# GameThread timed out waiting for RenderThread after 120,00 secs

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/gamethread-timed-out-waiting-for-renderthread-after-120-00-secs/1352584>\
**Category:** Programming & Scripting\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, crash, crash-report, question\
**Created:** [October 30, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/gamethread-timed-out-waiting-for-renderthread-after-120-00-secs/1352584 "2023-10-30T13:38:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![berry0511](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@berry0511](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/berry0511)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/gamethread-timed-out-waiting-for-renderthread-after-120-00-secs/1352584/1 "2023-10-30T13:38:44Z")

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system: windows server 2016  
graphics card: Nvida A4000  
 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/a/6/3/a63ca2086b59b4863b20606fcec6fb83daae6959.jpeg)  
When the graphics card utilization drops, it crashes

 ![fb4030ec683e0bcbaf49e4cdc2810a6](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/b/5/9/b598cd447edaad44caf4428faa88946a96faa23e.jpeg)  
And pop window shows:  
 ![7dd033412aa33f3323e6a50f0f944c5](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/1/e/d/1ed2729a83e164564bebab313f3cf5550c4e508a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![berry0511](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@berry0511](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/berry0511)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/gamethread-timed-out-waiting-for-renderthread-after-120-00-secs/1352584/2 "2023-10-30T16:31:59Z")

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And，using pixel streaming witch will leading this crash, running standalone is alright

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**Author:** ![berry0511](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@berry0511](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/berry0511)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/gamethread-timed-out-waiting-for-renderthread-after-120-00-secs/1352584/3 "2023-11-03T04:31:45Z")

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在别的帖子里发现同样的问题，参考[pixelstreaming memory leak](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/memory-leaks-in-pixel-streaming-5-21/1347280/5)

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**Author:** ![berry0511](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@berry0511](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/berry0511)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/gamethread-timed-out-waiting-for-renderthread-after-120-00-secs/1352584/4 "2023-11-03T04:36:44Z")

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可能的解决方案[PR10637](https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/pull/10637)，希望尽快出小版本更新

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**Author:** ![JessicaLiu520](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jessicaliu520/32/767974_2.png) [@JessicaLiu520](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JessicaLiu520)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/gamethread-timed-out-waiting-for-renderthread-after-120-00-secs/1352584/5 "2023-11-03T04:54:36Z")

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> [@berry0511](#):
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> And，using pixel streaming witch will leading this crash, running standalone is alright

It appears that this crash rarely occurs when using a cooked scene, unless there are meshes created at runtime.

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**Author:** ![berry0511](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@berry0511](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/berry0511)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/gamethread-timed-out-waiting-for-renderthread-after-120-00-secs/1352584/6 "2023-11-07T11:40:12Z")

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又找到两处泄漏提交了[PR11068](https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/pull/11068)

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**Author:** ![BoxCorer](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/boxcorer/32/940945_2.png) [@BoxCorer](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BoxCorer)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/gamethread-timed-out-waiting-for-renderthread-after-120-00-secs/1352584/7 "2025-10-28T09:20:34Z")

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Same error meet in ue5.3.2 … I will use the engin source code to make a test.