From 5e21f526b49edcbfa8af8d36caef94b366d35d73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Licameli <paul.licameli@audacityteam.org>
Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 12:10:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Replace inappropriate assertion with only a log message

---
 src/AudacityApp.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/AudacityApp.cpp b/src/AudacityApp.cpp
index 2a4090f07..3608f8b0c 100644
--- a/src/AudacityApp.cpp
+++ b/src/AudacityApp.cpp
@@ -910,7 +910,9 @@ void AudacityApp::OnTimer(wxTimerEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
             // PRL: Catch any exceptions, don't try this file again, continue to
             // other files.
             if (!SafeMRUOpen(name)) {
-               wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("MRUOpen failed"));
+               // Just log it.  Assertion failure is not appropriate on valid
+               // defensive path against bad file data.
+               wxLogMessage(wxT("MRUOpen failed"));
             }
          }
       }