Well, this is wonderful. We're back on 7.4.33 and the forum is working again, but now I have this error in the Control Panel.
WARNING: Your PHP max_input_vars setting is set to a low value. Your current setting is 1000; the default setting is 1000. Based on your current number of forums, a minimum setting of 2048 is recommended. Your forum may have issues such as a blank configuration file, missing settings, or unexpected script behavior if you continue. Please see the "Issues with the PHP 'max_input_vars' Setting" entry on the UBB.Wiki for more information.
I have set max_input_vars to 4096 in /etc/php.ini and /etc/php.ini.rpmnew.. I've restarted the server (several times). I've cleared the browser cache (several times). I even edited the binary files lipbphp7.so and libphp7-zts.so. Everything on the server is set to 4096. I even reverted to the saved php.ini file (/etc/php.ini.rpmsave), and restarted the server and cleared the cache again. Yet the error remains.
I finally got rid of the error by rebooting the server. Sheesh!