cant play in editor while performing duplicate component operation

so im doing a small learning project following this tutorial and i got only 22 minutes in before needing to test something they showed how to do. but then clicking the play button anywhere in the editor it simply says “cant play in editor while performing multiple component operations”. i do not know what this means and i have no idea how to fix it or even trouble shoot it for that matter. does anyone know what is going on here and think they can help?

Have you just tried restarting the editor?