I originally asked how does one get back to normal because it looked from my experience that 14.4.1 caused this, but …
UPDATE: I tried it – opened Panorama X, it had me logged in so that problem sorted yesterday and has stayed normal (app stays logged in across quits). I opened preferences and turned on database integrity. I was able to open all the same databases and no problem today. The only thing that is different is time. So, it sorted itself ? … that’s even stranger to me(!) but, the good news is that it looks like database integrity is checking out the way Panorama X expects it to now that over a day has passed since the issue appeared.
Update 2: I did have one database persisting to fail integrity checks. I opened it without integrity checks, then, while that database was open, turned integrity checks on, saved the database. Now, it opens fine again with integrity checks turned on. So, it looks like all the others sorted themselves out, but this one database did not and needed that extra step? That’s even stranger to me – what would make one different than the others?