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macOS running crash due to Qt exception

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Description

Symptom:
building the openage on macOS, found out that it failed during running.

Environment:
OS: macOS Tahoe 26.3
CPU: Apple Silicon M3 Pro
Compiler:

NAME: NSInternalInconsistencyException
REASON: API misuse: setting the main menu on a non-main thread.
Main menu contents should only be modified from the main thread.
LOG:*** Assertion failure in -[NSMenu _setMenuName:], NSMenu.m:833

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Start by reproducing the build-and-run failure on macOS and trace where the application's main menu is initialized or modified. Use the reported NSInternalInconsistencyException as the failure point; done means the application launches on macOS without the main-menu thread exception.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, python
Domain
desktop, game-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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