Many of the team members are in the U.S., where today is Thanksgiving holiday. So support may be slower than usual, until Monday. Meantime, I wonder: have you looked into whether Pants 2 is realistic option for you? I realize upgrading is a significant inconvenience, but
1.30.4 is nearly 3 years old and
Pants 2.x is over 2 years old. Pants 2.0 was a from-the-ground-up rewrite because the team was so dissatisfied with v1.x's fundamental design. There's a tremendous amount of leaps forward in 2.x, especially wrt to perf and UX, that you're missing out on. M1s didn't even exist way back when 1.30.4 was released.