[SOLVED] Sequence rendering via OutputNode stops at second frame

I have an strange issue here (Blender 4.0.1): When rendering an image sequence (apparently just two frames) via the compositors output node, only the first frame gets rendered and all output channels saved. After this blender stops, saying "render error (permission denied) cannot save: ‘0000.png’ "
But it DID save frame 0000, frame 0001 is skipped.
Any ideas on this?

edit:
found the answer here: