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)
8356 results found
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Stroke / Fille indicator sometimes in not in sync occasionally
On Illustrator 30.5.1 (Windows 11), the fill/stroke indicator in the toolbox occasionally renders out of sync with the internal active-paint state. The indicator shows stroke brought to the front, but clicking a swatch edits the fill instead of the stroke. Pressing X two or three times forces the indicator to repaint, and afterwards the behavior is correct again.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Press X so that stroke becomes the active paint. The indicator shows stroke in front, as expected.
2. Switch tools, use the Eyedropper, create a new object, or press D.
3. Click a swatch (or pick a color…1 vote -
Some manipulations with floating dock panels breaks the preferred width behavior
Docking manipulations with panels make them loose their ability to restore preferred widths.
Please see this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcjfNzw_q2w&t=313sDo not hesitate contact me, if you will have a questions.
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AI generation does not work, says 'Slow down'
For several days now, whenever I try to create an image using the AI image generator, I receive a message saying, “Slow down,” even when it's the first image I attempt to generate that day.
Sometimes, I'm able to generate one image by switching from my Ethernet connection to Wi-Fi or by connecting to my company's VPN, but this generally only works once.
This is not an issue related to my AI credits, as I still have 3,350 out of 4,000 credits remaining.
This is particularly frustrating because, due to this issue, I have been unable to use the credits…
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テキストの色が変わってしまう
白にしていたテキストが、次ファイル開くと黒くなっていたり、その逆もあったり。最近多すぎます。
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A border around active artboard, colored as a guide
Complaint! The new highlighted border around the active artboard is extremely distracting when trying to assess a design as a whole. This was not present until a recent update. Please add an option to disable this highlight entirely, or at minimum let us customize its color and width.
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Live text isn’t visible in linked .ai files
I link to .ai files to create client proofs. This way I can edit original full size artwork and have the letter sized presentation deck auto update once linked file is saved.
Live text does not display in linked instance of .ai files. Once text is outlined in full size file is becomes visible in linked instance.
MacOS Version 14.8.7
AI version 30.8.21 vote -
Swatch window is unresponsive/acting strangely?
I'm finding since updating to Illustrator 30.8.2 (Mac OS 27.0.1) that the swatch windows are behaving strangely? For example, if I select a colour in the swatch window, two will 'highlight' or sometimes not at all, or when I select a colour as part of artwork on an artboard, the colour doesn't highlight in the swatch window?
I'm also having trouble dragging colours to reposition them within the swatch window?
Is this a known issue?
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Freezing after clicking Settings...
On the MacBook, if I click Settings... (which is the normal operation for most apps) instead of just hovering over it and picking one of the sub-categories, Illustrator freezes and I have to force stop it.
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GPUプレビューのバグ
テキストオブジェクトに「パスのオフセット」効果を適用
塗りにパターン(水彩スウォッチ)を使用
結果: 「GPUで表示」がグレーアウトし、CPUプレビューで描画が欠ける(ズームで消える)
環境: Illustrator 2026、Apple M1 Pro1 vote -
2 votes
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Fonts not "resolving"
The fonts do not resolve, get picked up and installed, or re-installed on resolve missing fonts. I have to "resolve" them several times or delete and then reinstall. The whole process takes quite awhile. I wish the fonts would not go away, although "Anton" said it was still installed on my web font profile and my CC app.
2 votes -
Temporary files created when working in Illustrator 2026
Anytime I open an Ai file now all these temp files appear... in all my years of Illustrator never seen this. Yes, they normally disappear, but why are they even showing? They get left over too if there’s a crash which I get, but why are they appearing where the AI file lives now? I’d assume this was happening in library in the past...
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Poor support for copies made with <use> syntax when importing SVGs
Adobe Illustrator has a well-known, long-standing bug when importing SVG files.
In the SVG code, to reduce file size, I originally used a syntax called
<use>(array copy) to generate the 91 vents, fan screw holes, and 36 gear teeth. However, Illustrator has very poor support for this "copy syntax," causing it to "lose" all of these elements during reading, resulting in an empty panel and bare circles.2 votes -
Errant Connection Issues Using Concept to Vector Feature
Concept to Vector consistently fails for a particular image with an apparent connection error.
