"Graphics timeout occurred"

I got:

"Warning: Warning: Graphics timeout occurred. To share details of this issue with MathWorks technical support, please include that this is an unresponsive graphics client with your service request. To share details of this issue with MathWorks technical support, please include that this is an unresponsive graphics client with your service request."

What happened?

[Paul]

I get this error occasionally as well. If you report it to Tech Support and get an answer can you post back here?

[Steven Lord]

@Paul since this is a pretty general warning please contact Technical Support yourself, in case the reason that you receive this message is different from the reason that @alpedhuez receives it.

[Trever Smith II]

I get this error quite frequently myself (M1 pro 16gb). I have been dealing with it for the past 2 years and just got the error again after installing 2024b and running some code to make a figure. If I figure something out with my open ticket with Tech Support I will post here.

[Trever Smith II]

Hello again as promised, I found that this problem went away on my M1 pro macbook when I started using the 'new desktop beta' in matlab. Here is a set of instructions that I was provided to get the new desktop installed:

1. Please run your MATLAB Live Script in the New MATLAB Desktop Beta. To install the desktop beta, please click on the "Add-Ons" button in the "Home" toolstrip of your MATLAB application. In the "Add-Ons Explorer", please search for "New Desktopfor MATLAB (Beta)" and click "Install". Alternatively, you can also download the New Desktop for MATLAB (Beta) from the following link:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/119593-new-desktop-for-matlab-beta

1. Do you still observe the "Graphics Timeout Warning" while running your MATLAB Live Script in the New MATLAB Desktop Beta?
2. Can you observe your Task Manager during the time when MATLAB becomes unresponsive and check if there are peaks in memory usage?
3. Can you let me know if the issue persists when running the script as an M file instead of a Live Script?
4. Please also send me the output of info = rendererinfo and info.Details

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

Can you reproduce this issue? If so, sharing the steps that reproduce this would be helpful.

Nevertheless, please report this to tech support.

https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

[Justin Bell]

I constantly get this error as well. It seems fairly trivial to reproduce for me. Run any livescript that draws a plot. Walk away for the night and come back in the morning. Unlock my machine and try to run any livescript that draws a plot.

I have got it at other times, but it seemed in those cases like the memory requirements were overflowing the graphic card. To fix those I either had to filter datasets to reduce the burden or built in a lot of close/clear statements to dump memory when looping.

[Adam Danz]

@Justin Bell, what release of MATLAB are you using?

Also, what's in the live script and the plot? Would this problem happen in a live script file that contains only the following code?

surf(peaks(99))

Answer 2

[Josemaría Núñez de Prado Franco]

Warning: Graphics timeout occurred. To share details of this issue with MathWorks technical support, please include that

this is an unresponsive graphics client with your service request.

[Steven Lord]

Please do as @Adam Danz suggested and report this to Technical Support.