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Steps to reproduce

Thing is PowerShell versions 7.4.* started acting funky. It would just get stuck at startup (I presume). It's not the scripts, but pwsh just getting stuck when called, script calls don't even start. It went back to normal after a reboot. Some days pass and it started happening again. When in this state, if I called "pwsh" from a terminal it'd show PowerShell version and that's it, NO PROMPT EVER.

Now, after upgrading to 7.4.5 it just plain WON'T START (same thing, shows version an no prompt ever), even with the system freshly rebooted.

No use in going back to any previous version now. None will work (tried going back to 7.4.4, 7.2.23, 7.3.0-preview8, unsuccesfully). Just won't start anymore.

Expected behavior

Should give me a prompt.

Actual behavior

Prompt never shows up, pwsh is stuck, leaves terminal unresponsive (ctl-C/ctl-D/ctl-Z don't work) and can't be killed with sigterm, must issue sigkill from another terminal.

Error details

Not possible.

Environment data

Can't know, NO PROMPT.

Visuals

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