Browser freezes for 10-20 seconds after the screen wakes up

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Had the same issue. Searched brave forums and found this discussion on brave freezing after sleep.

Brave "freezes" when computer gets woken up from sleep mode

Description of the issue: When I leave the computer running and it goes into standby by itself and I come back and wake it up (the kind where I have to re-enter my password), the browser is frozen and seemingly doesnt react to any input. I have discovered that it DOES actually react - if I open links I dont see anything changing but if I close the browser and start it again, the links I opened ARE open. Steps to Reproduce: I THINK manually entering sleep mode also does the trick but usually its…

The suggested fix was to disable HW accel in settings. Did that and the freeze after sleep vanished.