hi jaret, thanks for the reply! glad to here that this is unexpected behavior.
i downloaded datomic from the link on the account page https://my.datomic.com/repo/com/datomic/datomic-pro/$VERSION/datomic-pro-$VERSION.zip with VERSION=1.0.6165 which was the newest version i found on https://my.datomic.com/downloads/pro.
i assumed that the starter is just pro with a different license? i could not find link specifically for starter, and i did not use the standalone console.
i could use bin/transactor and bin/run just fine. i’ve also use bin/maven-install and bin/repl. only that bin/console did not work for me.