I had to run skill -KILL -u RokeJulianLockhart as root (as https://superuser.com/revisions/358841/2#:~:text=skill%20-KILL%20-u%20vivek describes) due to https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/random-indefinite-system-hang/110020/1#related-issues-3 recurring, and upon login, saw
so it appears indeed that merely logging out and then in remediates it, irrespective of the method used.