Version 0.22.20 freezes after startup - RPC not responding

[Paul1804]

Version: 0.22.20
OS: Debian 13 (trixie)
Node type: Staking node

Problem:

After upgrading from 0.22.19 to 0.22.20, the node starts but becomes completely unresponsive:

• All RPC commands hang (getconnectioncount, help, getblockchaininfo, etc.)
• Logs stop after "Done loading" - no new entries
• Process shows activity (CPU ~17%) but doesn't respond
• systemctl stop hangs, requires kill -9

Logs:

Last entries in debug.log:

2025-11-18T17:52:26Z init message: Done loading
2025-11-18T17:52:26Z Staker worker thread started for "[default wallet]"
2025-11-18T17:52:26Z SQLite cache_size (main:W): -227554
2025-11-18T17:52:29Z New outbound peer connected: version=/Satoshi:0.22.19/, blocks=3566147, peer=0

No new log entries for several hours after this point.

Resolution:

Downgraded to 0.22.19 - everything works perfectly.

System specs:

• CPU: AMD FX-8300 (8 cores)
• RAM: 31GB
• Config: dbcache=2000, sqlcachesize=2000, maxconnections=150

Recommendation:

Suggest staying on 0.22.19 until this issue is fixed.

[nnmfnwl]

We use own tool called dexinstaller on Debian 13 to build pkoin node directly on used machine always from source-code and for now 0.22.20 works great. Just mentioning.

[Paul1804]

Thanks for the info!
I used the pre-compiled .deb package from GitHub releases: pocketnetcore_0.22.20_linux_x64_setup.deb
Could the issue be specific to the binary package? Should I try building from source with dexinstaller instead?
Also, are there any known differences between the pre-built .deb packages and source builds that might cause this behavior?