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
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Sizes and coordinates get distorted in SVG export
Adobe Illustrator CC on Mac OS
I composed a graphic in Illustrator to use as a SVG Sprite in CSS. To make sure all my sprites render sharply I aligned my vectors to full pixel coordinates and sizes. Unfortunately those same coordinates end up on some slightly odd positions in the source of the exported SVG.
I used the "Export as..." function with Decimals set to 2.2 votesI am closing the ticket due to lack of response.
Please get in touch with us at sharewithai@adobe.com or any of the other support channels – helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Please give a reference to this post so that we can identify you.Thanks
Anish Kumar
Illustrator Team -
Preview on "save for web"
Illustrator CC 2018
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)
macOS High Sierra 10.13.1My preview on "save for web" on 100% is not the same size of my illustrator preview ! Both are 600x250px
The preview "save for web" is smaller than reality
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Invalid Export Location
When I "Export Selection" on an artboard, the "Export for Screens" window comes up. I select the asset, and choose the export location. No matter what location I choose I get an error upon export - "Invalid Export Location".
2 votes -
PDF size is extremely large
Adobe Illustrator CC 2018 version
When I save a file as PDF or even the original Ai. format the file becomes extremely large. This started to occurred after the latest update. The file contains 2 small artboards with a little bit of text (not much) and a few small icons, its 43 MB! it should be 10 MB or less.
The same happens when saving as PDF with (Illustrator default settings) File is TOO big, even if I change the settings of the PDF, it might drop to 15 MB.
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Can´t save an open document!!
When I try to save an open document, AI say´s it can´t save as the file is open.
Well, obviously it is open, as I am working on it!
I have to rename the file. Then when I try to save the new file, same thing happens and I have to keep renaming files if I want to save my work.
Surely this is a bug.
Is this happening to anyone else??!
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Can´t save an open document
Illustrator CC v 21.1.0 (64bit)
When I am working a current, open document and I click Save in the File menu, Illustrator say´s it can´t save because the file is open. Well, obviously it is open, because I am working on it!
I have to Save As... and rename the file, (I usually add the date and time).
This is obvioulsy just a a little bug in the new update. Let me know if I can help.
I attach the message I get.
Actually... Now Illustrator has frozen! So I can´t attach the message.
2 votes -
successful save to svgz
Dear people,
I refer to the following topic
https://forums.adobe.com/message/9978412#9978412Hope you will find a real solution. So things will work in the newest versions of AI too.
Kind regards,
Suzanne2 votesWe have the fix available in the latest release. Please update Illustrator using Adobe Creative Cloud application to the latest build for version Illustrator CC 23.0.
Please refer to our knowledge base FAQ – https://illustrator.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/1844590 if you face difficulty in update.
Or get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.htmlWarm Regards,
Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator
Adobe. Make It an Experience. -
2 votes
Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . 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 -
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.
2 votes -
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.
2 votes -
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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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.
1 vote -
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.
1 vote
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