Audio does not play on devices until multiple restarts/reinstall

[Manas Mathur]

On startup, no audio is able to play until I restart pulseaudio multiple times. Only then is it able to play though my speakers (Anolog Stereo Output). I have headphones plugged into Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output and is even less likely to work. I am required to restart pulseaudio/reinstall it until it ocassionally works, even then after it sits without playing audio for a while, it reverts back to a corrupt state where I need to restart the process to play anything. While this error is in effect, no programs that emit audio are able to play (Spotify, Youtube,etc)

This all began a couple of months ago when I misclicked a device when choosing my playback, I had selected and HDMI input that was not plugged in. From then on I've continually had this issue despite reinstalling pulseaudio.

Release: Ubuntu 23.10
Pulseaudio version: 1:16.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu4.1

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: pulseaudio 1:16.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-28.29-generic 6.5.13
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sun Apr 21 23:47:18 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-01-18 (94 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" - Release amd64 (20231010)
SourcePackage: pulseaudio
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/01/2021
dmi.bios.release: 3.2
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE Corp.
dmi.bios.version: 03.02
dmi.board.asset.tag: *
dmi.board.name: FRANBMCP06
dmi.board.vendor: Framework
dmi.board.version: A6
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: FRANBMCPA612360031
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Framework
dmi.chassis.version: A6
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDECorp.:bvr03.02:bd07/01/2021:br3.2:svnFramework:pnLaptop:pvrA6:rvnFramework:rnFRANBMCP06:rvrA6:cvnFramework:ct10:cvrA6:skuFRANBMCP06:
dmi.product.family: FRANBMCP
dmi.product.name: Laptop
dmi.product.sku: FRANBMCP06
dmi.product.version: A6
dmi.sys.vendor: Framework