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1. MAJOR ISSUE: The new update does not let you decouple horizontal and vertical sizes!!

   The new update does not let you decouple horizontal and vertical sizes. I've unlocked them and toggled every possible option. Ex: I have a 3x5 shape, and want to make it 4x5. It will ONLY make it 4x6.7516 in. HUGE ISSUE.

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   Completed (Comments Open)  ·  AdminAkshaya Saxena (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

   We have fixed this issue in our latest release - 30.7

   
   

   Please update to latest version from your creative cloud application and share your observation.

2. PPI info and Color mode in the Control panel are hidden behind a clickable “i”

   As reported in the Illustrator forum, the image resolution info normally displayed in the Control panel is now hidden behind a clickable "i".
   https://community.adobe.com/questions-652/why-is-the-ppi-preview-in-essentials-classic-now-a-clickable-i-instead-of-just-showing-automatically-1641814?tid=1641814&postid=7757530#post7757530

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   Resolved (Comments Open)  ·  AdminAkshaya Saxena (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

   All - we have reverted this change in our latest release - v30.8.2. Please update to latest version.

3. Turntable tooltips don’t allow to use Transform panel

   I understand Ai want to advertise generative features more.
   But putting the Turntable button (a 'speculative gambling machine') into the Transform panel (a dedicated panel about coordinates, sizes, 'parametric parameters' (sorry for the pun)) — is not OK.
   The tooltip bubbles up occasionally and covers the panel. It won’t get hidden with 'Disable Rich Tooltips' option being disabled, while BEING one.

   There are plenty of other places.
   A generative menu, Control (where we can disable in with customizing a panel), in Properties’ Quick Actions (that we can keep below the line... why not customize? — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/31999108), or CTB (why there’s no customization here also? — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/49235456)...

   Thanks to Seiji Miyazawa (here: https://x.com/onthehead/status/2043652813054783936) for noticing this.

   I understand Ai want to advertise generative features more.
   But putting the Turntable button (a 'speculative gambling machine') into the Transform panel (a dedicated panel about coordinates, sizes, 'parametric parameters' (sorry for the pun)) — is not OK.
   The tooltip bubbles up occasionally and covers the panel. It won’t get hidden with 'Disable Rich Tooltips' option being disabled, while BEING one.

   There are plenty of other places.
   A generative menu, Control (where we can disable in with customizing a panel), in Properties’ Quick Actions (that we can keep below the line... why not customize? — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/31999108), or CTB (why… more

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   Started (Available in Beta)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

   The team believes it’s fixed in the latest 30.8.0.72.

   I believe the button is still in the panel (sadly), but the behavior is less insane. Kindly check it.

4. Image Tracing accuracy decreased in version 2025

   The accuracy of image tracing has decreased in version 2025. Even if I change the settings to fine, it is converted to a coarse path, and I cannot express the details like in previous versions. Please improve it as soon as possible.
   A similar problem happened with the Pencil: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/48978824

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5. Drop shadow of characters out of sync in Japanese

   An ancient bug (since CS3) with the drop shadows applied to specific type objects using Japanese (often with quotation marks) become too much spaced. There are workarounds with the Outline Objects effect injected, but this should just work from the box.

   Sources:
   https://www.dtp-transit.jp/adobe/illustrator/post_1637.html
   https://www.ddc.co.jp/dtp/archives/20130124/180000.html
   https://n-yuji.hatenablog.jp/entries/2009/01/30
   https://x.com/shibuyamiam/status/2112666907812012321?s=20
   ...many of these

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6. The ExtendScript debugger cannot be attached. Please fix the previous version as well

   Please refer to the link for the symptoms.

   Previous thread
   Illustrator 30.8: ExtendScript debugger cannot attach — ESTK endpoint never responds

   https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/51665947-illustrator-30-8-extendscript-debugger-cannot-att

   This matter was completed with "Fixed in Beta Build 31.0.0.29".
   The current version has passed without being modified.

   I'm in a lot of trouble with this.
   In addition to the latest version, I have to continue to use the old version at the same time for my DTP work.
   Please also correct 29.8.11 and 30.8.2.

   <にほんご>
   ExtendScript デバッガがアタッチできません。従来バージョンも直してください

   症状についてはリンク先を参照してください。
   この件は「Beta Build 31.0.0.29 で修正されました」で完了されてしまいました。
   現行バージョンは修正されないまま過ぎ去ってしまいました。

   これでは、私はとても困ります。
   私のDTP仕事は最新バージョンのほか、旧バージョンも同時に使い続けなければならないのです。
   29.8.11 と 30.8.2 も修正してください。

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7. Illustrator 30.7 Bug – First Color in Recolor Artwork “Current Colors” Incorrectly Appears Gray

   After updating Adobe Illustrator to version 30.7, I am experiencing an issue with the Recolor Artwork feature. The first/original color in the Recolor Artwork panel is being displayed as gray, even though the actual artwork color is green.

   Before the update, the color was correctly recognized and displayed as green. This issue appears to have started after installing the latest Illustrator update.

   Expected behavior: The original color should be correctly recognized and displayed as green in the Recolor Artwork panel.

   Actual behavior: The first/current color is incorrectly displayed as gray, which affects the recoloring process and makes it difficult to work with the correct original color.

   I have attached screenshots showing the issue. Please investigate this as a possible bug introduced in Illustrator 30.7.

   After updating Adobe Illustrator to version 30.7, I am experiencing an issue with the Recolor Artwork feature. The first/original color in the Recolor Artwork panel is being displayed as gray, even though the actual artwork color is green.

   Before the update, the color was correctly recognized and displayed as green. This issue appears to have started after installing the latest Illustrator update.

   Expected behavior: The original color should be correctly recognized and displayed as green in the Recolor Artwork panel.

   Actual behavior: The first/current color is incorrectly displayed as gray, which affects the recoloring process and makes it difficult to… more

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8. Transform tools (Scale, Envelope Distort) apply & perform the last transform when using dialog with no option to undo

   Having a persistent problem, only solved by restarting Illustrator once it happens. No ideas on what triggers the problem.

   When I open the Scale tool dialog on a selected object, the previous scale values are immediately applied and executed. Canceling the dialog does not undo the transform.

   Changing the scale values in the dialog operates on the object, but at the new size.

   In other words, opening the Scale dialog immediately scales the object with the last used setting, and then applies the new scale values to the already transformed object.

   This has also happened with the Envelope Distort tool.

   Mac OS 14.8, Mac Studio M1 Ultra, latest Illustrator.

   Having a persistent problem, only solved by restarting Illustrator once it happens. No ideas on what triggers the problem.

   When I open the Scale tool dialog on a selected object, the previous scale values are immediately applied and executed. Canceling the dialog does not undo the transform.

   Changing the scale values in the dialog operates on the object, but at the new size.

   In other words, opening the Scale dialog immediately scales the object with the last used setting, and then applies the new scale values to the already transformed object.

   This has also happened with the Envelope Distort tool.

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9. Recolor not working with Color Books

   1. Windows 11 Pro 25H2
   2. Adobe Illustrator Desktop v30.7
   3. Steps: Select artwork to be recolored>in the recolor advanced options diaglogue panel select the color book (doesn't appear to matter which one)>results are that some or all of the "new" colors are 50%black.
      
   4. Until yesterday when I updated Illustrator to the most recent version, recoloring cmyk or rgb colors to a specific color book, specifically my old pantone+ solid coated color book as that's what I use for work, returned the expected pantone+ solid coated equivelant colors consistently. Help please!

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   Completed (Comments Open)  ·  AdminAkshaya Saxena (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

   We have rolled out version 30.8 which contains the fix for this issue.

