Release year

Premiere 2026

2 releases of Premiere 2026 are covered here, 26.3 to 26.5. 96 issues reported for them are tracked by Adobe and not marked fixed, and 13 were marked fixed in a later update. A year is not something you install, so this page has no verdict of its own.

We started reading the bug board on March 28, 2026. Releases from before that are not covered.

Should you update Premiere today?Today’s verdict, for Windows and macOS separately.

The releases of Premiere 2026

Releases we didn’t watch, and releases whose reports were never rated, are left out: they would look harmless rather than unknown.

Not marked fixed across Premiere 2026

Reported for one of the year’s releases, tracked by Adobe, and not marked fixed since. Most votes first.

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.5Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Assign Toggle Full Screen to Ctrl+\ in Keyboard Shortcuts if that restores the behavior.

Reported September 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowmacOS onlysince 26.3Adobe: In Development

Workaround: Scale with the Transform effect instead of Motion, or use Scale to Frame Size on vertical clips.

Reported June 23, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.5Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Install the released macOS 27.2 update; several reporters said that restored normal Premiere use.

Reported September 17, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: In Development

Reported October 17, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowsince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Manually restore scale on affected clips; set Program Monitor to Full if preview squish is playback-only.

Reported June 19, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowsince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported June 25, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.1Adobe: In Development

Reported September 28, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.3Reported on 26.3.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported July 13, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowsince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported August 6, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Adobe: Investigating

Reported September 25, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.3Reported on 26.3.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported June 18, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Set interpret footage pixel aspect ratio to square pixels (1.0).

Reported June 30, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowsince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 1, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.3Reported on 26.3.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 2, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.3Reported on 26.3.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Keep a Lumetri Color panel tab in the workspace used at project open, even if hidden.

Reported July 16, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.3Reported on 26.3.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Duplicate the sequence, clear clips, then nest the original instead of dragging to New Item.

Reported August 3, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.3Adobe: In Development

Workaround: Use proxies, render in to out, or enable High Quality Playback on the Program Monitor.

Reported September 3, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.3Reported on 26.3.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Apply 90° rotation under clip Motion instead of source Transform when masking.

Reported September 7, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuresince 26.5Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Nudge any Transform parameter after enabling guides to refresh the overlay.

Reported September 14, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported October 13, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Workaround: Create a new sequence with the desired preview settings, then copy and paste the edit from the old sequence (per Adobe staff in thread).

Reported October 23, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.3Reported on 26.3.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Place one Transform on an adjustment layer above the clip and nest with the clip so the zoom stays centered.

Reported November 1, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowmacOS onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Transcribe source clips and use the dynamic sequence transcript view instead of a static sequence transcript.

Reported November 10, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowmacOS onlysince 26.3Adobe: In Development

Reported June 18, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowsince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported June 19, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowmacOS onlysince 26.3Reported on 26.3.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported June 25, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowsince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Interpret footage to square pixels (1.0) when stretched.

Reported June 30, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.3Adobe: Investigating

Reported July 1, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowWindows onlysince 26.3Adobe: Investigating

Reported July 3, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowWindows onlysince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.3Reported on 26.3.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported July 11, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 20, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 21, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.3Reported on 26.3.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 26, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuresince 26.3Reported on 26.3.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported July 28, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Import the revealed .aegraphic file directly instead of the MOGRT wrapper.

Reported July 31, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 31, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowWindows onlysince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported August 6, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.3Reported on 26.3.2Adobe: In Development

Workaround: Quit and relaunch Premiere when scene edit detection fails.

Reported August 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.3Reported on 26.3.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported August 14, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowsince 26.3Reported on 26.3.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported August 17, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.3Reported on 26.3.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported September 3, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowsince 26.3Reported on 26.3.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported September 4, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported September 15, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Open a template project with the correct layout before the affected project.

Reported September 15, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowsince 26.5Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Multi-select effects bottom-to-top before copy so pasted order matches the prior hierarchy.

Reported September 17, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.1Adobe: In Development

Reported September 21, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowsince 26.5Reported on 26.5.1Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported September 25, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowWindows onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.1Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported September 28, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.1Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Create the sequence manually and add the audio stems instead of New Sequence from Clip; extend the outgoing clip by one frame on affected edits.

