I'm not sure how much I can say about it, but it is temporal solution and not about closing the source code. The new commits should be available in the coming days unless it would be decided to postpone further.

According to ffmpeg MS offered a payment of a few thousand dollars for resolving the issue: https://twitter.com/FFmpeg/status/1775178805704888726

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To clarify, Microsoft didn't offer a one-time payment to fix any bug. A volunteer explained for free that a command line option had changed between FFmpeg versions.

Microsoft offered a one-off payment instead of a support contract.

About offering a payment is here: https://twitter.com/FFmpeg/status/1775178805704888726

Microsoft offered a payment of a few thousand dollars, but it is not clear if ffmpeg accepted it.

https://twitter.com/FFmpeg/status/1775178805704888726