Can't copy paste text from other apps into After Effects

Hi,
did somebody say this issue is fixed?
This little loyal fellow bug is still alive (newest OS/AE on M1 Max).

Workaround 1: Open AEP-files from within AE not via double-click in the finder/explorer.
Workaround 2: Alt-Click on source-text stopwatch, so that „text.sourceText“ is inserted as default expression. Delete the expression right away and pasting text works again as supposed.

This is the workaround that I found: open After Effects by opening the application, DO NOT DOUBLE CLICK ON YOUR PROJECT FILE. That's they. Open your project. Then all the copy-paste functions should be working fine now. Let me know if it worked for you too.

Purge data and media cache. Once done, close the App try to re-open it, and open project via after effect in "recently open".
It does help fix issue.
Hope this clarify. Thanks!

New update today, v18.4.1. ... So far looking good for the "pasting text issue" that was happening. Appreciate the patch update fix, Thanks again! 

This REALLY SUCKS! the trick does not work... Still not after restarting the app.

For the price Adobe CC suite costs I expect a professionnal working software...

Same issue here, and this was the second time this had happened (previously happened in an earlier release) AE 18.0.4 on a A1990 MBP with a 8-Core i9, 32GB Ram and Radeon Pro 560X. AE indicated 22% ram usage, trying to copy text from external source into AE but Paste is disable.

Not a fix. Creates another problem ... now, »Media Encoder is not installed« error pops up. If you then open AE by project it works again ... AE = unstable, anyone?

THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE?. Wow....just wow

Same problem here. Version 18.4. It's really anoying!