Using tramp, I had a remote cpp file open in a window. I pressed "C-c c", which invokes a function in my .emacs called compile-hereish, which (in this case) invokes the compile command with the remote directory containing the remote cpp. Compilation begins as expected. The cpp file contains a number of syntax errors. There is what I understand to be a longstanding Tramp bug such that, if a lot of outputs (syntax errors) are sent at high speed to the compile window, Tramp hangs. In emacs 26.2, Ctrl-G (usually ctrl-g three times) would interrupt the hung Tramp window, and indeed cause the errors to be displayed in the window as best as Tramp is able. In emacs 27.1, Ctrl-G does nothing in this "tramp-hung-while-compiling" situation. I also tried ctrl-c ctrl-c, but that also does nothing. It appears that the only way to kill the hung Tramp compile is to force-quit emacs as a whole at the OS level. Machine running emacs: MacBook Pro (2015), macos Big Sur v11.1. I am using emacs 27.1 installed via brew-cask on macos. On the Macbook: ssh -V OpenSSH_8.1p1, LibreSSL 2.7.3 Remote host for compile: Ubuntu Linux 20.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-54-generic x86_64) On remote host: ssh -V OpenSSH_8.2p1 Ubuntu-4ubuntu0.1, OpenSSL 1.1.1f 31 Mar 2020 Also on remote host: gcc --version gcc (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04) 9.3.0 Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. If I revert back to emacs 26.2 on the Macbook, ctrl-G once again works as expected in the event of a Tramp hang. I am attaching to the remote host using Tramp-ssh mode, but I also tried Tramp-scp and saw the same behaviour. My .emacs includes: (setq tramp-default-method "ssh") (setq tramp-chunksize 500) The following cpp file (on Ubuntu machine) is sufficient to generate a large number of syntax errors and hang Tramp, blocking ctrl-G (crashing emacs) in emacs 27.1 for me. // test.cpp DummyClass( DummyClass( DummyClass( DummyClass( DummyClass( DummyClass( DummyClass( DummyClass( DummyClass( DummyClass( int validstuff(); int validstuff() { return(0); } // end test.cpp Thanks as always. D. Following was generated via: M-x report-emacs-bug In GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin18.7.0, NS appkit-1671.60 Version 10.14.6 (Build 18G95)) of 2020-08-11 built on builder10-14.porkrind.org Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.2022 System Description: macOS 11.1 Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. 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