Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
When reporting a bug, please provide a detailed description with the following:
- Details of your operating system
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
- The steps you were taking when you experienced the issues
- Your expected result and the actual result
- Upload your Illustrator file or a video (screen recording or gif, this helps us most to reproduce the issue and resolve it)
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Illustrator CC 2018 (Mac) Crashes Affects ALL CC Programs
illustrator CC2018 crashes about every third or fourth time I "Save AS" an EPS. Freezes immediately AND freezes any open CC programs. Have to Force Quit all to restart each. This is getting old, fast.
2 votesPlease get in touch with us at sharewithai@adobe.com or any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Please give a reference to this post so that we can identify you.
Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.Warm Regards,
Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator -
JPG export to RGB keeps coming up with an error
In CC 2017 when I try and export a file to a RBG JPG file an error keeps coming up saying that the file cannot be written due to an error.
This has been happening for a while now.
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Export Text of Keyboard Shortcuts Crashes Illustrator
After hitting the Export Text... button in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialogue, Illustrator always crashes. Additionally it exports an empty text file.
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Placing images file then locking layers
21.1.0 64bit
Bug Report
I can always replicate this. Here's how.
create a new document
go to file-place and select multiple image files
before clicking to place images, create new layer and lock all other layers
Click anywhere and it will place your image on a locked layer in the corner of the art board instead of on your new layer in the location of your click.
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Failed SVG 1.1 Import/Export in Illustrator CC 21.1.0 (Win)
Isolate Blending sets to default mode on all fonts when importing SVG-files to Illustrator and cause ”bitmap fonts” on printed paper in web browsers for Windows with embedded fonts from exported PDF-files from Illustrator.
Transform lines ignored in SVG-Import in Illustrator from scaled Graphic/Movie Clip from Animate CC 16.5.1.104 (Win).
<g transform="matrix( 0.25, 0, 0, 0.25, 0, 0) "></g>Tracking text failed and ignored in SVG-Import and Export in Illustrator (SVG-Export from Animate).
<text letter-spacing=”0.1”</text>
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Illustrator shows paths with extremely many points incorrect, without showing a warning to user
Sometimes EPS files I want to open in Illustrator contain paths with many many points. When opening in Illustrator no warning is shown, but polygons are not shown correctly as the fill color is disappeared (and the polygon path seems to be broken/not closed anymore). Is the limit 32.000 points? If so: please enlarge this amount OR show a warning when opening a file: now users cannot trust your Illustrator here.
Example file:2 votes -
2 votes
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The vertical text get reversed in an exported PDF
July 2025 PDF export worked now when I export a PDF if a number is vertical it won't read it correctly for ex. 42 will read it as 24 it only happens with vertical text numbers
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AI2025 v29.7.1 bug: SVG 1.1 is not accurately rendering
AI2025 v29.7.1 bug: SVG 1.1 is not accurately rendering vector files. Even upping the decimal places, it's downsampling vectors and oversimplifying more detailed curves. Reverting to SVG 1.0 works fine. Please fix this!
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Hyperlink not working 29.6.1
Hyperlinks not working when exporting PDF in 29.6.1. Installed 29.5.1 and hyperlinks worked.
1 voteAlejandro, please share a test file that has hyperlinks set up in it, the PDF export settings used, and the resulting PDF you get, so the team can review it.
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Illustrator sometimes stops responding when trying to "save as ..." a recovered file
Illustrator stops responding when trying to "save as ..." a recovered file, afterwards one of two things happens. Either the application freezes and can only be shut with task manager, or a text box appears saying the printer driver is not compatible and opens the print menu settings
- Open illustrator, and textbox appears: "Illustrator just recovered from a crash" etc.
- press "ok" to open the document
- Document seems to function normally
- "Save as" (via file or via keyboard shortcut), destination is local on the computer
- Regardless whether it is renamed or not, press "save"
From here I have had a…
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Illustrator crashed, the file was not recovered
******* buggg thingy
I was working on a file for more than 4 hours and suddenly my adobe crashed and all of my works were gone like a joke. It got relaunched and I couldn’t find my works it’s vanished.1 vote -
Save/Export Dialog Fails on macOS 26 Beta — System UI Freezes After Error
Operating System:
macOS 26 Beta (Tahoe), latest developer beta as of July 2025
Mac model: MacBook Pro M2 (2022)Adobe Illustrator Version:
Latest available via Creative Cloud as of July 3, 2025 (v28.x.x)Steps to Reproduce the Issue:
Open Adobe Illustrator.
Create or open any file.
Go to File > Save As or File > Export.
The system attempts to open the save dialog but fails.
The following error appears:
“The save file operation failed. The save file operation failed to connect to the open and save panel service.”After that, core macOS interface components freeze, including:
Finder
The menu…
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Import DXF looses Layers
When importing a .dxf file in Ai it looses layers.
When opening regularly layers are showing, but as the DXF is huge, larger than default max artboard, I have to create a new file with large artboard, and next import my file. But in that case all the entities come on the same layer.
And in the regular opening DXF box the option Scale file to the Artboard should better be "scale the artboard" to file...
Many Thanks
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Open or place PSD file does not keep any editable layers
I am trying to open a file that I created in PSD that has three layers plus some adjustment layers. Two of these layers are text. Regardless of if I open or place them Illustrator, the file comes in as a single bitmap layer. Open does ask me if I want to keep the layers and text, but it does not work. Place doesn't ask; it just places the image.
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I have no idea what's going on when I try to save an image as Adobe PDF
The app does not respond whenever I try to save my work under “Adobe PDF”. This has caused me to lose some of my works. I tried reentering Illustrator multiple times and yet it still happens.
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Illustrator Fails to Save as PDF or .AI After macOS Sequoia 15.4.1 Update — Skips Artboards, Crashes, and GPU View Greyed Out
After updating to macOS Sequoia 15.4.1, Adobe Illustrator 29.5 (2025) is experiencing critical issues. When attempting to save as a PDF, it skips artboards, takes an unusually long time to load, and often crashes or shows an “unable to save” error. Saving a copy in .ai format also fails, regardless of location or file setup. Additionally, the “View Using GPU” option is inexplicably greyed out on some files, despite running on compatible hardware. These bugs are severely disrupting workflow and need urgent resolution.
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L'Importation ne fonctionne pas correctement depuis la mise a jour a illustrator 2025
Bonjour, Depuis le passage a illustrator 29.5 la fonctionne d'importation depuis le menu Fichier ne fonctionne pas correctement : un grand cadre apparait apres validation de l'importation mais l'objet importé n'apparait pas !!!
Seule solution : faire un drag and drop depuis l'explorateur !! Une catastrophe !
Merci de la résolution rapide de ce problème critique.
Ma version de windows : Windows 10 Professionnel 22H2 64 bits
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Collecting for Export marks document as edited
Select 'Export as Resource' and the document will become 'Edited'
Illustrator 29.0.11 vote -
PDFs make AI crash
I use PDFs for proofs to send to clients. They tend to make AI crash more than any other issue I have.
1 vote
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