Shutdown sometimes freezes laptop?

I assume you are using stable branch cause you profile says so.

If your system is the intel 13700 then you may have one of the processors with the overvolting issue which has been discussed in a few topics.

I believe there is a microcode update planned from Intel - as I recall in August - but when I don’t know.

For plasma issues - unless you are a hardcore gamer - I will recommend switching to unstable and sync the system to linux610 and Plasma 6.1.3

 $ mbn info linux610 -q
Branch         : unstable
Name           : linux610
Version        : 6.10.2-1
Repository     : core
Build Date     : Sat 27 Jul 2024 15:06:54 
Packager       : Manjaro Build Server <build@manjaro.org>

Branch         : testing
Name           : linux610
Version        : 6.10.0-3
Repository     : core
Build Date     : Mon 22 Jul 2024 03:51:12 
Packager       : Manjaro Build Server <build@manjaro.org>

Branch         : stable
Name           : linux610
Version        : 6.10.0-3
Repository     : core
Build Date     : Mon 22 Jul 2024 03:51:12 
Packager       : Manjaro Build Server <build@manjaro.org>

It is of course also possible - on unstable - to test linux611

 $ mbn info linux611 -q
Branch         : unstable
Name           : linux611
Version        : 6.11.0rc1-1
Repository     : core
Build Date     : Tue 30 Jul 2024 13:13:42 
Packager       : Manjaro Build Server <build@manjaro.org>