The generation process runs and appears to complete normally. However, at the end of the process, Illustrator displays:
“Cannot generate results due to connection issues. Please check your internet and try again.”
I have repeated the operation several times over the past two days with the same result. My internet connection is functioning normally. I also successfully completed a previous image using Concept to Vector, so the feature has worked correctly in the same general environment.
Because the error occurs after the generation process appears to…
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Freeform gradient duplicated produces per-copy divergent PDF Type 4 shading
Adobe Illustrator Bug Report
Freeform gradient duplicated via Step and Repeat produces per-copy divergent PDF Type 4 shading data, causing RIP-dependent color mismatch between identical 1-ups
Product: Adobe Illustrator
Versions affected: 30.8.2 (Windows) and 29.8.11 (macOS) — both reproduce identically
Platforms: Windows 11 / macOS
Component: PDF export engine (Adobe PDF library 18.00), Freeform Gradient → ShadingType 4 (free-form Gouraud triangle mesh)
Severity: Major — produces inconsistent ink coverage between identical copies on the same artboard; breaks color-critical prepress output
Reproducibility: 100% deterministic across both tested versions- Summary When an object filled with a Freeform Gradient is duplicated with Object…
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10_Defective_8up_Mac_AI298_Save04.pdf 773 KB -
Adobe_Bug_Report_Freeform_Gradient_StepRepeat.txt 35 KB -
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04_Control_2up_SymbolInstances.pdf 469 KB -
03_MinimalRepro_2up_Duplicate_offset269pt.pdf 472 KB -
12_Defective_8up_Mac_AI298_Save09.pdf 686 KB -
01_Source_1up_FreeformGradient.ai 420 KB -
14_Fixed_8up_Win_by_PythonNormalizer.pdf 199 KB -
02_MinimalRepro_2up_Duplicate_offset300pt.pdf 472 KB
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Concept to Vector fails mid-process with non-actionable error message
When using Concept to Vector, the process consistently fails approximately halfway through execution.
Instead of explaining why the operation failed, Illustrator displays the following message:
"Please slow down and try again later."
The operation is then aborted.
The message does not provide enough information to understand the cause of the failure or how to resolve it. It is unclear whether the issue is related to service availability, account limitations, usage limits, network connectivity, the source image, or another factor.
As a result, the only available option is to repeatedly retry the operation without knowing whether the problem is temporary or…
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If an artboard has a space character at the end of its name, it won’t get exported as an SVG silently
- Create 2 artboards and draw something on each
- Rename the first to be 'OK'
- Rename the second, add a space character at the end of the second artboard’s name — 'Not OK '
- Export SVGs: makes sure you have 'Use Artboards' enabled Ai would generate only the 'OK.svg' only, the second file is missing. Removing the space characters makes it work.
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Radeon RX 580 not detected by Illustrator 30.8.2 on Windows 11 25H2
Radeon RX 580 not detected by Illustrator 30.8.2 on Windows 11 25H2
Description
Adobe Illustrator 30.8.2 does not detect my AMD Radeon RX 580 GPU.
Under Edit > Preferences > Performance, Illustrator displays:
“Compatible GPU: Not Available” and the GPU Performance option is unavailable.
System configuration
- Adobe Illustrator: 30.8.2
- Operating System: Windows 11 Home 25H2
- GPU: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series
- VRAM: 8 GB
- AMD Driver: Adrenalin Edition 26.5.2 WHQL
- WDDM: 3.1
- Direct3D DDI: 12
- RAM: 16 GB
- Architecture: 64-bit
Problem
Windows correctly detects the Radeon RX 580 and DirectX is…1 vote -
New guides are useless to me.
At the very least, automatically put them into their own layer where I can easily find them and then lock them if I wish. I also find your feedback system to be punitive to your customers.
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ExtendScript gives && and || equal precedence
The below is from u/Ales-78 on Reddit:
"I found this while debugging something that made no sense, and because I once reported a "bug" to Adobe that turned out to be my own syntax error, I checked it on several versions before posting.
ExtendScript evaluates && and || at the same precedence level, left to right. So a || b && c is parsed as (a || b) && c instead of the correct a || (b && c). ECMAScript requires && to bind tighter.
Two lines, no document needed:
alert(true || false && false);
// prints "false", should…
5 votes
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