still not fixed the wallet crashing when starting nodes. and i am doing the walletpassphrase command.
That issue was never mentioned as fixed. So I assume it can still happen.
But in saying that, I haven't had that hang issue for the last 100+ start-alias commands.
I just make sure I run start-alias at least 5 seconds after running the walletpassphrase.
I also find that patience is a virtue. Wait an half hour or more after starting your controller wallet before running start commands. It seems to really help a lot.