Unity Issue Tracker - The Editor freezes when creating a new Lens Flare (SRP) and adding itself to the Lens Flare Data SRP Type Element

Fixed

Fixed in 6000.2.12f1, 6000.3.0b11, 6000.4.0a5, 6000.5.0a1

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Issue ID

Regression

The Editor freezes when creating a new Lens Flare (SRP) and adding itself to the Lens Flare Data SRP Type Element

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Oct 22, 2025

Steps to reproduce:

Create a new Unity project using the Universal 3D template
Create a new Lens Flare (SRP) Asset (Assets > Create > Rendering > Lens Flare (SRP))
Select the newly created Lens Flare Data SRP in the Project Browser
Add a new Element in the Inspector window
Change Type to "Lens Flare Data SRP"
Link the created Lens Flare (SRP) in step 2
Collapse the element
Repeat steps 4, 5, 6, 7 again
Observe the Editor

Actual results: The Editor freezes

Expected results: The Editor does not freeze

Reproducible with versions: 6000.2.9f1, 6000.3.0b7, 6000.4.0a3

Can’t test with versions: 6000.0.60f1 (due to the feature not existing)

Tested on (OS): MacOS Silicon Sequoia 15.6.1, Windows 11