Crash Issue: Native Instruments AUHostingServiceXPC_arrow Crashing on macOS

Ronin_Omega

Hi Native Instruments Support,

I’m experiencing a persistent crash on my Mac involving AUHostingServiceXPC_arrow, which appears to be related to Native Instruments’ plugins. The crash happens consistently and seems to involve your software stack.

System Info:

• macOS Version: 14.4 (23E214)

• Model: MacBookPro18,4 (Apple M2 chip)

• RAM: 16 GB

Crash Details:

• Process: AUHostingServiceXPC_arrow (29738)

• Path: /System/Library/Frameworks/AudioUnit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/AUHostingServiceXPC_arrow

• Parent Process: Logic Pro (or another DAW)

• Native Instruments Component Involved:

com.native-instruments.Kontakt

/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/Kontakt.component

Version: 6.7.1 (0x0)

The crash seems to happen during plugin initialization, specifically in the licensing and UI activation logic of Kontakt.

Kernel Triage:
VM - pmap_enter failed with resource shortage
VM - pmap_enter failed with resource shortage
VM - pmap_enter failed with resource shortage

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 Kontakt ... __cxa_throw + 8
1 Kontakt ... NI_licensing::UnlockState::unlockState() const + 20
2 Kontakt ... NI::UI::ActivationWidget::setProductState(NI::Licensing::ProductState const&) + 52
...

I’ve tried the following steps:

• Verified plugin installations

• Rebooted and cleared caches

• Confirmed macOS and DAW versions are up to date

Could you help me identify the cause or provide a fix or workaround? If needed, I can provide the full crash report.

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,

Otis

intensity

Im having the same problems with Maschine 3.o its been nightmare making music i won't buy anything else NI..