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Past release

Lightroom Classic 15.3

Lightroom Classic 15.3 was released on April 16, 2026 and replaced by 16.0 on November 10, 2026. 6 issues reported for it are tracked by Adobe and not marked fixed, and 12 were marked fixed in a later update. The last build was 15.3.1. Everything on this page is what is known today, not what we said at the time.

Lightroom Classic 16.0 is the current releaseShould you update to it? See today’s verdict and its known issues.

Windows and macOS

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6 known issues reported for Lightroom Classic 15.3 are open: 4 major and 2 minor. Adobe tracks all of them, and 5 happen on one system only. The most serious is “Send book to Blurb upload stops with repeated errors” (major, specific feature). 12 issues reported for it were fixed in a later update.

Known issues in Lightroom Classic 15.3

Reported for 15.3 and not marked fixed by Adobe since. Most likely still in the current release.

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlyAdobe: Investigating
Reported June 16, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featureAdobe: Investigating
Workaround: Press Retry Upload when the error dialog appears and continue until the upload completes.
Reported April 28, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlyAdobe: Investigating
Reported May 1, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 15.3.1Adobe: In Development
Reported June 9, 2026DetailsRead the report

MinorCommon workflowWindows onlyReported on 15.3.1Adobe: Investigating
Reported June 13, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyAdobe: Investigating
Workaround: Remove or replace pipe characters in dc:subject XMP before importing the file.
Reported June 20, 2026DetailsRead the report

Fixed since Lightroom Classic 15.3

Reported for 15.3 and fixed in a later update: marked fixed by Adobe, or named in its release notes.

MinorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 15.3Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported June 17, 2026DetailsRead the report

MinorCommon workflowWindows onlyReported on 15.3Fixed in 15.4, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported April 17, 2026DetailsRead the report

MinorSpecific featureReported on 15.3Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported April 17, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorCommon workflowWindows onlyReported on 15.3Marked fixed by Adobe
Reported May 23, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorCommon workflowReported on 15.3Fixed in 15.4, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported May 25, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featureReported on 15.3Marked fixed by Adobe
Reported May 26, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 15.3Fixed in 15.6, per Adobe’s release notes
Workaround: Apply the preset inside a progress scope and call updateAISettings only after it completes.
Reported June 8, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported on 15.3Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported April 17, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorCommon workflowmacOS onlyReported on 15.3Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported April 25, 2026DetailsRead the report

MinorSpecific featureReported on 15.3Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Workaround: Switch away from Lightroom with Cmd+Tab once, then secondary grid shortcuts work until the next restart.
Reported May 3, 2026DetailsRead the report

MinorSpecific featureReported on 15.3Marked fixed by Adobe
Reported May 15, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported on 15.3Marked fixed November 11, 2026
Reported May 26, 2026DetailsRead the report

Other releases:16.0 (current)15.615.515.4

Based on public bug reports on the Adobe Community board. Last changed November 11, 2026. Not affiliated with Adobe.