This was the silent killer. In 24.0.553, applying high-resolution textures (over 2048x2048) to multiple faces caused a memory leak in the SketchUp::Material class. After 45 minutes of work, RAM usage would spike from 2GB to 12GB, leading to a system crash.
The inference locking mechanism. Trimble rewrote the SketchUp::InferenceLock module to prevent "drift." Now, holding the Shift key to lock an axis works 100% of the time without requiring a software restart. sketchup pro 2024 240594 fixed