Database Probe hangs and does not return information with the Optimizer Hints options applied. (4223038)

Database Probe hangs and does not return information. Issue is with all 10g databases. In View | Options | Oracle | Optimizer Hints, the '/*+RULE*/' hint was selected for the "All Others" field.

Toad does not apply the hint on one particular background query. Performance issues with this query without the Oracle hint.

WORKAROUND:  
Update database statistics as below:
BEGIN
SYS.DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DICTIONARY_STATS (
Granularity => 'DEFAULT'
,Options => 'GATHER'
,Estimate_Percent => NULL
,Method_Opt => NULL
,Degree => 4
,Cascade => FALSE
,No_Invalidate => FALSE);
END;
/
BEGIN
SYS.DBMS_STATS.GATHER_FIXED_OBJECTS_STATS (
No_Invalidate => FALSE);
END;
/

STATUS:
Waiting for fix to be released in a future version of Toad for Oracle.