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Premiere 26.3

Premiere 26.3 (the 2026 release) was released on June 17, 2026 and replaced by 27.0 on November 10, 2026. 45 issues reported for it are tracked by Adobe and not marked fixed, and 8 were marked fixed in a later update. The last build was 26.3.2. Everything on this page is what is known today, not what we said at the time.

Premiere 27.0 is the current releaseShould you update to it? See today’s verdict and its known issues.

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46 known issues reported for Premiere 26.3 are open: 35 major and 11 minor. Adobe tracks 45 of them, and 22 happen on one system only. The most serious is “Motion scale and position wrong on H.264 export” (major, common workflow, macOS only). 8 issues reported for it were fixed in a later update.

Why Premiere 26.3 got this verdict

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

MajorCommon workflowmacOS onlyAdobe: 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

MajorCommon workflowAdobe: 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

MajorCommon workflowAdobe: Acknowledged

Reported June 19, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowmacOS onlyReported on 26.3.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported June 25, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowAdobe: Acknowledged

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

Reported June 30, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowWindows onlyAdobe: Investigating

Reported July 3, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowWindows onlyAdobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowWindows onlyAdobe: Acknowledged

Reported August 6, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowReported on 26.3.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported September 4, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowAdobe: Acknowledged

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

Reported August 1, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowReported on 26.3.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported August 3, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowmacOS onlyReported on 26.3.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported September 3, 2026Details Read the report

Other known issues in Premiere 26.3

Reported for 26.3 and not marked fixed by Adobe since. They don’t change the verdict.

MinorCommon workflowAdobe: Acknowledged

Reported June 25, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureReported on 26.3.2Not tracked by Adobe yet

Reported August 12, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.3.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported July 13, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowAdobe: Acknowledged

Reported August 6, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported on 26.3.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported June 18, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureAdobe: Acknowledged

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

Reported June 30, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowAdobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 1, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.3.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 2, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported 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 onlyReported 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 featureAdobe: 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 onlyReported 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

MajorSpecific featureReported 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

MinorCommon workflowmacOS onlyAdobe: In Development

Reported June 18, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyAdobe: Investigating

Reported July 1, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyAdobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureReported on 26.3.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported July 11, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyAdobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 20, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureAdobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 21, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureReported on 26.3.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 26, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureReported on 26.3.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported July 28, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyAdobe: Acknowledged

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

Reported July 31, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlyAdobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 31, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.3.2Adobe: In Development

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

Reported August 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureReported on 26.3.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported August 14, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowReported on 26.3.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported August 17, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.3.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported September 3, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureAdobe: Investigating

Workaround: Clearing the cache temporarily restores playback performance.

Reported October 8, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureAdobe: Acknowledged

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

Reported July 20, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.3.0Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported July 25, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureReported on 26.3.2Adobe: Investigating

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

Reported August 5, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported on 26.3.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported September 4, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureAdobe: Investigating

Reported September 14, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureReported on 26.3.2Adobe: In Development

Reported October 10, 2026Details Read the report

Fixed since Premiere 26.3

Reported for 26.3 and fixed in a later update: marked fixed by Adobe, or named in its release notes.

MajorCommon workflowReported on 26.3.0Fixed in 26.5, per Adobe’s release notes

Workaround: Drag guides from the Program Monitor rulers, zoomed in for precise placement.

Reported July 1, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureReported on 26.3Fixed in 27.0, per Adobe’s release notes

Workaround: Set Program Monitor playback and paused resolution to Full while editing scaled or masked clips.

Reported July 14, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowWindows onlyReported on 26.3Marked fixed by Adobe

Workaround: In Attach Proxies choose Media Start, Relink others automatically, and attach via Media Browser.

Reported July 22, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowReported on 26.3Marked fixed September 29, 2026

Reported August 7, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.3.0Fixed in 27.0, per Adobe’s release notes

Reported July 3, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowReported on 26.3.2Fixed in 27.0, per Adobe’s release notes

Reported August 19, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowReported on 26.3.2Fixed in 26.5, per Adobe’s release notes

Workaround: Drag guides from rulers for placement.

Reported September 9, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.3.0Fixed in 27.0, per Adobe’s release notes

Workaround: Set Program Monitor playback resolution to Full while editing scaled HEVC.

Reported July 15, 2026Details Read the report

Other releases:27.0 (current)26.5 all of 2026

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

Premiere 26.3

Why Premiere 26.3 got this verdict

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

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

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

HEVC media reports missing codec in 26.3 1 vote

Export button and home tabs stop responding in 26.3 1 vote

Slow relink and HEVC errors persist in 26.3.2 1 vote

Auto captions hang on creating captions for hours 1 vote

Export uses proxy quality and batch proxy relink fails

Source monitor extract ignores in and out points

Warp Stabilizer inserts black frames at clip joins

Other known issues in Premiere 26.3

Long delay before recent projects appear on Home 5 votes

Frequent not responding when changing settings 4 votes

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

Audio peak cache regenerated for every new project import 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

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

Audio peak files regenerated every time a project reopens 1 vote

Object mask tool freezes the Mac after starting analysis 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

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

Playback slows over time on large HEVC timelines 1 vote

Nested text anchor point wrong at quarter preview resolution

Source sequence playheads gang when ganging is off

Motion Tween zoom-out transition shows black bars

Mercury Transmit monitor numbers disagree with Windows

Phone clips show black video after reopening project

Object mask extremely slow or fails after 26.5.2 update

Fixed since Premiere 26.3

Add Guide dialog always creates a vertical guide at 50 px 5 votes

Program Monitor preview scaling wrong at quarter resolution 5 votes

Batch proxy attach only links one clip at a time 5 votes

Audio media cache rebuilt for every new project in 26.3 2 votes

Cannot delete a custom bin in the Effects panel 1 vote

Program monitor double-click no longer selects linked audio 1 vote

Add Guide dialog ignores position and unit settings 1 vote

Scaled iPhone HEVC glitches at reduced program monitor resolution