Why does Audition think I'm constantly rocording??

I've been having this reoccurring issue in Audition CC 2020, where I will no longer be able to modify the tracks because it says that I'm "recording", which I am definitely not. I would also not be able to close the program anymore because it states something like there are one or more jobs running and to wait for them to finish... which they never do cause nothing is happening! There seems to be nothing I can do about it! So the only way to exit the program is to reboot the system entirely. And when I open the project again, all my work is gone! It is very frusterating! Especially when you're on a deadline!