@drjosepa: Are you referring specifically to inserting footnotes? If not, it has nothing to do with this thread. If you're using the Sonoma beta, you should be running the Zotero 7 beta (but you also shouldn't be running a beta OS on a computer where you're trying to do real work).
Error Signature:
Exception: SIG_HANG_QUIT
ExceptionEnumString: 33554432
Exception Code: 0x00000001 (0x0000600013fc9091)
Date/Time: 2023-08-27 19:30:21 +0000
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