10. Color settings become unsynchronized when any image gets placed in document

    After the 30.2.1 update, (mac os 26.3.1, Win 11) I noticed a very strange and annoying behavior in Illustrator. It's about Color Settings. I use "Europe General Purpose 3" and I apply it via Bridge to all apps, i.e. Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator. Everything works and when I look in those apps color settings — I see "synchronized" everywhere. However, if I place any image in Illustrator — "synchronized" immediately changes to "unsynchronised". Even if I change to "Europe General Purpose 3" in the settings dropdown (in Illustrator) again and save the Ai document - when it opens, I see "unsynchronised" again in the Color Settings panel. I haven't seen such nonsense since 2006 when I started working with Illustrator. I believe this is just a bug and it will be fixed in the next version. Does anyone else have this situation?

    After the 30.2.1 update, (mac os 26.3.1, Win 11) I noticed a very strange and annoying behavior in Illustrator. It's about Color Settings. I use "Europe General Purpose 3" and I apply it via Bridge to all apps, i.e. Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator. Everything works and when I look in those apps color settings — I see "synchronized" everywhere. However, if I place any image in Illustrator — "synchronized" immediately changes to "unsynchronised". Even if I change to "Europe General Purpose 3" in the settings dropdown (in Illustrator) again and save the Ai document - when it opens, I see… more

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    Completed (Comments Open)  ·  AdminAkshaya Saxena (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    We have a new version available for Illustrator - v30.8 which solved this issue. Please update to latest version.

11. 編集モードでグループ外のテキストオブジェクトにスポイトツールを重ねるとオブジェクトがアウトラインで複製されてしまう

    確認したバージョン：
    Illustrator 30.1.0
    macOS, Windowsどちらも再現を確認できました。
    Illustrator29.8.4 では再現しませんでした。

    再現手順：
    a. テキストオブジェクトを作成
    b. もうひとつのテキストオブジェクトを作成
    c. 何かパスアイテムを作成
    d. b とc をグループ
    e. d をダブルクリックしてグループ編集モードに入る
    f. スポイトツールに持ち替えて、shiftキーを押しながら a のテキストオブジェクトにマウスカーソルを重ねる
    g. a のテキストオブジェクトのアウトライン化されたものが複製されている

    求められる結果：
    何も起こらないこと

    関連記事：
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0-discussions/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9D%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%84%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%81%A7%E3%83%86%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%81%8C%E8%A4%87%E8%A3%BD%E3%81%95%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B/td-p/15672267?profile.language=ja

    検証作業の動画を添付します。

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    stack eyedropper tool whth shiftkey on an out-of-group text object in Group editing mode, the object will be duplicated in the outline

    Confirmed version:
    Illustrator 30.1.0
    macOS, Wind Both ows were able to confirm the reproduction.
    It was not reproduced in Illustrator 29.8.4.

    Reproduction procedure:
    a. Create a text object
    b. Create another text object
    c. Create something path item
    d. make group with "b" and "c"
    e. double-click "d" and enter the group editing mode
    f. Replace it with a dropper tool and press the shift key while holding down the shift key and superimposing the mouse cursor on the text object of "a".
    The outlined text object of a is duplicated.

    The desired result :
    Nothing happens.

    I will attach a video of the verification work.

    確認したバージョン：
    Illustrator 30.1.0
    macOS, Windowsどちらも再現を確認できました。
    Illustrator29.8.4 では再現しませんでした。

    再現手順：
    a. テキストオブジェクトを作成
    b. もうひとつのテキストオブジェクトを作成
    c. 何かパスアイテムを作成
    d. b とc をグループ
    e. d をダブルクリックしてグループ編集モードに入る
    f. スポイトツールに持ち替えて、shiftキーを押しながら a のテキストオブジェクトにマウスカーソルを重ねる
    g. a のテキストオブジェクトのアウトライン化されたものが複製されている

    求められる結果：
    何も起こらないこと

    関連記事：
    https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0-discussions/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9D%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%84%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%81%A7%E3%83%86%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%81%8C%E8%A4%87%E8%A3%BD%E3%81%95%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B/td-p/15672267?profile.language=ja

    検証作業の動画を添付します。

    <Translation>
    stack eyedropper tool whth shiftkey on an out-of-group text object in Group editing mode, the object will be duplicated in the outline

    Confirmed version:
    Illustrator 30.1.0
    macOS, Wind Both ows were able to confirm the reproduction.
    It was not reproduced in Illustrator 29.8.4.

