Issue with some emulators freezing/crashing while in docked mode only (emudeck)

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I've been embracing the portability of the steamdeck and emulating games on the go and absolutely loving it. However, recently, I've been playing a combination of docked and undocked and I've been noticing that some emulators simply freeze and force kick me back to the home menu. It varies when and how this occurs. While playing on yuzu, I've noticed games can freeze as soon as 15 minutes of gameplay, sometimes it'll last an hour with no issues. For example, I've played metroid dread 10 hours undocked without a single crash, and got 2 crashes within an hour docked mode. I've also noticed some freezes in the past playing super paper mario when docked (wii emulator), but nothing while undocked. Some emulators like Melon DS worked fine both docked and undocked (I put in 60 hours playing KH358/2days docked). I did notice however when playing DS games that switching between docked to undocked causes the game to begin to lag badly or become very fast (I'd have to shut down the game and restart the game when I wanted to switch dock/undock).

I really want to enjoy emulation without the worries of games freezing or losing progress both docked/undocked. I would love some help with this to try and troubleshoot the problem. I asked on Reddit without much luck but it seems the issue might possibly be related to resolution but I am unsure. Both docked and undocked, settings are default and unchanged. On dock, my resolution is set to “auto.” When I disable it, it seems to set me at 2560x1440 @ 60. When docked, my frame limit is set to 60. HDR is also enabled when docked. Undocked, frame limit is set to 90 and I haven't changed any default settings.

I’m a bit bummed trying to figure this out. I did a thorough search but couldn’t find any answers anywhere. I’m surprised this isn’t talked about more. It’s not a common issue I imagine?
 

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