musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Self-built MuseScore does not open at all due to locked semaphore

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Description

Issue type

Crash or freeze

Description with steps to reproduce

Just open it.

Supporting files, videos and screenshots

Resource usage is normal. It just won't open at all. Gives me something instructing me to force quit.

MuseScore_251025_223408.log

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e472c79e-8d3e-4095-a856-f086a96a5cbb

In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

4.6.3, master at commit 26db1c3beb2842c999d108f8a2522d2b7f17b8f8 build with Mac-Qt6.9.1-macos-Ninja-RelWithDebInfo

Regression

Yes, this used to work in a previous version of MuseScore 4.x

Operating system

macOS 15.4.1

Additional context

Only when I first installed MuseScore Studio was I able to open it, then it broke down completely. (only the initial install, not even a reinstall works)

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