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Premiere 26.0 · Known bug

Scrubbing becomes unusably slow on long proxy timelines

Not marked fixed as of Premiere 27.0.0. The bug was reported for Premiere 26.0.2. Adobe tracks it (status: Acknowledged). It happens on Windows only. There is a workaround.

Status
Not fixedAdobe: Acknowledged
Severity
Major
Affects
Specific feature
System
Windows only

Workaround

Close and reopen the project to reset session state; scrubbing works again until lag returns after more editing.

Timeline

  1. Apr 1, 2026Reported on Premiere 26.0.2
  2. Nov 10, 2026Not marked fixed as of Premiere 27.0.0Adobe: Acknowledged

The report

5 votes · 3 replies

“severe lag scrubbing premiere 26”

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