Installed Descript via Homebrew, which pulled an older cached build (114.0.4-release.20250509.32955). App got permanently stuck on the loading screen, before ever reaching the project list, with a "This is taking longer than normal" message. Install ID: 71b5d201-0ee2-4701-bbcf-64f63e277592 Confirmed not a network issue (tested on two separate networks). Confirmed not corrupted local app data (reset local Application Support folder, no change). App appears unable to complete a self-update handshake against current backend from that old build, with no error message or recovery path shown to the user. Only resolved by manually downloading and reinstalling the current build directly from descript.com/download/mac .