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On my Debian 12.5
64GB DDRAMM and an 5E Xeon processor

For my normal browser, on Debian, I use Brave and access a web-based mail service from it..
I have a Windows 11 VM I use when I must run MS Word.
When running the VM, I often need to move back and forth between the mail and the MS Word program

IF:
Brave is running but the VM is not > No Problem.
VM is running but Brave is not being accessed (by my using Thorium browser for the mail) > No Problem.
Brave is running; the VM is running; and I am using Brave to use the mail service > BIG Problem.

Eventually, but not right away: The mouse across the the host and the VM can still move but the buttons no longer work. Some keyboard functions seem to work but not all.

I can SSH into the workstation from another system and 'kill' processes. Sometimes that fixes the problem, Other times I have to issue a reboot via the SSH session.

So it is an interaction between the two. For now I just avoid the issue by using Thorium in that specific case... but should I report it to someone or just chalk it up to FM?

I've never used Brave but there might be something in brave://crashes that you could report to the Brave developers.

You could also try catching the terminal messages by doing something like opening a terminal and running
And then run brave from the terminal and then when you restart you'll have something to look at.

But, as my signature says, I'm an eternal newbie. There is probably a better way to figure out what's happening.

Brave does not see this as a crash. That's the thing. All software is working... it's just the my ability to access the applications has been taken away.