Thanks for your feedback.
It seems I'm on the latest version 125.0.5729.49 and Opera says it is up to date. Your comment makes sense and a reinstall will hopefully fix the problem. I intend to uninstall the Opera shortly and do a fresh install.
How do I make sure my bookmarks and applied extensions are not lost?

Recently Opera suggested to upgrade the browser to work better with Aria. I opted to do so. It took a bit to figure out how to access Aria as the location was moved. That of course wasn't an issue.

The major problem is that since then Aria's behavior has become very erratic. It cannot continue with the original dialog and clears the screen and reverts back to initial prompt on every single instance.

Even at times clicking on the copy button clears the original dialog and clears the screen and reverts me back to the initial prompt for a new inquiry.

Needless to say currently Aria has pretty much become useless to me. I thought maybe the settings needs to be changed but I don't find anything.

Should I change back to an older version when everything was working fine? If so how do I make sure to retain my bookmarks, extensions and other settings.

Any feedback would be highly appreciated.