I had this same issue on my Mac. For me, I just had to close out of Minecraft and log in again and the issue went away and the play button came back. I'm not sure if it will work for you but it worked for me. Hope this helps.
Shelby Crowe
I had this same issue on my Mac. For me, I just had to close out of Minecraft and log in again and the issue went away and the play button came back. I'm not sure if it will work for you but it worked for me. Hope this helps.