OpenBSD HVM qube frozen on resume from suspend

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OpenBSD 7.8 running on Qubes OS 4.2.4. Installed into an HVM qube manually. Up and running. Works for me despite lack of close interaction with Qubes. Main show-stopper is that it is frozen after suspending the Qubes OS laptop - no GUI interaction, not responsive to “Shutdown” from the menu. There were several similar issues raised back in 2021-23 but nothing since. Any clues/cluebats would be appreciated.
Have I made a configuration error or is this just doomed? Thx

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The second one, imho.
I mean "Never got to get ‘restore from suspend’ working with FreeBSD HVMs. "

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There is some chance that the problem is in function xen_control in /sys/dev/pv/xen.c:

    if (strcmp(action, "halt") == 0 || strcmp(action, "poweroff") == 0) {
        pvbus_shutdown(&sc->sc_dev);
    } else if (strcmp(action, "reboot") == 0) {
        pvbus_reboot(&sc->sc_dev);
    } else if (strcmp(action, "crash") == 0) {
        panic("xen told us to do this");
    } else if (strcmp(action, "suspend") == 0) {
        /* Not implemented yet */
    } else {
        printf("%s: unknown shutdown event \"%s\"\n",
            sc->sc_dev.dv_xname, action);
    }
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I no longer consider OpenBSD suitable for use in a Qube, until this issues is fixed, if ever.

“So Puff, that mighty blowfish sadly swam into his cave.”

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