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Illustrator 30.6 · Known bug

CEP panels sometimes stay blank until restart

Not marked fixed as of Illustrator 31.0.0. The bug was reported for Illustrator 30.6.0. Adobe doesn’t track it yet; 4 people report it. It happens on macOS only. There is a workaround.

Status
Not tracked by Adobe yet
Severity
Major
Affects
Specific feature
System
macOS only

Workaround

Quit and relaunch Illustrator to restore CEP panel rendering.

Timeline

  1. Jul 20, 2026Reported on Illustrator 30.6.0
  2. Nov 10, 2026Not marked fixed as of Illustrator 31.0.0not tracked by Adobe yet

The report

4 votes · 1 reply

Reported on macOS by 2 people (from the report and 1 reply).

“CEP panel intermittently renders as blank/grey — content composited but never presented (Illustrator 2026 / CEP 12.1 / Apple Silicon)”

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