Reaches `EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION`

I recently ran into the error:

julia> ProfileView.view(fg)
Gtk4.GtkWindowLeaf(accessible-role=GTK_ACCESSIBLE_ROLE_APPLICATION, name="", parent, root, width-request=-1, height-request=-1, visible=true, sensitive=true, can-focus=true, has-focus=false, can-target=true, focus-on-click=true, focusable=false, has-default=false, receives-default=false, cursor, has-tooltip=false, tooltip-markup=nothing, tooltip-text=nothing, opacity=1.000000, overflow=GTK_OVERFLOW_HIDDEN, halign=GTK_ALIGN_FILL, valign=GTK_ALIGN_FILL, margin-start=0, margin-end=0, margin-top=0, margin-bottom=0, hexpand=false, vexpand=false, hexpand-set=false, vexpand-set=false, scale-factor=2, css-name="window", css-classes, layout-manager, title="Profile", resizable=true, modal=false, default-width=800, default-height=600, destroy-with-parent=false, hide-on-close=false, icon-name=nothing, display, decorated=true, deletable=true, transient-for, application, default-widget, focus-widget, child, titlebar, handle-menubar-accel=true, is-active=true, suspended=false, startup-id, mnemonics-visible=false, focus-visible=false, maximized=false, fullscreened=false)

julia>
Please submit a bug report with steps to reproduce this fault, and any error messages that follow (in their entirety). Thanks.
Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0x64f9a300 -- FcPatternObjectPosition at /workspace/srcdir/fontconfig-2.13.96/src\fcpat.c:464
in expression starting at none:0
FcPatternObjectPosition at /workspace/srcdir/fontconfig-2.13.96/src\fcpat.c:464
FcPatternObjectFindElt at /workspace/srcdir/fontconfig-2.13.96/src\fcpat.c:492 [inlined]
FcPatternObjectGetWithBinding at /workspace/srcdir/fontconfig-2.13.96/src\fcpat.c:959
FcPatternObjectGet at /workspace/srcdir/fontconfig-2.13.96/src\fcpat.c:979 [inlined]
FcPatternObjectGetDouble at /workspace/srcdir/fontconfig-2.13.96/src\fcpat.c:1029
gsk_reload_font at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_device_lookup_glyph_image at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_glyph_node at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_node.part.21 at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_transform_node at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_node.part.21 at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_container_node at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_node.part.21 at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_container_node at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_node.part.21 at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_transform_node at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_node.part.21 at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_container_node at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_node.part.21 at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_rounded_clip_node at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_node.part.21 at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_container_node at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_node.part.21 at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_transform_node at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_add_node.part.21 at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_node_processor_process at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_frame_render at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_gpu_renderer_render at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gsk_renderer_render at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gtk_widget_render at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
surface_render at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
_gdk_marshal_BOOLEAN__BOXEDv at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
_g_closure_invoke_va at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\8d3fd03e0d0d508953ff7210605b9bb180ef9908\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll (unknown line)
signal_emit_valist_unlocked at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\8d3fd03e0d0d508953ff7210605b9bb180ef9908\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll (unknown line)
g_signal_emit at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\8d3fd03e0d0d508953ff7210605b9bb180ef9908\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll (unknown line)
gdk_surface_paint_on_clock at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
_g_closure_invoke_va at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\8d3fd03e0d0d508953ff7210605b9bb180ef9908\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll (unknown line)
signal_emit_valist_unlocked at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\8d3fd03e0d0d508953ff7210605b9bb180ef9908\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll (unknown line)
g_signal_emit at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\8d3fd03e0d0d508953ff7210605b9bb180ef9908\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll (unknown line)
gdk_frame_clock_paint_idle at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
gdk_frame_clock_flush_idle at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\9893e8388ca9d6ea6161e17ec8c6dc1d3f1a2736\bin\libgtk-4-1.dll (unknown line)
g_timeout_dispatch at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\8d3fd03e0d0d508953ff7210605b9bb180ef9908\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll (unknown line)
g_main_dispatch at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\8d3fd03e0d0d508953ff7210605b9bb180ef9908\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll (unknown line)
g_main_context_iterate_unlocked.isra.24 at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\8d3fd03e0d0d508953ff7210605b9bb180ef9908\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll (unknown line)
g_main_context_iteration at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\artifacts\8d3fd03e0d0d508953ff7210605b9bb180ef9908\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll (unknown line)
#233 at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\packages\Gtk4\zsfzm\src\GLib\loop.jl:83
unknown function (ip: 000001fa9bf4d164)
g_sigatom at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\packages\Gtk4\zsfzm\src\GLib\signals.jl:211
unknown function (ip: 000001fa9bf4d03f)
glib_main at C:\Users\kawcz\.julia\packages\Gtk4\zsfzm\src\GLib\loop.jl:80
unknown function (ip: 000001fa9bf4c3e4)
jl_apply at C:/workdir/src\julia.h:1982 [inlined]
start_task at C:/workdir/src\task.c:1238
Allocations: 1439935154 (Pool: 1438536261; Big: 1398893); GC: 969

with:

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.10.5
Commit 6f3fdf7b36 (2024-08-27 14:19 UTC)
Build Info:
  Official https://julialang.org/ release
Platform Info:
  OS: Windows (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
  CPU: 8 × Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-15.0.7 (ORCJIT, skylake)
Threads: 1 default, 0 interactive, 1 GC (on 8 virtual cores)

Here is a reproducer:

# git clone https://github.com/CliMA/ClimaAtmos.jl
# cd ClimaAtmos.jl/
# git checkout b1c50ea69a72231c3e74a2489670273b782b3ead
# julia --project=examples

using SnoopCompileCore
ENV["CLIMACOMMS_DEVICE"]="CPU";
tinf = @snoop_inference begin
  empty!(ARGS);
  push!(ARGS, "--config_file", "config/model_configs/diagnostic_edmfx_trmm_stretched_box.yml");
  push!(ARGS, "--job_id", "diagnostic_edmfx_trmm_stretched_box");
  include("examples/hybrid/driver.jl")
end;

using SnoopCompile, FlameGraphs, ProfileView
fg = flamegraph(tinf)
ProfileView.view(fg)

Ah, after checking out that branch, you'll need to modify examples/hybrid/driver.jl to:

redirect_stderr(IOContext(stderr, :stacktrace_types_limited => Ref(false)))
import ClimaComms
ClimaComms.@import_required_backends
import ClimaAtmos as CA
import Random
Random.seed!(1234)
if !(@isdefined config)
    (; config_file, job_id) = CA.commandline_kwargs()
    config = CA.AtmosConfig(config_file; job_id)
end
simulation = CA.get_simulation(config)
(; integrator) = simulation
import SciMLBase
SciMLBase.step!(integrator)

FWIW, I'm pretty sure that I only observed this on my windows machine.

Start by reproducing the Windows crash with the documented ClimaAtmos checkout, examples/hybrid/driver.jl modification, and ProfileView.view(fg) call. Trace whether the failure belongs to ProfileView, Gtk4, or the bundled fontconfig path; done means identifying a project-scoped cause and a verified fix or clear upstream report.