Unity Issue Tracker - Editor is stuck on loading scripting assemblies when there is a .meta file of non existent asset and Asset Database V2 is used

Fixed in 2022.1.X

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Editor is stuck on loading scripting assemblies when there is a .meta file of non existent asset and Asset Database V2 is used

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Jun 26, 2021

How to reproduce:
1. Extract and open attached project "game.tgz"

Expected result: Editor loads
Actual result: Editor is stuck on loading scripting assemblies

Reproducible with - 2019.4.28f1, 2020.3.12f1, 2021.1.14f1, 2021.2.0b1
Not reproducible (no Asset Database V2) - 2018.4

Max_Aigner

Aug 11, 2022 09:33

Deleting the UserSettings/Layouts/default-2021.dwlt file resetted my window layout, so I guess that makes sense. And also all my Testrunner results and everything..
I restarted Unity and it seemed to recompile the assemblies on startup, but whenever I changed some code, the "Reload Script Assemblies of death" came back compiling for like 7 Minutes.

After all: It did not solve my problem.. Still Reload Script Assemblies is busy forever.
racetrack

May 11, 2022 06:29

Don't know if this will be of use to anyone, but when I was getting frozen on reload script assemblies (infinitely frozen), I did a LOT of guess-and-checking, and found that deleting the UserSettings/Layouts/default-2021.dwlt in my project's folder solved the problem. I have no idea what that file is for or if I'm doing something bad by deleting it, but it works. If anyone can tell me what that file is for, I'd be grateful.
Lyrcaxis

Jan 06, 2022 19:11

This can also happen when there's an invalid link junction (one that points to a non-existing folder).
It also comes with heavy disk usage, which is strange... I left it open for hours while waiting for the possibility it may resolve by itself.