Release the button quickly try sliding your finger off the button so the pressure is maintained up until the precise moment of release with no backing off.
Thumb press door handle sticking.
Turn the handle of the doorknob to expose the bolt.
Squirt the bolt with graphite powder.
Push and hold the button in.
A door knob lock button stuck has a few quick fixes that you can try out.
Once you let go of the knob grab the end of the latch bolt with your fingers and pull.
If the latch bolt moves it is sticking in the door knob and requires some disassembly to fix.
Remove the cap on the graphite powder.
The issue a door latch stuck due to a jamming latch will have no real variation between how the latch moves when it is pressed in or when the handle is turned both when the door is open and when it is shut.
Turn the knob to open the door and release the knob slowly.
The most common cause of sticking door handles is some kind of malfunction within the tubular latch itself.
This is because the issue is not with the door and not even with the control the knob has over the stuck latch.
Start by trying to push the lock button.