I have a 2016 MacBook Pro with TouchBar 500GB SSD, and I have had this happen when I first installed Big Sur.
Try clearing cache. These steps are what I take and work all the time.
Quit all apps (except essentials like Finder), including any (third party) apps in the menubar. This video summarises steps 2-3: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RecawpaaGCyT9tZXT31D2XNuBVvp9EH_?usp=sharing
On Finder (or on your desktop) click on Go. Hold Option or Alt and Click on Library.
Go to Cache folder and delete EVERYTHING (in the Cache folder only)
Restart
If none of these steps help, your only hope is to see if the MacBook can self-determine if something is wrong: A Hardware Test
A last resort may be to either Reinstall MacOS (either keeping your personal files or deleting them)
Sorry if none of these help.
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I have a 2016 MacBook Pro with TouchBar 500GB SSD.
Some general solutions that may apply is doing a SMC and NVRAM reset.
How to reset the SMC of your Mac
Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac
If neither do anything try clearing cache. These steps are what I take and work all the time.
Quit all apps (except essentials like Finder), including any (third party) apps in the menubar. This video summarises steps 2-3: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RecawpaaGCyT9tZXT31D2XNuBVvp9EH_?usp=sharing
On Finder (or on your desktop) click on Go. Hold Option or Alt and Click on Library.
Go to Cache folder and delete EVERYTHING (in the Cache folder only)
Restart
If this doesn't fix it then Run a First Aid
And if that alone doesn't help try running a First Aid in Safe Mode
If none of these steps help, your only hope is to see if the MacBook can self-determine if something is wrong: A Hardware Test
A last resort may be to either Reinstall MacOS (either keeping your personal files or deleting them) or replacing your SSD
Sorry if none of these help.