No the hardware wallet is only used to sign the transaction that's broadcasted by my local node. The failing case was with monerod in the background.
Maybe I should look into the CLI. Does it support Ledger?
Maybe I should look into the CLI. Does it support Ledger?
Did you export your view key with Ledger? If you refuse it can cause hanging and crashes. With exported view key and the latest version there shouldn't be any of the issues you are describing.