The bug
If you have the setting that keeps the launcher open while games are running, the "Game already running" prompt won't close after clicking "Start anyway". You need to click "Cancel" to continue using the launcher.
Along with inconvenience, this may lead to users accidentally starting the game multiple times within a short time. For example, a user may think that the launcher is unresponsive when the prompt doesn't close and keeps clicking the button, lagging the computer along with opening too many game windows.
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This is a different issue. The issue is not that the prompt falsely appeared, as it came when Minecraft was already running. The issue is that the prompt does not go away when clicking "Start anyway", which is unexpected because at that point you have accepted the risks of running two sessions of the game at one time.
Fixed in 2.1.13085 or before.
Seems like the developers sometimes forget to resolve issues on this tracker (at least on MCL and WEB), because multiple issues I've reported has been fixed a short time after without being marked as such. Might have been some coincidences, but if they were not, constructive criticism would be to resolve these issues.
Thank you for your report!
We're actually already tracking this issue in MCL-12955, so I've resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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