Add a button to Pro to make it stop anything and everything it is trying to do at that point.
Due to memory leaks or sun spots, sometimes Pro goes off on a journey of self discovery. I need a button to pull it back into the here & now so that I can save my project and close the offending instance.
If I copied a layer, forget it and come back.
If I tried to navigate to a gdb from a geoprocessing tool, ignore it and give me back control.
If I clicked a pretty colour in the Symbology tool, just ignore me and revert to previous state.
Make it an "Enable at own risk" thing, separate plugin, or whatever is needed to protect non-advanced users from its power. I accept the potential issues but they're less of a risk than Pro corrupting something or eventually just crashing because it couldn't find the road home.