Android Studio project build crashes on desktop but not laptop [closed]

I have an Android Studio (AS) mobile only project which I've been working on for a while on both my desktop and laptop, keeping the project current on each with git backups. Two days ago, the build started crashing when built on my desktop editor but works fine on the laptop editor. I've tried multiple emulators as well as actual phones for the builds. The code, gradle files, etc are the same on both devices. Essentially, once built, the app launches on the android device, shows the beginning screen and then crashes. I've stepped through quite a bit of debugging but can't locate the reason for the crash on the desktop. I've tried rebuilding the gradle (invalidate caches, clean project, etc) but that doesn't seem to help.

Literally, I was working on the project one evening. The builds were working fine and I was happy with it. I uploaded changes to git and called it for the night. The next day I started in again and the app wouldn't build and run.