    Reproduction procedure:
    a. Create a text object
    b. Create another text object
    c. Create something path item
    d. make group with "b" and… more

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    Resolved (Comments Open)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    最新の30.3一般リリースで修正されたとのことです。アップデート後、ご確認いただき、問題がまだ発生する場合はご報告ください。

    Claimed to be fixed in the latest 30.3 general release. Please update, check, and comment back if it still happens.

12. アートボードパネルで選択を外したアートボードがアクティブになる

    macOS14.7.2
    Illustrator ver.30.3

    アートボードパネルで選択状態からクリックして選択を外すとアクティブなアートボードになる。選択を外す操作の場合は該当アートボードをアクティブにするべきではない。　

    再現手順
    1.新規ドキュメントを開きアートボードを２つ追加する。この状態では３つ目のアートボードがアクティブになる。
    2.アートボードパネル上でShiftキーを押しながら２つ目、１つ目のアートボードを順番に選択する。ここまでで、アクティブなアートボードは１つ目になる。
    3.アートボードパネル上では３つのアートボードが選択された状態となっている。
    4.Commandキーを押しながら２つ目のアートボードをクリックする。アートボードパネル上では２つ目のアートボードの選択が解除されるが、クリックされた２つ目のアートボードがアクティブになる。
    アートボードパネル上では１つ目と３つ目が選択された状態であるが、２つ目のアートボードがアクティブになることで、実質的には３つのアートボードが全て選択された状態になる。
    この状態で前面へペーストを行うと全てのアートボードにペーストされる。

    期待する結果
    アートボードパネルで選択を外したアートボードをアクティブにしない。

    実際の結果
    アートボードパネルで選択を外したにも関わらず、アクティブなアートボードになることで、実質的には選択を外した状態とはならない。

    EN
    When you click a selected item in the Artboards panel to deselect it, that artboard becomes active. Deselecting an item should not make that artboard active.　

    Steps to reproduce
    1. Open a new document and add two artboards. In this state, the third artboard becomes active.
    2. In the Artboards panel, hold down the Shift key and select the second and first artboards in that order. Now, the first artboard becomes active and In the Artboards panel, all three artboards are selected.
    3. Click the second artboard while holding down the Command key.
    4. In the Artboards panel, the second artboard is deselected, but the second artboard that was clicked becomes active.
    Although the first and third artboards remain selected in the Artboards panel, because the second artboard becomes active, it effectively results in all three artboards being selected. If you paste to front in this state, the content is pasted onto all artboards.

    Expected Result
    Do not make the artboard that was deselected in the Artboards panel active.

    Actual Result
    Even a click to deselect will still make that artboard active.

    macOS14.7.2
    Illustrator ver.30.3

    アートボードパネルで選択状態からクリックして選択を外すとアクティブなアートボードになる。選択を外す操作の場合は該当アートボードをアクティブにするべきではない。　

    再現手順
    1.新規ドキュメントを開きアートボードを２つ追加する。この状態では３つ目のアートボードがアクティブになる。
    2.アートボードパネル上でShiftキーを押しながら２つ目、１つ目のアートボードを順番に選択する。ここまでで、アクティブなアートボードは１つ目になる。
    3.アートボードパネル上では３つのアートボードが選択された状態となっている。
    4.Commandキーを押しながら２つ目のアートボードをクリックする。アートボードパネル上では２つ目のアートボードの選択が解除されるが、クリックされた２つ目のアートボードがアクティブになる。
    アートボードパネル上では１つ目と３つ目が選択された状態であるが、２つ目のアートボードがアクティブになることで、実質的には３つのアートボードが全て選択された状態になる。
    この状態で前面へペーストを行うと全てのアートボードにペーストされる。

    期待する結果
    アートボードパネルで選択を外したアートボードをアクティブにしない。

    実際の結果
    アートボードパネルで選択を外したにも関わらず、アクティブなアートボードになることで、実質的には選択を外した状態とはならない。

    EN
    When you click a selected item in the Artboards panel to deselect it, that artboard becomes active. Deselecting an item should not make that artboard active.　

