FS2020 does not respond after pausing it with the ESC key (1.18.15.0)

A few minutes after pressing the ESC key, the game stops responding :

ESC to pause, ESC to exit pause = no response :

Regards,

I don’t know about ESC to pause, I use either a mapped pause button or the active pause. When I press ESC for me, it brings up the configuration menu and when I press it again it goes away and flight continues

It is not a permanent state, I got this new strange issue today trying to fly with standard A320NEO …

i found it. Just set keyboard to default in the msfs. Problem solved!

seeing the same thing on 1.22.2.0. Using the Esc Pause feature (not active pause, the one that takes you to the start screen where you can exit came, restart session, change settings etc…

Leave it paused for an extended period of time and it hangs for me. Same thing in my taskbar. Happens with stock aircraft and no mods in my community folder or add-on aircraft so its a core sim issue.