Freeze with virtual field on $area used as parameter in sum

[signedav]

What is the bug or the crash?

When having the following expression for a virtual field of a polygon layer, on opening the Attribute Table or identifying the feature QGIS loads and freezes (times out).

sum($area)

The same does not happen, when performing the expression to create a new field, only virtual fields are affected.
On passing $area to other functions (like to_string, rand etc.) everything works fine. I noticed it with sum and I can assume (but not tested) that aggregates would be affected too.

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Open the attached project.
2. Go to layer "polys"
3. Go to the Field Calculator (via canvas) and create a new virtual field:
   
   4.Open the Attribute Table and experience the freeze OR Identify the Feature and experience the freeze.
   

When opening the Field Calculator via Attribute Table the freeze is immediately after closing the Field Calculator.

Versions

QGIS version	3.27.0-Master	QGIS code revision	c12712e
Qt version	5.15.3
Python version	3.10.4
GDAL/OGR version	3.4.1
PROJ version	8.2.1
EPSG Registry database version	v10.041 (2021-12-03)
GEOS version	3.10.2-CAPI-1.16.0
SQLite version	3.37.2
PostgreSQL client version	unknown
SpatiaLite version	5.0.1
QWT version	6.1.4
QScintilla2 version	2.11.6
OS version	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
This copy of QGIS writes debugging output.

And happened as well with 3.24.3

Supported QGIS version

• I'm running a supported QGIS version according to the roadmap.

New profile

• I tried with a new QGIS profile

Additional context

sumofarea.zip

[gioman]

Confirmed also on Windows/3.26.1