Yoast & Hestia Theme Conflict

Hi there,

I noticed a conflict between Hestia theme and Yoast SEO quite some time ago that prevents me from accessing customizer when Yoast is active. I chalked it up to just being this one setup given I use Hestia and Yoast a lot on various pages, however recently more pages are coming up with this conflict problem.

Here’s the problem: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/fatal-error-by-yoast-when-in-customizer/#post-12793132

One user reported:

This is not resolved.
This issue happen to me also, once I install the plugin it happens with the same msg. I have pinpointed the issue to class-hestia-customizer-notices.php on line 145.

Method “maybe_add_main_notice”, specifically the $this->add_section method on line 150.

Once I commented that implementation everything worked. Once I uncommented it broke again. But some times when I uncommented it worked also, then I deleted all the transients from the DB using WP CLI and it broke again.
hope it helps.

Wp version – 5.3?
Yoast version – 12.6.2?
Hestia theme version – 2.5.5

Can you assist? I have also reported to Yoast as I am uncertain if Hestia or Yoast need to adjust — or perhaps both.