    Steps to reproduce
    1. Open a new document and add two artboards. In this state, the third artboard becomes active.
    2. In the Artboards panel, hold down the Shift key and select the second and first artboards in that order. Now, the first artboard becomes active and In the Artboards panel, all three artboards are selected.
    3. Click… more

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    Done (Available in Beta)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

    Expected to be fixed in the latest Beta Build 30.5.0.64, now availibale in CCD.

    Please try to update and see if this is really fixed.

13. Can’t change a gradient stop from swatches

    There is a bug that stops you from changing the colour in a gradient stop from your swatches. The only way to get around it is to use the eye dropper tool. This is a must fix and has been missed on multiple updates recently!

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14. Illustrator 30.8: ExtendScript debugger cannot attach — ESTK endpoint never responds

    Summary

    In Illustrator 30.8.0, the Adobe ExtendScript Debugger extension for VS Code (v2.1.0) can no longer attach to or launch scripts. Rolling back to 30.7.0 fixes it completely, with no other change to VS Code, the extension, or the launch configuration — so this is a regression introduced between 30.7 and 30.8.

    The failure is narrow and specific: in 30.8, Illustrator's ExtendScript debug (#estk) channel accepts the debugger's <connect/> handshake but never sends any response. The message is delivered successfully — the core library returns status: 0 with a valid serial number — and then nothing comes back, indefinitely.

    In 30.7 the identical request returns the engine list in ~600ms.

    Everything else about Illustrator scripting is healthy in 30.8:

    • Scripts run normally from File > Scripts and via AppleScript do javascript.
    • Illustrator answers ordinary BridgeTalk messages in well under a second.
    • ScriptingSupport.aip is loaded, and the debug API is still present in the binary.

    Only the debugger's channel is dead.

    Regression Range

    Illustrator version Debugger attaches?
    30.7.0 Yes — engine list returned in ~604ms
    30.8.0 No — no response, indefinitely

    Environment

    Illustrator (broken): 30.8.0
    Illustrator (last known good): 30.7.0
    InDesign (control, works): 21.5.1.73
    macOS: 26.6.2 (build 25G83)
    Hardware: Apple M1 (arm64)
    VS Code: 1.135.0 (arm64)
    ExtendScript Debugger extension: 2.1.0
    ExtendScript engine (both apps): $.version 4.5.6, $.build 80.1060872
    BridgeTalk specifier: illustrator-30.064 (unchanged across 30.x)

    Steps to Reproduce

    1. On macOS with Illustrator 30.8 installed, launch Illustrator.
    2. In VS Code, install the Adobe ExtendScript Debugger extension (v2.1.0).
    3. Use this launch configuration — the exact configuration that works correctly under 30.7:

       {
           "type": "extendscript-debug",
           "request": "attach",
           "name": "Attach--transient",
           "hostAppSpecifier": "illustrator",
           "engineName": "transient"
       }
    

    1. Start the debug session..

    Also reproduces with:

    • "request": "launch" instead of "attach".
    • hostAppSpecifier omitted entirely (choosing Illustrator from the extension's host-application picker).
    • An explicit "hostAppSpecifier": "illustrator-30.064".
    • A freshly generated, otherwise-default launch.json.

    Expected Result

    The debugger attaches and Illustrator returns its engine list, as it does under 30.7:

    <engines engine=""><engine name="main" state="active"/><engine name="transient" state="active"/></engines>
    

    Actual Result

    Under 30.8 the debug session never establishes. Illustrator sends no response of any kind to the <connect/> request. The request does not error — it simply never completes.

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    Evidence

    All probes below were run through the extension's own native core (esdebugger-core/mac/esdcorelibinterface.node, from ExtendScript Debugger 2.1.0), loaded into VS Code's Electron runtime and driven with the same esdSendDebugMessage / esdPumpSession calls the extension itself makes. This removes VS Code, launch configurations, and the extension UI from the picture entirely.

    1. The <connect/> handshake — 30.7 vs 30.8

    Illustrator 30.7 — works:

    === connect illustrator-30.064 ===
    send -> {"status":0,"serialNumber":10}
      [605ms] {"target":"vscesd_45522-2.0#dbg",
               "sender":"illustrator-30.064#estk",
               "type":"ExtendScript",
               "body":"<engines engine=\"\">
                         <engine name=\"main\" state=\"active\"/>
                         <engine name=\"transient\" state=\"active\"/>
                       </engines>",
               "serialNumber":10,"resultSerial":3}
    

    Illustrator 30.8 — no response:

    === connect illustrator-30.064 ===
    send -> {"status":0,"serialNumber":2}
      NO RESPONSE after 15093ms
    

    Identical machine, identical VS Code, identical extension build, identical call. The only variable is the Illustrator version.

    2. InDesign as a same-machine control

    InDesign, probed in the same session while Illustrator 30.8 was failing, responds immediately:

    === connect indesign-21.064 ===
    send -> {"status":0,"serialNumber":1}
      [759ms] {"sender":"indesign-21.064#estk",
               "body":"<engines engine=\"\">
                         <engine name=\"main\" state=\"active\"/>
                         <engine name=\"ConvertURLToHyperlinks\" state=\"active\"/>
                         <engine name=\"ConvertFootnoteToEndnote\" state=\"active\"/>
                       </engines>", …}
    

    So the debugger core, the native module, and the host-side protocol all work on this machine — just not with Illustrator 30.8.

    3. Application discovery is not the problem

    Under both 30.7 and 30.8 the core reports Illustrator as installed and running, under the same specifier:

    installedSpecifiers: {"status":0,"specifiers":[
        "illustrator-30.064","indesign-21.064","bridge-16.064",
        "aftereffects-26.0","audition-26.0","photoshop-200.064"]}
    
    illustrator-30.064 installed: {"status":0,"isInstalled":true}
    illustrator-30.064 running:   {"status":0,"isRunning":true}
    

    BridgeTalk.appSpecifier, queried from inside Illustrator, returns illustrator-30.064 in both versions. The specifier does not change across the 30.x line.

    4. Illustrator's ordinary BridgeTalk messaging is fine in 30.8

    A full BridgeTalk round-trip sent from InDesign to Illustrator 30.8 succeeds normally:

    illustrator-30.064 [916ms] -> OK: illustrator-30.064
    illustrator-30.064 [842ms] -> OK: main|30.8.0|4.5.6
    

    Illustrator is reachable and responsive on the normal messaging channel. Only the debug channel is silent. (Round-trip latency rises to 8–18s when Illustrator is backgrounded, which appears to be ordinary background throttling and is not the cause — the debug channel returns nothing even with Illustrator frontmost.)

    5. The ExtendScript engine is identical to InDesign's

                                     Illustrator 30.8             InDesign 21.5.1
    

    $.version 4.5.6 4.5.6
    $.build 80.1060872 80.1060872
    $.engineName main main

    Not an engine-version mismatch between app and debugger.

    6. The debug API is still present in Illustrator 30.8's binary

    AdobeExtendScript.framework inside Illustrator 30.8 still exports the full debug surface — ScScript::DebugAPI::command, setBreakpoints, getStackTrace, getContextInfo, debugBreak, enterDebugMode / leaveDebugMode, and others. Illustrator exports more debug symbols than InDesign (60 vs 35).

    ScriptingSupport.aip is present and confirmed loaded into the running process:

    /Applications/Adobe Illustrator 2026/Adobe Illustrator.app/Contents/
        Required/Plug-ins/Extensions/ScriptingSupport.aip/Contents/MacOS/ScriptingSupport
    

    The capability is compiled in and loaded; it simply does not answer.

