MySQL Workbench Hangs attempting to Open MySQL Editor

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Posted on 2021-06-12 Edited on 2022-02-24

When this bug happens, it shows that it takes time to open the MySQL Editor, but the fact is that it will never open. So you will wait forever.

I am on MacOS Catalina and the MySQL Workbench version is 8.0.22, just in case you want to know.

Why this error happens (My guess):

You changed the password to the MySQL database user, but it somehow failed to sync the password in the keychain.

The solution:

Go to the /Applicaiton/Utilities/ to find the Keychain Access App and run it. Search and delete the password to the database user. Try search ‘MySQL’. Reopen the MySQL Workbench and you should be fine now.