This worked. Thank you so much. You may have saved my business.
I have been going back and forth with Adobe support for the last two months trying to resolve this. Multiple critical project files have become unopenable. Weeks worth of work was getting lost because a project file and all of it's intermittent daily saved copies on every single backup drive would get this error all at once, after having worked fine the next day. I was taking every backup precaution that I could think of, but nothing would help.
I had two separate Adobe support reps "help" me. I explained to both of them that I had noticed issues with the CC Libraries Download folder in every affected project. The first rep had me send her the project file, then took two days to send me an XML with a fractured version of a several-weeks-old sequence. The next rep said that we needed to schedule a call. He scheduled and missed three separate appointments before finally calling early for the fourth; when I was in another meeting. I didn't hear back from him until 45 minutes after our appointment time.
He attempted to open the project and told me that it was damaged. When I explained that I had discerned that much from the "project may be damaged" message, he immediately said "oh, then your hard drive is corrupt." When I informed him that this was happening on four separate hard drives, two of which were less than a month old and only ever plugged in for daily backups, he was confused. I then told him about the CC Libraries Download theory. He took a look at the Adobe Stock files in question and said "probably a virus." A statement he retracted when I told him the files were downloaded directly from Adobe Stock. He eventually had me send him the project file alone, without any of the other assets. seconds later, he said "it opens for me. That hard drive is probably corrupt." I reminded him one last time about the four separate hard drives all having the same issue with the same project files simultaneously. He told me he would have to escalate it to yet another team, and I would hear back from them the following day (as I had expressed concern regarding the lack of communication thus far). This entire interaction lasted maybe 20 minutes.
That was two weeks ago. I have heard nothing from any Adobe rep since. Further attempts to get assistance have been ignored. I have multiple client projects coming up as I prepare for a major marketing push and was feeling helpless. So far I got lucky in that the projects that were failing to open had been almost entirely completed, and I was able to work with the last rendered DNxHD in a new project file for any necessary changes. But I was extremely worried about this happening halfway through one of these larger projects for critical clients in the near future. I was actually in the process of looking into switching everything over to Avid or Resolve for safety.
I know this was a long rant, and I apologize if it is not appropriate for this thread. I just wanted to thank this poster for providing an actual workaround that may save my small business over the next couple months, and put my experience out there for anyone else who may be dealing with similar issues.
Also, if anyone knows any better way to get support from Adobe, please let me know.
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