Unreal Engine's Editor lags very badly when you search for a blueprint node if "blend out taskbar" is enabled on windows.

Summary

Unreal Engine’s 5.4.4 Editor lags very badly when you search for a blueprint node if “blend out taskbar” is enabled on windows 11.

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Creative

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Stability

Steps to Reproduce

activate “blend out taskbar” in windows 11
create a project and search for a blueprint node in any class’ event graph

Expected Result

the computer stutters for a moment (~1.5 seconds with 32gb ram, Ryzen 7 5800X, its worth to note that UE is stored on a HDD not SSD) like audio cuts off and fps drop to 1 or even less.

Observed Result

as written in the expected result.

Platform(s)

current windows 11 as of 12.10.2024.

Additional Notes

i tried disabling “Use less CPU in Background” with no changes