Crash after Render Work Area

Steps to reproduce:
    1. Select work area containing 6K PNG stills with lots of motion effects that bog down real time playback

2. Sequence | Render Entire Work Area (render FX in/out does nothing but play timeline)

3. Sequence renders and plays
 
Result: ... When it gets to the end of the work area, program crashed (just disappeared).
Expected: ... Continue playing or stop
 
System info
    Application: Premiere Pro (Beta) v25.2.0.48
    OS: Windows v10.0.22631, RAM: 63.82 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 16