@gamingonlinux doesn't audacity just use pulse by default? If you're on pipewire did pipewire not open it's pulseaudio socket for some reason?
Stuff like this is where being a control freak shines, I refuse to use a distro with packaged updates so that when I run my updates I know EXACTLY what everything is changing and can roll back any part.
@raptor85 How would I check that?