SerializedObject target has been destroyed

Unity Engine
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I sometimes get this error when I start the game in the editor. I use 2018 2.

“SerializedObject target has been destroyed. UnityEngine.GUIUtilityprocessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)”

The game plays normally as if there are no errors. When i press pause or play (maybe change scenes) it throws this error again. Restarting unity fixes it. I looked for an answer with no luck. Some say it is an editor glitch, others say “delete the library”. But I don’t know. I will release the game in two months. Is it an important error? Should I roll back to an older version of my game? Thanks.

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I used my back up files from 3 weeks old. The error happened again. Saving a script file or restarting unity fixes it.

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When this error happens, if I change to another program from windows task bar and go back to Unity, it gives two more of this error.

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I upgraded to 2018.4. The error happened again. It seems that this error happens if I choose an object from the project file which has a mesh renderer and i switch screens via script. It gives the error when the mesh renderer is open on the inspector panel. If it is not, it doesn’t give the error.

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I am having the same issue. I also got the error seemingly every frame that my mouse moves within the inspector window for the given object. I made a dummy prefab to test with. Deleted the mesh renderer on it and now it doesn’t seem to happen anymore for any objects. I’m on 2019.4.1

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This error got fixed for me when I checked the “Auto Generate” box under “Lighting > Debug Settings”. I’ve seen other say that they had to uncheck it and click “Generate Lighting”. Either way it looks like this option might be the culprit.

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