Maybe the file got damaged or corrupted in some way?
Can you duplicate the Composite and modify that? Then assign that copied Composite to elements?
Or, in AC17 you can delete the Composite (after creating a copy of it and modifying the copy) and you can set the deleted Composite to be changed to its copy. But this is a New Feature in AC17.
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