This is a somewhat common Mac crash occurring since 4.15 and into 4.17.1. Users have not provided any descriptions of their actions when the crash occurred.
This specific callstack was previously associated with the similar callstack under [Link Removed], but that has been fixed for 4.17.0 while this one still continues into 4.17.1.
Callstack from Log
Assertion failed: Assertion failed: [File:/Users/build/Build/++UE4+Release-4.17+Compile/Sync/Engine/Source/Runtime/Apple/MetalRHI/Private/MetalRenderPipelineDesc.cpp] [Line: 580] Failed to generate a render pipeline state object: Link failed: fragment input user(SV_SampleIndex) was not found in vertex shader outputs === Critical error: === SIGSEGV: invalid attempt to access memory at address 0x3 FGenericPlatformMisc::RaiseException(unsigned int) Address = 0x7d2fadb (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib] FOutputDeviceMacError::Serialize(wchar_t const*, ELogVerbosity::Type, FName const&) Address = 0x7f4708f (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib] FOutputDevice::Logf(wchar_t const*, ...) Address = 0x802d8fd (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib] FDebug::AssertFailed(char const*, char const*, int, wchar_t const*, ...) Address = 0x7f807ce (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib] FMetalRenderPipelineDesc::CreatePipelineStateForBoundShaderState(FMetalBoundShaderState*, FMetalHashedVertexDescriptor const&) const Address = 0x4673951a (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib] FMetalBoundShaderState::PrepareToDraw(FMetalHashedVertexDescriptor const&, FMetalRenderPipelineDesc const&) Address = 0x46704c92 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib] FMetalContext::PrepareToDraw(unsigned int, EMetalIndexType) Address = 0x466fea28 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib] FMetalRHICommandContext::RHIDrawIndexedPrimitive(FRHIIndexBuffer*, unsigned int, int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int) Address = 0x466e0b72 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib] DrawRectangle(FRHICommandList&, float, float, float, float, float, float, float, float, FIntPoint, FIntPoint, FShader*, EDrawRectangleFlags, unsigned int) Address = 0x19473aa8 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib] FSceneRenderer::RenderDistortion(FRHICommandListImmediate&) Address = 0x190de61e (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib] FDeferredShadingSceneRenderer::Render(FRHICommandListImmediate&) Address = 0x190362f0 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib] FRendererModule::BeginRenderingViewFamily(FCanvas*, FSceneViewFamily*)::EURCMacro_FDrawSceneCommand::DoTask(ENamedThreads::Type, TRefCountPtr<FGraphEvent> const&) Address = 0x196bf350 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib] TGraphTask<FRendererModule::BeginRenderingViewFamily(FCanvas*, FSceneViewFamily*)::EURCMacro_FDrawSceneCommand>::ExecuteTask(TArray<FBaseGraphTask*, FDefaultAllocator>&, ENamedThreads::Type) Address = 0x197236e0 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib] FNamedTaskThread::ProcessTasksNamedThread(int, bool) Address = 0x7d5300f (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib] FNamedTaskThread::ProcessTasksUntilQuit(int) Address = 0x7d52018 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib] FTaskGraphImplementation::ProcessThreadUntilRequestReturn(ENamedThreads::Type) Address = 0x7d4dda1 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib] RenderingThreadMain(FEvent*) Address = 0xeaa5cb1 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-RenderCore.dylib] FRenderingThread::Run() Address = 0xeabb5d7 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-RenderCore.dylib] FRunnableThreadPThread::Run() Address = 0x7dd1ad0 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib] FRunnableThreadPThread::_ThreadProc(void*) Address = 0x7d739c0 (filename not found) [in UE4Editor-Core.dylib] _pthread_body() Address = 0xe3f5593b (filename not found) [in libsystem_pthread.dylib] _pthread_body() Address = 0xe3f55887 (filename not found) [in libsystem_pthread.dylib] thread_start() Address = 0xe3f5508d (filename not found) [in libsystem_pthread.dylib]
repro steps currently unknown
SEGV_MAPERR at 0x3 UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib!FMetalRenderPipelineDesc::CreatePipelineStateForBoundShaderState() UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib!FMetalBoundShaderState::PrepareToDraw() UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib!FMetalContext::PrepareToDraw() UE4Editor-MetalRHI.dylib!FMetalRHICommandContext::RHIDrawIndexedPrimitive() UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib!DrawRectangle() UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib!FSceneRenderer::RenderDistortion() UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib!FDeferredShadingSceneRenderer::Render() UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib!FRendererModule::BeginRenderingViewFamily(FCanvas*, FSceneViewFamily*)::EURCMacro_FDrawSceneCommand::DoTask() UE4Editor-Renderer.dylib!TGraphTask<FRendererModule::BeginRenderingViewFamily(FCanvas*, FSceneViewFamily*)::EURCMacro_FDrawSceneCommand>::ExecuteTask() UE4Editor-Core.dylib!FNamedTaskThread::ProcessTasksNamedThread() UE4Editor-Core.dylib!FNamedTaskThread::ProcessTasksUntilQuit() UE4Editor-Core.dylib!FTaskGraphImplementation::ProcessThreadUntilRequestReturn() UE4Editor-RenderCore.dylib!RenderingThreadMain() UE4Editor-RenderCore.dylib!FRenderingThread::Run() UE4Editor-Core.dylib!FRunnableThreadPThread::Run() UE4Editor-Core.dylib!FRunnableThreadPThread::_ThreadProc() libsystem_pthread.dylib!<Unknown> libsystem_pthread.dylib!<Unknown> libsystem_pthread.dylib!<Unknown>
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