Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer hangs while starting or shutting down

Anyone playing with the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer application on MAC (Catalina 10.15.1 (19B88))?

Mine was working fine and suddenly stopped working. Starting the tool would take an unusually long time and quitting the app was futile. I had to force quit the app everytime.

Going through the documentation revealed a small nugget. If you are facing the same issue, launch the Storage explorer and go to settings.

Scroll down to the Sign-in section under the Application Tab and uncheck Logout on Exit and Use device code flow sign-in checkboxes. Enable the Microsoft Authentication Library (Preview) checkbox as shown below.

Voila! things start working again.