BUG: process stuck when modify settings or searching

[mei-iem]

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• I am using the latest version of Flow Launcher.

• I am using the prerelease version of Flow Launcher.

Problem Description

I have a common problem
I use Chinese pinyin search and two sorts to search. i tried to disable other additions except "search programs"
crash will happened anytime, not only searching also when i modify settings. when things happened, it's cpu usage and memory usage were high and flow launcher was no response.
i tried to wait and sometimes it will respones my operation again
by the way, i didn't meet this problem in version 1.19.15

To Reproduce

i'm not sure how things happened, but i'll put my settings here

1. anytime when search or modify settings

Details

to facilitate your viewing of the Settings, I have changed to English. but i use simplified Chinese usually

Screenshots

Timeline.12.mp4

Flow Launcher Version

2.1.2

Windows Build Number

10.0.19045.6937

Error Log

Flow.Launcher.2026-06-06.log