Roblox Studio causes kernel panic (watchdog timeout) on Apple Silicon Mac

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Hi everyone,

I’m having serious issues running Roblox Studio on my Apple Silicon Mac (M3). After around 10–15 minutes of use, my entire computer freezes and then forcefully reboots. I’m getting a kernel panic with this message:

panic(cpu 0 caller ...): watchdog timeout: no checkins from watchdogd in 91 seconds
Panicked task: pid 0: kernel_task

This happens consistently, even when doing basic stuff (no Play test, no heavy models).
I’ve tried:

  • Full reinstall of Roblox Studio
  • Switching Graphics Mode to OpenGL
  • Closing apps like Chrome, Discord, OBS etc.

The panic always points to AppleInterruptControllerV3 and AppleARMWatchdogTimer. Looks like some low-level process hangs (probably GPU-related?).

Has anyone else experienced this? Any workarounds? Is there a way to run Studio via Rosetta? (My build seems Apple Silicon only.)

Thanks!

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