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Adding a bar after local time sig on linked staff causes corruption

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Since Mar 11, 2026.

corruption P2
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Description

Issue type

File corruption

Description with steps to reproduce
  1. Open template "Guitar + Tablature"
  2. Add local time signature
  3. Add a measure at end of score (command+B)
  4. Note the last bar is in 4/4 and the score is corrupt
Supporting files, videos and screenshots

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8f5de9d0-495e-4e49-9382-2abe8880bc95

In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

OS: macOS Tahoe (26.2), Arch.: arm64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.7.0-260311043, revision: github-musescore-musescore-df84910

Regression

No.

Operating system

MacOS Tahoe 26.2

Additional context

In 4.5 you can also click in a note at the end of the score to add the corrupt bar

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