It definitely seems inconsistent. I’m going to do as much with it while it’s working and I can.
Another step I did was switching from 3360x1890 scaled text back to default for display (1920x1080). I did that at the same time as I did the verify. I did switch back to 3360x1890 after it started launching the project, so I don’t know if the resolution change mattered. I do know that Mac OS uses more of the GPU at anything but 1920x1080 or 3840x2160 on a 4K monitor (they are all running 4K on the monitor, just the text/interface scaling equivalents).