Rune completely frozen and unresponsive

[adele]

Hi all,
Quite new to this - sorry
While using Rune with Airplay the system froze - the two same notes started playing in a loop. We shut down Airplay, but it kept on playing the same loop. The webpage (192.168...) went unaccessible. Impossible to connect via SSH (connection timed out). No response either when we attached a screen to the Raspberry Pi. At this point I'm leaning towards unplugging the whole thing but I don't want to damage the system, however I couldn't find a clear explanation on how to safely reboot it when the system has become this much unresponsive.
Thanks for your kind help!

[xonolap]

[olivia10199]

[NeerMohan]

A forced power cycle is generally safe for the Raspberry Pi's hardware. However, frequently performing them might increase the risk of data corruption. Once the system restarts, check for Rune updates. Updating software can sometimes fix bugs causing freezes.
Consider using a different Airplay source to see if the issue is specific to the current device.