Reported September 30, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported October 6, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.3Adobe: Investigating

Workaround: Clearing the cache temporarily restores playback performance.

Reported October 8, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: In Development

Workaround: Disable hardware accelerated decoding in Preferences > Media and restart Premiere.

Reported October 12, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowsince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Enter RGB values manually within the 0–255 range; reopening the picker resets out-of-range values.

Reported October 13, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Convert the M4A to WAV with an external tool, relink or replace the clip in the timeline.

Reported October 14, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Workaround: Click the Selection tool in the Tools panel, drag in the timeline, or move the pointer over the Tools panel to refresh the cursor icon.

Reported October 22, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported October 25, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported October 27, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Transcode clips to a format with supported audio, or import very large files one at a time.

Reported October 29, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowsince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: In Development

Reported November 3, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported November 4, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Workaround: Copy video into a .mov without the four LPCM audio tracks, or use a single-audio-track test file; XAVC S from the same camera imports with four tracks.

Reported November 5, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowsince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported November 6, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported November 6, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Switch to a workspace with the Program Monitor on the primary display, then maximize the panel there.

Reported November 8, 2026Details Read the report

CriticalSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Close the project before changing read-only; if you edited while read-only, use Save As to a new file before saving again.

Reported November 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported November 11, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported November 11, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported November 13, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowsince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Use File > Open Recent or open the .prproj from Finder.

Reported November 13, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuresince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Edit nested text with Program Monitor at Full resolution.

Reported July 20, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.3Reported on 26.3.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 25, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowsince 26.3Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Detach proxies before export or relink proxies one clip at a time.

Reported August 1, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowsince 26.3Reported on 26.3.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported August 3, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.3Reported on 26.3.2Adobe: Investigating

Workaround: Animate scale with keyframes instead of the Motion Tween transition.

Reported August 5, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowmacOS onlysince 26.3Reported on 26.3.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported September 3, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.3Reported on 26.3.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported September 4, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.5Adobe: Investigating

Workaround: Set Premiere to open the last project on launch instead of Home.

Reported September 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.3Adobe: Investigating

Reported September 14, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported September 16, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.1Adobe: Investigating

Reported September 24, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.1Adobe: Investigating

Workaround: Open the Google Drive folder via the Cloud Sync tree in Locate instead of choosing it from Favorites before Search.

Reported October 5, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Open the sequence in the Source Monitor and use Insert or Overwrite instead of dragging into the timeline.

Reported October 6, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Adobe: Investigating

Reported October 6, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported October 6, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported October 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.3Reported on 26.3.2Adobe: In Development

Reported October 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported October 12, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.5Adobe: Investigating

Workaround: In Media Encoder, disable Intel under Preferences > Media > Hardware-accelerated decoding to use CPU decode.

Reported September 12, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlysince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Transcode VariCam LT AVC-Intra LT MXF to another format for editing on Windows.

Reported October 13, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: In Development

Workaround: Pre-render background tracks with Sequence → Render Selection before export, or set Program Monitor to Full and use Match Source scaling on first export.

Reported October 15, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported October 26, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowsince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Workaround: Monitor export or render progress inside Premiere or Media Encoder instead of the Dock or Command-Tab icons.

Reported October 27, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowsince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Workaround: Remove clips that trigger content credential signing from the sequence before export.

Reported November 3, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuresince 26.5Reported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported November 3, 2026Details Read the report

Based on public bug reports on the Adobe Community board. Last changed November 13, 2026. Not affiliated with Adobe.

