Steps to reproduce:

1) Download attached project and open in Unity

2) Find URP-Balanced.asset in the Assets/Settings

3) In the Inspector, slide Render Scale or Per Object Limit slider

Observe the Console:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
UnityEngine.Rendering.Universal.ScreenSpaceAmbientOcclusion.AddRenderPasses (UnityEngine.Rendering.Universal.ScriptableRenderer renderer, UnityEngine.Rendering.Universal.RenderingData& renderingData) (at ./Library/PackageCache/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/RendererFeatures/ScreenSpaceAmbientOcclusion.cs:139)

Expected result: No errors

Actual result: NullReferenceException in the Console

Device under testing:

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021), CPU: Apple M1 Max, Memory: 64 GB, macOS: Ventura 13.3.1 (a) (22E772610a)

Reproduced with:

2022.3.15f1, 2023.2.0f1, 2023.3.0a6, 2023.3.0a15, 2023.3.0b4