Excel keep crashing when applying more formula at once

Question

Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

Error Signature:

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS

ExceptionEnumString: 1

Exception Code: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x00000002648b5b84)

Date/Time: 2026-02-17 13:50:12 +0000

Application Name: Microsoft Excel

Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Excel

Application Signature: XCEL

Application Bitness: x64

Application Version: 16.106.0.26020821

Crashed Module Name: Microsoft Excel

Crashed Module Version: 16.106.26020821

Crashed Module Offset: 0x00000000019524ec

Blame Module Name: Microsoft Excel

Blame Module Version: 16.106.26020821

UnsymbolicatedChecksum: BE14FE1439D8DAD9D1493ACB8455D9E3

Blame Module Offset: 0x00000000019524ec

StackHash: 7b48f97ae7d37f38_1_0x00000000019524ec_bk

Application LCID: 1033

Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409

Build Type: Release

Crashed thread Stack Pointer: 0x_000000017f8febc0

Crashed thread: 37

Thread 0 (0x6ae5b2):

1 0x000000019ee4ebc8 in _semaphore_timedwait_trap + 0x00000008 (libsystem_kernel.dylib + 0x0000000000000bc8) 0x0000000000000000

2 0x000000019ecd6f08 in __dispatch_semaphore_wait_slow + 0x0000004C (libdispatch.dylib + 0x0000000000003f08) 0x0000000000000000

1156: 0x00000002997a0000 - 0x000000029b53aa5f libusd_ms.dylib (arm64e) <51B798E5-5907-30EF-BD6A-0A818F61FBFC> (unknown version): /usr/lib/usd/libusd_ms.dylib

OS Information

Operating System: Mac OS X 26.1 (Build 25B78)

CPU: ARM64e, Logical CPU Count: 12

Physical Memory: 24576 MB

Device_model: Mac16,8

Screen: 2560.000000 x 1440.000000, bitsPerPixel = 24, frame = 0.000000, 0.000000, 2560.000000, 1440.000000

Screen: 1512.000000 x 982.000000, bitsPerPixel = 24, frame = 579.000000, -982.000000, 1512.000000, 982.000000

CrashedApp_Virtual_Memory_Size_MB: 433991.187500

CrashedApp_Resident_Memory_Size_MB: 749.125000

CrashedApp_Memory_Footprint_MB: 658.503540

ErrorReportingDeviceUUID: 74DE61EB-E512-57D8-B55E-EA57C49E096C

ErrorReportingUUID: C952636F-EB76-4DD1-B72D-FD12731F6C3F

CrashedLogSessionId: 1EBECDED-25B6-49B0-B289-50E91F4797D8

TimeFromLaunch: 0 hours, 0 minutes, 53 seconds

CrashedSessionDuration: 53

Total errors on this client: 43

Microsoft Application Information:

Audience: Production

Tenant_Id: 628a6e9a-c945-446f-8891-008b6705e040

AudienceChannel: CC

AudienceGroup: Production

Answer 1

Update the operating system — macOS Tahoe should be at 26.3 as of 11 February. That may not provide the remedy but it's pointless to troubleshoot when the OS and/or software are out of date, especially with early releases of new incarnations of an operating system.