Chrome crashes when opening Themes in WordPress Playground

[dharmikpatel97]

Hi team,

I'm facing an issue in WordPress Playground. Whenever I click Appearance → Themes, the Chrome tab crashes and shows "Aw, Snap! STATUS_BREAKPOINT".

I tested it multiple times and the issue happens every time.

I'm using the latest version of Google Chrome on Windows 10.

I've attached a screenshot for reference.

Thanks!

[sachinrajcp123]

I tested this issue again in multiple browsers.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open ​https://playground.wordpress.net
2. Go to wp-admin
3. Open Appearance → Themes

Result:

• Google Chrome crashes with “Aw, Snap!” and error code STATUS_BREAKPOINT
• Microsoft Edge crashes with “This page is having a problem” and error code STATUS_BREAKPOINT
• Opera also crashes
• Firefox opens the Themes screen successfully and does not crash

Chrome version: 149.0.7827.201
Operating system: Windows NT 10.0.26200

Chrome uploaded crash report ID: CrashID=bp-2362e78b-ed04-4ba5-8271-411f60260702

Edge crash details:
Bucket ID: 52dd4a00c7bd2bf02cbfd5445e16075d
Status: Reported

Based on this testing, the issue appears to affect multiple Chromium-based browsers, including Chrome, Edge, and Opera, while Firefox works correctly. This suggests the issue may be related to WordPress Playground running in Chromium-based browsers rather than a normal WordPress Core Themes screen issue.

I was not able to attach all screenshots here, but I have screenshots available for Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Firefox if needed.

[sachinrajcp123]

Sorry, I accidentally changed the ticket status to closed/invalid and added the needs-patch keyword.

Please ignore that change. I did not intend to close this ticket or mark it as invalid.

This issue is still reproducible in Chromium-based browsers, and I am only adding reproduction details, browser test results, and crash information. I am not attaching a patch because this does not appear to be a confirmed WordPress Core code issue yet.

[sachinrajcp123]

I have attached the additional screenshots for reference:

• Chrome crash screenshot with STATUS_BREAKPOINT
• Edge crash screenshot with STATUS_BREAKPOINT
• Opera page crashed screenshot
• Firefox Themes screen working successfully

These screenshots support the earlier browser testing results.

[dharmikpatel97]

Thanks! If possible, please don't use AI tools for replies. A genuine response based on your own investigation would be much more helpful.

[sachinrajcp123]

Thanks, understood. I tested this manually in Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Firefox, and I’ll keep future comments more direct and focused only on what I personally verified.

[dharmikpatel97]

I appreciate you verifying it manually and keeping the discussion focused on your own testing. That makes it much easier to investigate the issue.

[mukesh27]

​https://playground.wordpress.net/ is developed and maintained in the ​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-playground repository.

Please open this issue in that repository instead. Since this isn't a WordPress Core issue, I'm closing this ticket.

[wildworks]

It has already been reported. ​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-playground/issues/3438