I have configured group replication on mysql 5.7.22 and I found if insert 10k rows then its work fine but once I increase transaction rows upto 20k then its hanged my instance and still not available for any work. I am simple running this statement.
insert into test select * from test1 limit 20000
You should not use large transactions.
You can check the full text on mysql page. Group Replication Limitations