    7. Not a "no active engine" condition

    The handshake was repeated while a script was actively executing inside Illustrator 30.8 (a 25-second $.sleep), in case the debug endpoint only materialises alongside a live engine:

    send -> {"status":0,"serialNumber":1}
      NO RESPONSE while script running (20076ms)
    

    Still silent.

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    Impact

    In 30.8, ExtendScript debugging is completely unavailable — no breakpoints, no stepping, no variable inspection, no watch expressions. For anyone maintaining non-trivial Illustrator scripts this removes the only real debugging tool, leaving $.writeln logging and alert-based tracing as the only options.

    The Adobe ExtendScript Debugger is the officially supported successor to the ExtendScript Toolkit, so there is no alternative debugger to fall back on.

    Workaround

    Roll back to Illustrator 30.7 (Creative Cloud → Other Versions).

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    AI notice: the troubleshooting and research was heavily facilitated by Claude Code Opus 5.

    Summary

    In Illustrator 30.8.0, the Adobe ExtendScript Debugger extension for VS Code (v2.1.0) can no longer attach to or launch scripts. Rolling back to 30.7.0 fixes it completely, with no other change to VS Code, the extension, or the launch configuration — so this is a regression introduced between 30.7 and 30.8.

    The failure is narrow and specific: in 30.8, Illustrator's ExtendScript debug (#estk) channel accepts the debugger's <connect/> handshake but never sends any response. The message is delivered successfully — the core library returns status: 0 with a valid serial number — and then nothing… more

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    Expected to be fixed in the lates Beta Build 31.0.0.29 — please verify

15. Artboards & Content are displaced after saving and opening a file

    After saving & opening a file with multiple art boards, many of the artboards and/or their content is shifted around the canvas. I already tried all kinds things, even creating a new file and copying everything over. The bug happens again and again – and it's unpredictable, sometimes it's just one element, sometimes it's half of all the content.

    Working with Version 29.8.1, the file is in large format mode, Mac OS 25 (latest). Not saving on a cloud synced folder.

    When saving the same file into Adobe Cloud, the bug doesn't seem to occur... at least for the last few times I tried. But actually I don't want to save them there.

    Also, when saving onto hard drive, sometimes a dialog appears that the file was changed outside of Illustrator (which is not true).

    See attached file (blurred): the grey boxes on top come from the artboard on the bottom and the red ones from the artboards below.

    After saving & opening a file with multiple art boards, many of the artboards and/or their content is shifted around the canvas. I already tried all kinds things, even creating a new file and copying everything over. The bug happens again and again – and it's unpredictable, sometimes it's just one element, sometimes it's half of all the content.

    Working with Version 29.8.1, the file is in large format mode, Mac OS 25 (latest). Not saving on a cloud synced folder.

    When saving the same file into Adobe Cloud, the bug doesn't seem to occur... at least for the last… more

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    Seems to work fine in 30.2.1

    Please comment back if it misbehaves at your side still.

16. 新機能で追加されたパターンの一つが壊れている

    30.8.1で新たに追加されたパターンライブラリについて、「イリュージョン＞錯視9」がパターンになっていません。

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17. Harmony rules selector bug

    When I open the harmony rules selector in the Color Guide, it always shows the rules for the color red even if I have selected any other color.

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    We have fixed this issue in latest release - 30.7

    
    

    Please update to latest release and try this out.

18. If an artboard has a space character at the end of its name, it won’t get exported as an SVG silently

    1. Create 2 artboards and draw something on each
    2. Rename the first to be 'OK'
    3. Rename the second, add a space character at the end of the second artboard’s name — 'Not OK '
    4. 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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19. ExtendScript gives && and || equal precedence

    The below is from u/Ales-78 on Reddit:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AdobeIllustrator/comments/1x0idoa/extendscript_gives_and_equal_precedence_confirmed/

    "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 print "true"

    Confirmed on:

    Illustrator 30.8.1, ExtendScript 4.5.6, Windows

    Illustrator CS6 16.0.0, ExtendScript 4.2.12, Windows

    Illustrator 30.8.2, macOS (confirmed by Monika Gause)

    Line for line identical across all three. Other precedences are fine, I tested ternary, arithmetic, bitwise, typeof, in and instanceof. It really is just these two operators.

