P: Error writing metadata warning has appeared for many of my photos in Lightroom Classic

[Tim.Takes.Pix]

Hi! Kind of a noob here, so please bear with me.

Problem:

Today, while working in Lightroom Classic, I noticed that a bunch of my photos had an exclamation point icon added to them. See the image below.

When I hover over the icon, it says "Error writing metadata" (pretty scary)

Clicking the icon opens the window below.

When I click "Import Setting from Disk" my adjustments seem to be cleared away (not great, lol).

When I click "Retry Metadata Export" that seems to fix the issue. The only problem is that there are thousands of photos that display that icon.

At first, I thought the issue was isolated to photos that I had made edits on, but upon further investigation, it seems that that is not the case.

Personal Investigation I'd Done:

Naturally, I googled the issue but haven't found any definitive answers.

1. In this thread, someone with a similar issue (I think) is told by @JohanElzenga  that this is a non-issue, Adobe is aware and working on a fix, and people need to just sit tight. Should I also sit tight?
2.  This thread from 2011 has a couple of scary posts. Is my hard drive failing?!?!
3.  This thread seems to think there is an issue with a special character.

Questions:

1.  Should I just accept the exclamation point icons and wait for a fix?
2.  Is clicking "Retry metadata export" a viable fix for the time being?
3.  I just got a new Mac and need to migrate my catalog to the new computer. Can I/ should I proceed with that migration following the steps outlined here?

System details:

Lightroom Classic version: 13.2 

Operating System: Windows 11 Home Version 23H2

Processor: Intel i7-8550U

RAM: 16GB

Photo Storage: My RAW files are stored on a 500GB SanDisk external SSD 

[JohanElzenga]

This is a known issue. Ignore the warning icons and wait for a fix.

[bingo33]

I have the same issue but it didn't start until I transferred my files to a new computer.

[Rowley 122]

After almost 15 months of waiting, with the bug still present in the latest version Lightroom Classic 14.3.1, can you give us any new infos on that issue?

Can this warning at least be disabled?

[janets123456]

I am having the same problem.  This started showing up several months ago.  I click on the Retry Metadata Export which fixes the problem but this shouldn't be happening.  Adobe doesn't seem to be rectifying the problem,

[logifreyr]

Same problem

[JohanElzenga]

Few people seem to know this, but instead of posting a "Me too" message in a thread, you should click the voting button at the top left. 

[HisAndHerPhotographs]

What's the latest with Adobe correcting this issue?  It just started happening to photographs on 1 of my external drives.  The other 2 drives are not affected at this time.  Thank you.

[janets123456]

I've received no help and still have the same problem.