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Past release

Lightroom Classic 15.4

Lightroom Classic 15.4 was released on June 18, 2026 and replaced by 16.0 on November 10, 2026. 5 issues reported for it are tracked by Adobe and not marked fixed, and 9 were marked fixed in a later update. The last build was 15.4.1. 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.

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5 known issues reported for Lightroom Classic 15.4 are open: 2 major and 3 minor. Adobe tracks all of them, and 3 happen on one system only. The most serious is “Auto tone on many photos resets when one slider changes” (major, common workflow). 6 tracked issues from earlier releases are still not marked fixed, so they are most likely in 15.4 too. Adobe’s release notes for 15.4 list 6 fixes; 9 issues reported for it were fixed in a later update.

Why Lightroom Classic 15.4 got this verdict

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The issues behind the verdict, none of them marked fixed by Adobe.

MajorCommon workflowReported on 15.4.1Adobe: Investigating
Reported August 4, 2026DetailsRead the report

Other known issues in Lightroom Classic 15.4

Reported for 15.4 and not marked fixed by Adobe since. They don’t change the verdict.

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlyAdobe: Investigating
Reported July 9, 2026DetailsRead the report

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlyAdobe: Investigating
Workaround: Press Tab once after opening the floating dialog to establish keyboard focus.
Reported July 9, 2026DetailsRead the report

MinorSpecific featureReported on 15.4.1Adobe: Investigating
Reported June 29, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 15.4.1Adobe: Investigating
Workaround: Uncheck Include Available Previews, or export to an internal APFS drive and copy with Finder.
Reported July 25, 2026DetailsRead the report

Fixed since Lightroom Classic 15.4

Reported for 15.4 and fixed in a later update: marked fixed by Adobe, or named in its release notes.

MajorCommon workflowmacOS onlyReported on 15.4.1Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Workaround: Run the catalog backup to a local drive, then copy the resulting zip to the NAS share.
Reported June 20, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featureReported on 15.4Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported June 18, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorCommon workflowmacOS onlyReported on 15.4Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Workaround: Click outside the numeric field or press Escape to restore live histogram RGB/LAB readouts.
Reported June 30, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorCommon workflowReported on 15.4Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported July 2, 2026DetailsRead the report

CriticalSpecific featureReported on 15.4Marked fixed by Adobe
Reported June 19, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 15.4.1Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported July 2, 2026DetailsRead the report

MinorCommon workflowReported on 15.4Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Workaround: Switch to another photo to enable the eye icon, or quit and relaunch Lightroom Classic.
Reported June 19, 2026DetailsRead the report

MinorSpecific featureReported on 15.4Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported June 29, 2026DetailsRead the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported on 15.4.1Fixed in 15.5, per Adobe’s release notes
Reported July 11, 2026DetailsRead the report

Other releases:16.0 (current)15.615.515.3

Based on public bug reports on the Adobe Community board. Last changed November 10, 2026. Not affiliated with Adobe.