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Premiere 26.5

Premiere 26.5 (the 2026 release) was released on September 10, 2026 and replaced by 27.0 on November 10, 2026. 51 issues reported for it are tracked by Adobe and not marked fixed, and 5 were marked fixed in a later update. The last build was 26.5.3. 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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51 known issues reported for Premiere 26.5 are open: 1 critical, 37 major and 13 minor. Adobe tracks all of them, and 22 happen on one system only. The most serious is “Project corrupt after save once read-only write was denied” (critical, specific feature, Windows only). 45 tracked issues from earlier releases are still not marked fixed, so they are most likely in 26.5 too. Adobe’s release notes for 26.5 list 84 fixes; 5 issues reported for it were fixed in a later update.

Why Premiere 26.5 got this verdict

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

MajorCommon workflowmacOS onlyReported 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

MajorCommon workflowAdobe: Acknowledged

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

Reported September 17, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowReported on 26.5.1Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported September 25, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowReported on 26.5.2Adobe: In Development

Reported November 3, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported November 6, 2026Details Read the report

CriticalSpecific featureWindows onlyReported 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

MajorCommon workflowReported 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

Other known issues in Premiere 26.5

Reported for 26.5 and not marked fixed by Adobe since. They don’t change the verdict.

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlyAdobe: Acknowledged

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

Reported September 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyAdobe: 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 onlyReported on 26.5.2Adobe: In Development

Reported October 17, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.5.1Adobe: In Development

Reported September 28, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureAdobe: Investigating

Reported September 25, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureAdobe: Acknowledged

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

Reported September 14, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported October 13, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureReported 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 featureReported on 26.5.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported September 15, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported 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

MajorSpecific featureReported on 26.5.1Adobe: In Development

Reported September 21, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowWindows onlyReported on 26.5.1Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported September 28, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureReported 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 featureReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported October 6, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported 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 workflowReported 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 featureReported 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 featureReported 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 featureReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported October 25, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported October 27, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported 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

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported November 4, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureReported 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

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported November 6, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported 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

MajorSpecific featureReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported November 11, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featureReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported November 11, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported November 13, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

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

Reported November 13, 2026Details Read the report

MinorSpecific featuremacOS onlyAdobe: Investigating

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

Reported September 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.5.0Adobe: Investigating

Reported September 16, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureReported on 26.5.1Adobe: Investigating

Reported September 24, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureReported 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 featureReported 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 featureAdobe: Investigating

Reported October 6, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported October 6, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported October 10, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported October 12, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlyAdobe: 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 onlyReported 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 featureReported 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 featureReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Acknowledged

Reported October 26, 2026Details Read the report

MinorCommon workflowReported 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

MajorSpecific featureReported on 26.5.2Adobe: Investigating

Reported November 3, 2026Details Read the report

Fixed since Premiere 26.5

Reported for 26.5 and fixed in a later update: marked fixed by Adobe, or named in its release notes.

MajorSpecific featureWindows onlyReported on 26.5Fixed in 26.5.2, per Adobe’s release notes

Workaround: Update to 26.5.2 or later, or transcode affected clips or use Render and Replace; clear media cache via Shift at launch if artifacts persist.

Reported September 14, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowReported on 26.5.0Fixed in 26.5.2, per Adobe’s release notes

Workaround: Enter values numerically, use sliders in Effect Controls, or adjust via the Properties panel until the patch lands.

Reported September 11, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowReported on 26.5.1Fixed in 27.0, per Adobe’s release notes

Workaround: Edit the Source clip transcript instead of the sequence transcript so focus stays in the Text panel during playback.

Reported September 28, 2026Details Read the report

MajorSpecific featuremacOS onlyReported on 26.5Fixed in 27.0, per Adobe’s release notes

Reported September 11, 2026Details Read the report

MajorCommon workflowReported on 26.5.2Marked fixed by Adobe

Workaround: Reset clip Motion scaling and use the Transform effect instead of Shrink with Fit to Frame.

Reported November 11, 2026Details Read the report

Other releases:27.0 (current)26.3 all of 2026

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

Premiere 26.5

Why Premiere 26.5 got this verdict

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

Copied effects paste in reversed stack order in 26.5 1 vote

Team Projects list empty while Creative Cloud shows projects 1 vote

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

Scaled clips show squash glitch in playback and export 1 vote

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

Content credentials signing fails on export with toggle off

Other known issues in Premiere 26.5

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

Crash adding media on macOS 27.2 beta 7 votes

Long delay after validating ingredients on AI clip export 6 votes

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

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

Sequences stop playing until app or system restart 1 vote

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

Attached R3D proxies show gamma shift versus master clip 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

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

Team project sync stuck after bulk download timeout 1 vote

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

Save clears read-only flag on Synology template 1 vote

Cannot transmit full-screen program view to primary monitor 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

Home screen ignores input for several seconds after launch

Crash opening projects when restoring workspace layout

Project Manager collect fails with error 1609498616 on some sequences

Locate search skips Google Drive favorites

Multicam angles change when inserting sequence as individual clips

Sony 50p XAVC clips slip when project opens in another version

Auto Reframe analysis causes runaway memory use until macOS kills Premiere – 26.5.2 / macOS 27.0.1 / Apple silicon

Import fails for DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Pro dual-audio MP4

Productions transcript edits lost with duplicate clips

HEVC export shows random glitches with Intel Arc decode

Varicam AVC-Intra LT MXF shows green frame corruption

Blurred still backgrounds missing from export

YouTube publish cuts multibyte titles at 100 bytes

Dock and app switcher progress bars stall during export

Audio keyframes missing on clips pasted from remixed nests

Fixed since Premiere 26.5

Green flashes on Long GOP 10-bit MXF playback and export 20 votes

Effect Controls values revert after keyboard or playback 17 votes

Spacebar playback steals focus from Text panel transcript 3 votes

PingFang Chinese fonts fail to display in titles

Export scaling wrong when output resolution changes