Auto-Save trigger behavior during application hangs

Project Recovery Consistency

Adobe After Effects employs an Auto-Save mechanism to mitigate data loss by writing periodic copies of the project file to a designated directory. While this system typically functions during a full application crash, there is uncertainty regarding the trigger conditions when the software enters a non-responsive state or hangs without a complete process termination.

In scenarios where the application remains open but unresponsive, it is unclear if the Auto-Save timer continues to execute or if the write process is interrupted by the hang. This affects the reliability of recovering the most recent work state from the Auto-Save folder.

Does the Auto-Save process execute during a software hang if the process has not officially crashed? Which specific conditions prevent the application from writing a recovery file during a freeze?