    Both readings agree almost all the time. They diverge only when the first operand is truthy and the last one is falsy, which is how it can sit in a codebase for years without surfacing.

    What made it visible for me was minification. I write a || (b && c) in the source. Closure Compiler ADVANCED removes those parentheses, because in standard JavaScript they genuinely are redundant, and its output is correct JS. ExtendScript then reads it the other way round and the conditional logic silently inverts.

    So Closure is not at fault either. Two individually correct things meeting in the wrong place.

    My workaround is a post-compile pass that re-adds parentheses around any && that is a direct operand of ||, then verifies the standard JS AST has not changed.

    If you ship minified ExtendScript, this is worth checking."

    The below is from u/Ales-78 on Reddit:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AdobeIllustrator/comments/1x0idoa/extendscript_gives_and_equal_precedence_confirmed/

    "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… more

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20. Memory usage continuously increases over time in Illustrator 2026 and is not released properly (macOS M4 Max)

    Environment

    • Adobe Illustrator 2026 (Desktop)
    • Adobe Illustrator 2025 (for comparison)
    • Apple M4 Max
    • 64GB Unified Memory
    • macOS (latest)
    • GPU Performance: OFF
    • Real-time Drawing & Editing: OFF

    Workflow

    I use Illustrator as a visual reference board containing an extremely large archive of linked images (not embedded). I arrange thousands of reference images on large canvases to compare composition, color, style, motion, and visual ideas. This workflow is essential for my art direction and animation production because spatial comparison is much more efficient than browsing images individually.

    Illustrator 2026 performs significantly faster than Illustrator 2025 with this workflow, which is a great improvement.

    Issue

    I compared the same Illustrator file in both Illustrator 2025 and Illustrator 2026.

    Immediately after opening the same file:
    - Illustrator 2025 uses approximately 5.5 GB of memory.
    - Illustrator 2026 uses approximately 24.2 GB of memory.

    This higher initial memory usage seems acceptable because Illustrator 2026 performs much faster.

    However, after approximately 30 minutes of normal work on the same file, Illustrator 2026's memory usage continuously increases to approximately 77.5 GB, while swap memory reaches approximately 29 GB.

    No additional Illustrator documents were opened during this period. I simply continued working with the same file.

    In previous tests, I also observed that even after closing all documents and leaving only a new blank document open, Illustrator continued to retain a very large amount of memory. Memory was only released after quitting and restarting Illustrator.

    Illustrator 2025 is slower with the same workflow, but it does not show this continuous memory growth.

    This behavior appears to be a memory leak or cached memory that is not being released correctly.

    I attached two screenshots:
    1. Immediately after opening the same Illustrator file.
    2. Approximately 30 minutes later while working with the same file.

    Please investigate this behavior, especially for workflows involving very large linked-image reference libraries used for visual comparison in art direction, animation, concept art, and design.

    Thank you.

    Environment

    • Adobe Illustrator 2026 (Desktop)
    • Adobe Illustrator 2025 (for comparison)
    • Apple M4 Max
    • 64GB Unified Memory
    • macOS (latest)
    • GPU Performance: OFF
    • Real-time Drawing & Editing: OFF

    Workflow

    I use Illustrator as a visual reference board containing an extremely large archive of linked images (not embedded). I arrange thousands of reference images on large canvases to compare composition, color, style, motion, and visual ideas. This workflow is essential for my art direction and animation production because spatial comparison is much more efficient than browsing images individually.

    Illustrator 2026 performs significantly faster than Illustrator 2025 with this workflow, which is a great… more

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    The team has been able to reproduce the issue and are further debugging the issue, intending to push a fix soon.