help pls :( "error: An output module stopped responding. The file may be damaged or corrupted."

I'm editing a 25 second video and no matter what I do I'm unable to render my project. Everything seems fine and working in the preview. but when I try to render it in the render queue it only renders the first second and it's stuck there forever, so I stop it and the warning pops up.

I removed any broken expressions, cleared cache hundreds of times, restarted my pc, I'm not sure what else I can do... this has never happened to me before. It says that the file might be damaged or corrupted but the project opens and plays just fine, and I don't think I have any corrupted or damaged files in my project.

This has been stressing me out all day, any help is appreciated! 😞