Xvnc hangs after exiting Remote Desktop session

After closing a window of Remote Desktop session with XFCE Desktop run on latest ArchLinux, XRDP server exits, but Xvnc server started by that session keeps running, and within 5-10 min starts suddenly putting high load on CPU, while doing nothing useful.
Why this happen, and how to auto close it when closing Remote Desktop window & session?

While the hang reason is still unknown, I found that login out of XFCE from within open XRDP session window before closing the session will shutdown relevant processes on the server host, including Xvnc.

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Hi,
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Symptom
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