This might be less common in 5.2.0 but I have still had some strange issues with keyboard.
** Changed in: qemu Status: Expired => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1906180 Title: Keyboard keys get stuck Status in QEMU: New Bug description: Keyboard keys get "stuck" quite often, on certain Linux guests at least, and start repeating themselves until another key is pressed. This is especially noticeable with key combinations like Ctrl+V for pasting. When it happens, you get the pasted text and vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv... This bug has been present for quite some time but I don't remember any specific version that had it first. QEMU version: 5.1.0 Guest: Debian stable 64-bit (live), with Gnome desktop (may occur with other Linux guests too) Host: Arch Linux with KDE desktop (X11, wayland not tested); both default and hardened kernel tested QEMU start command: qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 6G -cpu host -smp 3 -cdrom debian.iso -boot d -vga std To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1906180/+subscriptions