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The example of DisplayCoreCustomCompositor will get stuck in the ExecuteTask function when running.

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start with Samples/DisplayCoreCustomCompositor/cpp/DisplayCoreCustomCompositor.cpp and reproduce the example's taskPool execution. Trace why execution becomes stuck in ExecuteTask, then confirm that the example completes without hanging and document the cause or validated fix.

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Description

When using the example of DisplayCoreCustomCompositor, it was found that taskPool was being executed Does anyone know why someone gets stuck in the ExecuteTask function when executing a task? How should we solve it? https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-classic-samples/blob/main/Samples/DisplayCoreCustomCompositor/cpp/DisplayCoreCustomCompositor.cpp

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