Premiere 2026

The releases of Premiere 2026

Not marked fixed across Premiere 2026

Ctrl+\ shortcut to hide title bar no longer works 16 votes

Motion scale and position wrong on H.264 export 9 votes

Crash adding media on macOS 27.2 beta 7 votes

Long delay after validating ingredients on AI clip export 6 votes

Existing clips show Scale Width 100% after 26.3 upgrade 5 votes

Long delay before recent projects appear on Home 5 votes

Frame retrieval errors stall playback and export on N-RAW footage 5 votes

Frame.io V4 panel shows connection error and never loads 3 votes

Audio peak cache regenerated for every new project import 3 votes

Crash after finishing voice recording with AJA Io 4K Plus 3 votes

False insufficient GPU memory warning on 24 GB AMD card 2 votes

Game Bar and Clipchamp MP4 imports use wrong pixel aspect 2 votes

Transform overlay stays wrong size after sequence resolution change 2 votes

Invalid type conversion when enabling stacked panel groups 2 votes

Mercury Transmit fails unless Lumetri is in startup workspace 2 votes

Nested sequence ignores linear color composite setting from source 2 votes

DJI 10-bit HEVC freezes in timeline during playback 2 votes

Mask crops clips rotated in source Transform effect 2 votes

Program Monitor effect overlays hide when guides are on 2 votes

Premiere freezes during basic editing on M4 Pro Mac 2 votes

Sequence preview format reverts to QuickTime 2 votes

Stacked transform effects drift zoom off center when scales overlap 2 votes

Sequence transcript drifts out of sync after timeline ripple deletes 2 votes

Audio peak files regenerated every time a project reopens 1 vote

Audio level keyframes lost when copying to After Effects 1 vote

Reconnect full-resolution media hangs on locating media 1 vote

Some footage imports with 1.778 pixel aspect after 26.2 1 vote

Object mask tool freezes the Mac after starting analysis 1 vote

HEVC media reports missing codec in 26.3 1 vote

Export button and home tabs stop responding in 26.3 1 vote

Crash importing media on macOS 27 developer beta 3 1 vote

OBS multitrack audio imports with one-frame track offsets 1 vote

Certain Khmer words make caption text disappear 1 vote

DJI 10-bit HEVC freezes on first frame in timeline and export 1 vote

Credit roll animation freezes in exported video 1 vote

Saved text styles drop extra stroke layers 1 vote

Legacy MOGRTs render wrong on macOS in v26 1 vote

UXP color parameter writes corrupt the blue channel 1 vote

Slow relink and HEVC errors persist in 26.3.2 1 vote

Scene edit detection fails until Premiere restarts 1 vote

Transcript import UXP action reports success but commits nothing 1 vote

Effect Controls scrollbar stays visible after long panels 1 vote

Memory use balloons when rendering large TIFF sequences 1 vote

Auto captions hang on creating captions for hours 1 vote

Sequences stop playing until app or system restart 1 vote

Floating project panels jump into main window on workspace switch 1 vote

Copied effects paste in reversed stack order in 26.5 1 vote

Attached R3D proxies show gamma shift versus master clip 1 vote

Team Projects list empty while Creative Cloud shows projects 1 vote

Open Project dialog missing .prproj filter on Windows 1 vote

New sequence from clip breaks join through edits on audio 1 vote

High RAM use and hangs with Sony FX30 HEVC 10-bit footage 1 vote

Playback slows over time on large HEVC timelines 1 vote

Hardware decode stalls on mislabeled ProRes proxy plus 4444 1 vote

Text and graphics color picker accepts invalid RGB values 1 vote

HE-AAC M4A clips break playback and hang on project close 1 vote

Trim cursor stays stuck after Command-dragging an edit point 1 vote

Multicam previews go black in some timeline sections 1 vote

Hangs and media pending with OBS MKV after 26.5 upgrade 1 vote

Premiere freezes when importing or reopening large media 1 vote

English speech-to-text repeats words instead of dialogue 1 vote

Team project sync stuck after bulk download timeout 1 vote

Import fails for Sony FX3 XAVC HS with four audio channels 1 vote

Scaled clips show squash glitch in playback and export 1 vote

Save clears read-only flag on Synology template 1 vote

Cannot transmit full-screen program view to primary monitor 1 vote

Project corrupt after save once read-only write was denied 1 vote

Clip timecodes randomly show audio time units 1 vote

One emoji invisible in Program Monitor 1 vote

Object mask stops working until restart as GPU memory rises 1 vote

Home Recent list drops clicks with tiny pointer movement 1 vote

Nested text anchor point wrong at quarter preview resolution

Source sequence playheads gang when ganging is off

Export uses proxy quality and batch proxy relink fails

Source monitor extract ignores in and out points

Motion Tween zoom-out transition shows black bars

Warp Stabilizer inserts black frames at clip joins