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Illustrator 30.7

Illustrator 30.7 (the 2026 release) was released on August 3, 2026 and replaced by 31.0 on November 10, 2026. No issue reported for it are tracked by Adobe and not marked fixed, and 3 were marked fixed in a later update. Everything on this page is what is known today, not what we said at the time.

Illustrator 31.0 is the current releaseShould you update to it? See today’s verdict and its known issues.

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4 known issues reported for Illustrator 30.7 are open: 4 major. Adobe tracks none of them yet. The most serious is “Text color shifts to random swatches when reopening files” (major, common workflow). 5 tracked issues from earlier releases are still not marked fixed, so they are most likely in 30.7 too. Adobe’s release notes for 30.7 list 21 fixes; 3 issues reported for it were fixed in a later update.

Known issues in Illustrator 30.7

Reported for 30.7 and not marked fixed by Adobe since. Most likely still in the current release.

MajorSpecific featureNot tracked by Adobe yet
Reported August 5, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorCommon workflowNot tracked by Adobe yet
Reported August 20, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featureNot tracked by Adobe yet
Workaround: Work in CMYK documents where outlining color fonts behaves correctly.
Reported August 20, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featureNot tracked by Adobe yet
Reported August 25, 2026DetailsRead the report

Fixed since Illustrator 30.7

Reported for 30.7 and fixed in a later update: marked fixed by Adobe, or named in its release notes.

MajorCommon workflowReported on 30.7Fixed in 30.8, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported August 6, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorCommon workflowmacOS onlyReported on 30.7Marked fixed by Adobe
Reported August 18, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featureReported on 30.7Fixed in 31.0, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported August 4, 2026DetailsRead the report

Other releases:31.0 (current)30.830.630.5all of 2026

Based on public bug reports on Illustrator’s UserVoice forum. Last changed November 10, 2026. Not affiliated with Adobe.