OS X App store hangs when trying to open it

This is in the preceding El Capitan Beta (15A278b). I found lots of references with google to hanging app stores but none of the fixes apply to me.

What happens is simple. I click on the App Store and the spinner spins indefinitely. I have tried:

  1. Rebooting
  2. Using the "debug" menu in app store, reset the app, clear cookies
  3. Killing the softwareupdated process
  4. Running softwareupdate -l, which says "no new software available"

All and in different order and combinations.

Any tips? Thanks!


Tried the ideas above, none worked. Tried them repeatedly.

What did work? Doing a Safe Boot, and updating to El Cap Release Candidate. After that all seems fine again.