser do a search for:
pastéis de nata

then get result from search labs

Click on "show more" and then want to copy the text, so high light area and do ctrl-C to copy and ctrl-V to paste into yahoo mail message. Then system hangs and have to reboot. Did this twice.

Steps to reproduce

In google chrome browser do a search for:
pastéis de nata

and get results at this website

https://www.google.com/search?q=past%C3%A9is+de+nata&num=10&sca_esv=54738c28ead23b52&ei=U2dEaL-1KNydkPIPz7H08AM&ved=0ahUKEwj_qpGN3N-NAxXcDkQIHc8YHT4Q4dUDCBA&oq=past%C3%A9is+de+nata&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiEHBhc3TDqWlzIGRlIG5hdGFIAFAAWABwAHgBkAEAmAEAoAEAqgEAuAEMyAEAmAIAoAIAmAMAkgcAoAcAsgcAuAcAwgcAyAcA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Click on show more and high light the description.
Do ctrl-C to copy and ctrl-V to paste in yahoo mail message.

Then system hangs.
Still able to move cursor but can not click on anything.
After short time can not move cursor.

Need to reboot.

Did this twice with same results.

Expected behavior

Expected to be able to pasted copied text in yahoo mail message to myself and then click send.

Additional information

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Research direction

No source files, tests, or entry points are identified. Start by reproducing the exact Google Chrome copy-and-paste flow on Linux Mint 21.3 with Cinnamon 6.0.4, then determine which desktop component stops responding during the freeze. Done means identifying the cause, preventing the system hang, and verifying that the reported sequence works without a reboot.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
linux
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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