Unity 5 Freezes While Doing Something Else

Hi there. We are finding an issue with Pro version 5.0.0f4 on our Mac OSX 10.10 (we have two computers upon which this error occurs).

If we leave Unity up and aren't actively working in it for some number of minutes (seems like maybe 10 or more), then when we click on Unity, the mouse cursor becomes a beach ball and spins indefinitely. This can occur if we just leave Unity open and walk away or if we use another program for awhile with Unity still running.

The Unity window still responds to movement, and so do its sub-windows. But anything inside the windows is completely inactive while the beach ball is spinning. Our only workaround is to force-quit Unity and restart and making sure to Save Project fairly often.

Is this a known issue? Has anyone else had this issue?

Thanks!

 

hangs at 26% - won't respond to input - yes I have - On windows 7 64 bit 5_0 and p1.

reported it a few times (have given up reporting it now, they must know by now)

Code (csharp):

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2. 680882    User submitted bug - Editor becomes unresponsive to clicks/input/anything    Open    3/15/2015 9:18 PM
3. 680849    User submitted bug - Editor Hangs for no obvious reason when unattended    Open    3/15/2015 7:09 PM
4. 679251    User submitted bug - Editor hangs when not in play mode - CONTINOUS BAKING ruled out    Open    3/10/2015 9:29 PM
5. 679154    User submitted bug - hung again    Open    3/10/2015 6:09 PM
6. 679089    User submitted bug - Interface hung when left unattended again - NOT IN PLAY MODE    Open    3/10/2015 2:38 PM
7. 678788    User submitted bug - The editor hung when left unattended. Again    Open    3/9/2015 6:59 PM
8. 678541    User submitted bug - Hung - Again    Open    3/8/2015 7:49 PM
9. 678414    Editor hangs if left unattended    Open    3/8/2015 9:39 AM
10. 678353    Editor hangs if left unattended    Open    3/8/2015 1:08 AM
11. 678342    Unity editor became unresponsive when left unattented    Open    3/7/2015 11:29 PM
12. 678325    Editor hangs for no obvious reason when unattended    Open    3/7/2015 10:09 PM
13. 678312    User submitted bug    Open    3/7/2015 9:29 PM
14. 678289    Editor no longer responds to any events    Open    3/7/2015 8:09 PM
15. 678266    Unity Hangs and is unresponsive to any input    Open    3/7/2015 6:29 PM
16. 678038    Editor Hangs and become utterly unresponsive    Open    3/6/2015 4:49 PM
17. 677772    I leave the editor open for a couple of hours and come back    Open    3/5/2015 7:59 PM
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Here's hoping p2 sorts it out. ( I attached dmp files)

I would ask that you do report that as it shows that this is not graphics or OS specific.

 

I have gone and reported it for Mac. Thanks for the info!

 

and this guy too
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/motion-controller.229900/page-11#post-2030276

 

I should add, one trick I have found is this does not happen in play mode. Thus press play, leave, come back.

Happy days.

EDIT: Just tested, it hangs in pause mode. so play mode is only fix so far

 

Beachball hangs were happening to us on OS X as well. Check that you're not leaving the profiler open as OS X 5.0.0f4 and 5.0.0p1 seemed to crash when it was left open for a while and we switched back and forth between apps. There's mention of a fix for something like this in 5.0.0p2 (http://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/unity-not-responding-after-leaving-it-at-idle-for-a-few-hours).

 

Managed to make it hang - in play mode - when leaving frame debugger open - so effectively pause mode again...

Thanks for the link - will check it out

 

We can't open the frame debugger at all without instantly crashing (on OS X).

 

P2 fixes my hang bug.

Many thanks. Frame debugger opens okay on Windows (for reference)

 

I have the same exact issue. After a short while (5-10 minutes) Unity just freezes and sits at "Not responding" in the task manager. This is REALLY starting to go on my nerves to say the least. Constantly lose progress if I don't save every 2 minutes. (Which I don't want to do when I'm not sure about changes I made).

Windows 7 64bit.

 

Same here..

If I start an empty project and leave it open for about 10 minutes on the background or foreground, it crashes and shows the Unity Bug Reporter. Reported it a few times now, but no response whatsoever.

Had it with multiple versions; 5.2, 5.1 and now 5.3.0f4, all Win7 64-bit. Reported it about an hour ago as well using the Unity Bug Reporter.

 

Signing out in the editor, then loading an empty project works fine here though. It has been running for over two hours now.

See this topic as well where they ask for the case numbers so they can pass this on: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-constantly-crashing.371862/#post-2413406

 

@Sven Uilhoorn did you have a case number for me?