Big regret updating to Premiere Pro 2025. Export stuck at 0% on all projects

I updated to the 2025 version a couple of weeks ago, and today I discovered a frustrating bug with exporting. The process gets stuck at "Rendering audio file 0%," and it never progresses.

I even tested older projects that worked perfectly in the 2024 version, but all of them are now stuck at 0% as well.

After hours of troubleshooting, I finally gave up. I uninstalled the 2025 version and reinstalled 2024, and everything worked flawlessly right away. However, since I had already opened all my projects in the 2025 version, I had to go through the hassle of downgrading every single file back to 2024 just to be able to open them.

Updating to 2025 was a big mistake. I’ve wasted so much time trying to fix this issue, all while working under an already tight deadline.