When I open the Minecraft Java Edition launcher, and press play, it says it is finalizing but doesn't open the Minecraft game for any version and just closes the Minecraft launcher. When I open the launcher again, it says the game is running when its not.
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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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