No sidebar file icons on Build 4200 (icons missing on fresh profile)

[last-seat]

Description of the bug

Cannot see file icons from a number of themes and packages; here I have used A File Icon as a MWE.

New to ST, may have missed something obvious.

Steps to reproduce

1. Start ST in safe mode.
2. Ensure that in Preferences -> Settings, "hardware_acceleration": "none".
3. Install Package Control, then use it to install A File Icon.

Expected behavior

File icons visible in sidebar.

Actual behavior

File icons not visible in sidebar.

Console output:

startup, version: 4200 osx arm64 channel: stable
SAFE MODE - overriding packages, state and cache paths
executable: /Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/sublime_text
application: /Applications/Sublime Text.app
working dir: /
packages path: /Users/sambethune/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text (Safe Mode)/Packages
state path: /Users/sambethune/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text (Safe Mode)/Local
zip path: /Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/Packages
zip path: /Users/sambethune/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text (Safe Mode)/Installed Packages
ignored_packages: ["Vintage"]
generating syntax summary
generating meta info summary
pre session restore time: 0.907477
OpenGL Context Information:
GL API Version: 4.1 Metal - 90.5
GLSL Version: 4.10
Vendor: Apple
Renderer: Apple M5
startup time: 0.94484
environment variables loaded using: /bin/zsh -l
first paint time: 0.953376
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plugins loaded
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Package Control: Not running package cleanup since bootstrapping is not yet complete
reloading python 3.3 plugin 0_package_control_loader.00-package_control
reloading settings Packages/User/Package Control.sublime-settings
ignored packages updated to: ["A File Icon", "Vintage"]
reloading settings Packages/User/Package Control.sublime-settings
reloading settings Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings
reloading settings Packages/User/Package Control.sublime-settings
ignored packages updated to: ["Vintage"]
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reloading plugin A File Icon.plugin
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Unable to open /Users/sambethune/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text (Safe Mode)/Packages/Default/Preferences.sublime-settings
Unable to open /Users/sambethune/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text (Safe Mode)/Packages/Default/Preferences.sublime-settings

Sublime Text build number

4200

Operating system & version

macOS Tahoe 26.3.1

(Linux) Desktop environment and/or window manager

No response

Additional information

MacBook Pro M5.

OpenGL context information

[deathaxe]

Which file types are affected?

I can't see anything obviously going wrong when just installing A File Icon on Windows or Linux. All expected icons are displayed properly.

Some themes ship (incompatible/conflicting) icon configurations, which may cause affected files to not display anything. It is enough such a theme being installed. (see #2520).

FWIW, HW acceleration is always enabled, when starting ST in SAFE MODE on MacOS.