PoB stuck in UpdateApply.lua / crashing

[pjasnorzewski1]

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• I'm running the latest version of Path of Building and I've verified this by checking the changelog

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What platform are you running Path of Building on?

Windows

How is Path of Building expected to behave?

Navigating to new or saved build from the main screen should open said build/take me to the passive tree.

How does Path of Building behave?

PoB throws an error regardless of how I attempt to access the build section

Attempting to update the application gets stuck on UpdateApply.lua process regardless of whether PoB is ran as admin or not.

The following error is presented:
Error:

In 'OnFrame': Classes/PoEAPI.lua:2: module 'sha2' not found:
no field package.preload['sha2']
no file '.\sha2.lua'
no file 'F:\Path of Building\lua\sha2.lua'
no file 'F:\Path of Building\lua\sha2\init.lua'
no file 'lua/sha2.lua'
no file '.\sha2.dll'
no file 'F:\Path of Building\sha2.dll'
no file 'F:\Path of Building\loadall.dll'
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'require'
Classes/PoEAPI.lua:2: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'LoadModule'
Modules/Common.lua:71: in function 'getClass'
Modules/Common.lua:116: in function 'new'
Classes/ImportTab.lua:477: in function '_constructor'
Modules/Common.lua:148: in function 'new'
Modules/Build.lua:598: in function 'CallMode'
Modules/Main.lua:356: in function <Modules/Main.lua:342>
[C]: in function 'PCall'
Launch.lua:111: in function Launch.lua:108
v2.66.2 master
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How to reproduce the issue

1. Open PoB
2. Click on "New" to start a new build
3. Observe the error appear

PoB for PoE1 build code

https://poe.ninja/poe1/pob/934b4

Screenshots

If run as admin:

If not run as admin:

In both cases:

Confirmed version 2.66.2 in the application and changelog.txt

[Wires77]

Do you have any other PoB process running in task manager?

[pjasnorzewski1]

Do you have any other PoB process running in task manager?

No, I made sure to check and close any processes before attempting to run it again