Kernel Panics while using FCPX after Sonoma Upgrade

After Sonoma upgrade while using FCPX for an hour or three system crashes (beach ball, system freezes, mouse pointer disappears, computer restarts).


ChatGPT breaks down the crash report as a Kernel Panic "The panic occurred due to a "userspace watchdog timeout," specifically from the process responsible for monitoring the WindowServer. There were

two induced crashes within 120 seconds, indicating a serious issue with the WindowServer process."


It doesn't seem to be a single action that leads to the crash, but I've only experienced it while using FCPX. It's crashed during background rendering and general editing in the timeline. Experienced crash about 7 times.


Things I've tried:

  • Make Sure OS and FCPX are up to date.
  • Reset FCPX preferences
  • Reset SMC and NVRAM
  • Disconnect Thunderbay Flex Raid and work off different external ssd drive


I do have a secondary monitor. I upgraded to Sonoma from Monterey. Did not have any similar issues with Monterey.


Thinking I need to do a full wipe and downgrade of OS, but thought I'd check here first.


Thank you for your time.


System Information:

iMac 2020 (intel)

OS: Sonoma 14.3.1

FCPX: 10.7.1

Processor: 3.6 GHz 10-Core Intel Core i9

Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB

Memory: 64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4


Crash Report:


iMac 27″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Feb 22, 2024 12:04 PM

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Feb 23, 2024 7:44 PM in response to leroydouglas

Majority of media is ProRes, Wav and Aiff, shouldn't be a media issue, but I'll keep my eye on it.


Migrated project to my Macbook Pro and edited today without any crashes. Will finish project out on Macbook and downgrade OS on Intel iMac after completion if I'm not able to resolve issue by then.


System Info for Macbook:

Macbook Pro 2021

Chip: Apple M1 Max

Memory: 32 GB

OS: Sonoma 14.3.1

FCPX: 10.7.1

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