Red circle animation never ends, why?

And here is the file should anyone want to try it (updated). I just packed it so it’s supposed to include the HDRI file. But in case it doesn’t (being my first time packing a Blender file) here is the HDRI file used.
Mind you, I have waited over 30 minutes.
I tried disabling FG, transparent shadows, and Use Background, to no avail . Also tried changing the World settings to Gradient, and still it didn’t help

Thanks in advance guys

JDL

In case anyone wants to know, it seems, according to consensus reached in another forum, my blender file got corrupted. I ended up “Appending” all models/materials to another file. YafaRay worked ok after that.

JDL

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