Interfaces Subclassing - Weirdness and Crashes

Rather than trying to explain this, I've boiled it down to the following code:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using Sirenix.OdinInspector;


// The following code compiles and odin does not crash. but when you clike on the '+'
// it list BarSubclass when it shouldn't, if you click on BarSubclass you get an error.
// If i try and add the constraints in it compiles, but Odin crashes whenever you click on the '+'
public class Test : SerializedMonoBehaviour
{   
    public List<ITestInterface<FooSubclass>> foos = new List<ITestInterface<FooSubclass>>();
}


public interface ITestInterface<T> // where T : TestGeneric<T>
{
}

public abstract class TestGeneric<T> : ITestInterface<T> // where T : TestGeneric<T>
{
}

public class FooSubclass : TestGeneric<FooSubclass>
{
}

public class BarSubclass : TestGeneric<BarSubclass>
{
}

public class FooSerializableObject : SerializedScriptableObject, ITestInterface<FooSubclass>
{
}

Once compiled, you can add the "Test" component to an empty game object. you should see an empty list called "foos"

Problem #1

If you click on the '+' you will see that it shows a list of classes. It will include 'BarSubclass', it shouldn't. If you click on it you get an error in the console saying the casting was incorrect.

Problem #2

In the code, if you uncomment the Generic constraints, and go back into Unity and press the '+', you get an insta-crash.

I'm not sure if i'm doing something super funky here with the constraints, but it compiles, so it should be supported.

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