I was able to get around this issue. If your foreign tax is <$300 ($600 for MFJ), then Form 1116 isn't required. Still don't get why TT doesn't take care of that automatically. I have a large refund coming and didn't want to wait until 3/3/2022 (latest update) for the form to be available. So I started working through the 1116 worksheet manually. You can work directly on forms and worksheets -- it's under the View menu item. It was a bit daunting, so I gave up and deleted the worksheet (not the form), Then I thought what the heck...and tried to submit anyway. It worked! Clearly there is a programming error that Intuit needs to sort out...
