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STATUS_VIDEO_HUNG_DISPLAY_DRIVER_THREAD_RECOVERED
The display driver timed out, but WDDM recovered the adapter
WDDM monitors GPU progress and attempts Timeout Detection and Recovery when work does not complete within the allowed interval. A successful recovery resets the graphics stack sufficiently for Windows to continue, often with a brief screen flicker or loss of graphics operations submitted during the timeout.
This warning is distinct from a fatal VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE bug check. It confirms recovery, not the absence of an underlying problem. Frequency, workload correlation, and dump analysis determine whether the event is transient or a persistent driver or hardware defect.
What to inspect
- Correlate the event with display, DxgKrnl, WHEA, thermal, and power-management logs.
- Capture live dumps and the responsible driver module when Windows produces them.
- Test with a coherent OEM or GPU-vendor driver package rather than mixing driver components.
- Investigate repeated recoveries even when the desktop appears to resume normally.
References
- Microsoft Open Specifications: NTSTATUS values
- Microsoft: WDDM timeout detection and recovery
- Microsoft: VIDEO_TDR_TIMEOUT_DETECTED live dump
- Microsoft: testing and debugging TDR
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