[jonpalmisc]

> Does this mean an AU crashing in theory won’t take down your DAW?

Yes, this has been my experience with AUs in Logic Pro, at least. You simply get a message saying a plugin failed and that you can try reloading it if you'd like.

[teilo]

In other words, just like VSTs on Bitwig. Even if the entire audio engine crashes, you just restart it with a click.