[MC-312788] Game crashes when pausing due to a music toast notification error

I was playing survival mode on the latest snapshot (26.4-snapshot-5) and pressed Escape to pause the game while background music was playing. The game instantly froze and crashed.

Steps to reproduce:

Open a survival world on snapshot 26.4 Snapshot 5.
Wait for the background music to start playing.
Hit Escape to pause the game.
The client immediately crashes to the launcher.

Expected result: The game opens the pause menu and shows the music toast

Actual result: The game crashes when opening the pause menu.

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MC-312665 The game crashes in the pause menu when the music toast is on and a music track cannot be played Open

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