[2023] LE intermittently loading echo forever

Intermittently, when I load an echo, the game stays at loading echo screen. The loading icon keeps rotating, but the game stays there forever. There is no classic "freeze", the music plays, I can press ESC and see the menu in the background faded, but I can't interact with it. The only way to escape this situation is to alt+tab to windows, close the game from the taskbar (right click+close window) and then reload. It is happening more than 2-3 times per day. It is frustrating.

PS This never happens in the Linux native client, but linux native has graphical glithces problems (which I couldn't resolve) so I am playing the game from windows.

Anyone else has the same problem?

Problem also reported in LE bug forums.