I am experiencing the same issue. It happened over night. Yesterday I could launch the game without any issues. Today I tried to start it without an internet connection ("Play Offline"). However, it did not start at all. I tried connecting to the internet but this also failed with this same error. I figured out that the launcher is using its own version of Java because when I completely uninstalled Java from my MacBook the error was still present. I deleted the launcher, installed Java again, and then installed the launcher once more. Still the same issue. Please fix!
menialLemon
I am experiencing the same issue. It happened over night. Yesterday I could launch the game without any issues. Today I tried to start it without an internet connection ("Play Offline"). However, it did not start at all. I tried connecting to the internet but this also failed with this same error. I figured out that the launcher is using its own version of Java because when I completely uninstalled Java from my MacBook the error was still present. I deleted the launcher, installed Java again, and then installed the launcher once more. Still the same issue. Please fix!
OSX: 12.4 Monterey
Chip: Apple M1
Memory: 16GB
Minecraft Launcher Version: macOS 12.4.0 2.14.12
Minecraft Version 1.20.3 and 1.20.4