as an update:
I attempted to rebuild again using quickstart after a brief hiatus and was getting the same error displayed above. seeing the permission issue on the log files:
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PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/openedx/data/logs/all.log'
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i did an experiment, (that i’m sure isn’t the intended fix for this) to set the permissions manually on the log files to full access
DISCLAIMER: I’m sure that this isn’t recommended
sudo chmod 777 $(tutor config printroot)/data/lms/logs/all.log
sudo chmod 777 $(tutor config printroot)/data/lms/logs/tracking.log
sudo chmod 777 $(tutor config printroot)/data/cms/logs/all.log
sudo chmod 777 $(tutor config printroot)/data/cms/logs/tracking.log
this didn’t appear to do anything at first, then after running quickstart one more time to ensure the changes were included, built successfully, and the site was able to load
so i can only assume it’s a permission issue of some kind, or i managed to short-circuit the logging in an unexpected way… not sure if this helps in tracking the issue or not, but i’m pretty sure it’s not a viable solution in the long term…