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After Effects 26.3 · Known bug

Paste ignores clipboard history until window loses focus

Not marked fixed as of After Effects 27.0.0. The bug was reported for After Effects 26.3. Adobe tracks it (status: Investigating). It happens on Windows only. There is a workaround.

Status
Not fixedAdobe: Investigating
Severity
Major
Affects
Specific feature
System
Windows only

Workaround

Switch foreground away from After Effects and back (e.g. Alt+Tab) before pasting after changing clipboard via Win+V.

Timeline

  1. Aug 14, 2026Reported on After Effects 26.3
  2. Nov 10, 2026Not marked fixed as of After Effects 27.0.0Adobe: Investigating

The report

0 votes · 1 reply

Reported on Windows by 1 person (from the report and 1 reply).

“After Effects 26.3 pastes stale/cached clipboard content when source window maintains foreground focus (reproducible with Windows Clipboard History, Win+V)”

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