UXP plugin load times out — PS 27.4.0, UXP 9.2.0, Apple Silicon (M5)

Environment:

  • macOS 15.3 (Darwin 25.3.0)

  • M5 MacBook Pro (fresh migration from Intel)

  • Photoshop 27.4.0

  • UXP 9.2.0

  • UXP Developer Tools (latest from Creative Cloud)

Symptoms:

  • Plugin validates successfully every time

  • Plugin load times out every time

  • Bare minimum plugin (manifest + 2 lines of HTML, no JS) also times out

  • Playground plugin loads fine from within PS

  • Debug Script also fails

  • Placing plugin in Developer folder + restart: plugin doesn’t appear

  • Fresh reinstall of both PS and UDT didn’t help

  • APP LOGS show no output from the plugin — code never executes

Manifest tested: v4 and v5, both fail identically

What works: Built-in Playground plugin loads and runs. PS itself is functional.