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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Intermittent bug: Properties panel causes objects to flip vertically when changing height or width
I encountered an intermittent bug in Adobe Illustrator where changing the Height (H) value of an object in the Properties panel → Transform section causes the object to unexpectedly flip vertically.
The issue appears to affect the Transform controls inside the Properties panel specifically.
The same operation performed using the standalone Transform panel (Window → Transform) works correctly.
What happened:
While working normally in Illustrator, I selected an object and changed its height using:
Properties → Transform → H
Instead of simply resizing the object vertically, Illustrator unexpectedly flipped the object vertically.
For example, an object containing text or directional…
2 votes -
オブジェクトの移動時にShiftキーやOptionキーを押した際にオブジェクトが表示されない
- Mac OS 15.6.1
- 選択ツール(V)でオブフェクトを選択し、ドラッグで移動中、Shiftキー(またはOptionキー)を押した
- 今まではオブフェクトをドラッグで移動させ始めてからShiftキー(またはOptionキー)を押せば、水平垂直および45度方向にオブジェクトが移動する様子がリアルタイムで描画されており、そうした挙動を想定していた
- バージョン30.8にアップデートした後、上記の3.とは異なる挙動となった。具体的にはオブジェクトを選択して移動させる際、オブジェクトを選択してドラッグしている最中にShift(またはOptionキー)を押すと、オブジェクトの表示位置が元の位置に戻ったまま固定されてしまう。オブジェクトを選択し、ドラッグせずにShift(またはOptionキー)を押した後にドラッグを開始すると、従来通りオブジェクトが移動していく様子が描画される。 オブジェクトの移動は最も多く使用する作業なので、大変困っています。できるだけ速く以前と同じ動作になるよう改善を求めます。
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Relink not working as expected
I am trying to use "relink," in the Links panel, to replace images that have already been placed into an Illustrator clipping mask.
When I click "relink," I am expecting to be able to place a link to an image I'm pasting or typing the name of, because I have a huge list of filenames I'm pulling from, and I don't want to have to navigate to the file in the UI.
However, when I type the filename, the "link" checkbox is grayed out. When I click "place," I would expect it to simply embed the file, but, instead, the…2 votes -
Broken Link / Gaussian Blur dialogs displayed together make Illustrator UI disabled
I’ve been experiencing this Illustrator bug for years, and it has consistently behaved the same way.
It only happens when I already have one or more Illustrator documents open and then open another file with a broken/missing linked image. If a Gaussian Blur progress window appears in front of the missing-link warning, Illustrator becomes stuck afterward: the dialogs disappear, but the canvas can no longer be interacted with and nearly all menu commands are grayed out. I can still save using cmd+s, and switch between documents, but can’t interact with anything on the canvas. Can click the toolbar too, but…
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Artboard Names changes revert if names are tabbed between.
When updating multiple artboard names via the Artboards Panel, pressing Tab advances to the next artboard name. However, if multiple artboard names are changed this way, and the changes are reflected in the panel, these changes are not reflected in the export artboards panel, and clicking in to edit any artboard name again causes them all to revert to their previous names.
Illustrator 30.7 (this has been a persistent issue since 24)
Apple Mac Studio M1 Max2 votes -
Ai comes with scale error/warning too early
When trying to scale down a big group of paths, by double clicking the scale tool to enter a numerical value, Ai starts to complain - it seems to assume that I want to scale up (maybe due to the last scale value used). Please let the function wait for user input, before complaining.
2 votes -
Strange behaviour when outlining COLRv1 fonts
I have been running into some issues with COLRv1 fonts when turning them into outlines: The normal font renders as intended, when outlined some colours turn off one of the RGB channels (turning white to yellow). See the example in the screenshots where the white (circled) is turned into yellow. This is independent from the "yellow palette" of the letter, in other COLRv1 fonts white also turns into full RGB yellow.
See Nabla as an example:
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/NablaI don't believe this is caused by the "white" (as the error also turns, for instance, black into blue, removing a single RGB…
3 votes -
Saved file reopens with some layers and data missing
After saving my work and reopening the file later, some layers and data are missing. Around 40% of my completed work is disappearing, even though the file was saved properly.
Please help me recover the missing data and identify the cause of this issue.
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Color of font randomly changes when opening file
Tahoe 26.6.1
Illustrator v 30.7
I open a file I was just working on only 5 minutes prior to find that more than 75% of my text has changed color to a random color in my swatch panel. This has been happening consistently since updating to the latest version about 15 days ago. I can even see the color change when I hit space bar to preview the file before opening it. The PDF versions of the files remain fine, no random color changes.3 votes -
Illustrator 29.6.1 (Windows) crashes ~30 s after launch since Aug 17 — unhandled C++ exception (std::bad_function_call) in dunamis-ingest.dl
Environment
- Illustrator 29.6.1 (x64), Windows Server (EC2), 11 machines in a print-automation pipeline
- Illustrator is driven via COM/ExtendScript (headless typesetting), hundreds of short sessions per day
- No local changes on any machine: last Windows update Dec 2025, no reboots since Jun 25, no font/plugin/preference changes, Illustrator binary unchanged since Jul 2025Symptoms
- Starting the evening of Aug 17, 2026 (KST), Illustrator began crashing on all machines simultaneously. Daily crash counts across the fleet: ~0–5 (baseline) → 34 (Aug 17) → 90 (Aug 18) → 366 in half a day (Aug 19).
- Crashes occur…1 vote -
Sampling a color from a layer below a placed PDF picks white, unlike previously
Have a layered file. Top file is a linked PDF with linework. Below that layer are colours. When I want to eyedrop a colour from the layer below for a new object, while it samples the colour correctly it turns the object white instead of the colour sampled. The only work around is to turn off the linked PDF layer on top and it will sample it correctly. This was never an issue in previous versions and is very frustrating.
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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…
9 votes -
Illustrator cannot recognize my Creative Cloud account without internet, hours of work lost!!!!
Illustrator has no internet connection and then closes all my files without giving me the option to save. I have a company Adobe Creative Cloud account, but when the internet connection goes down, Illustrator seems unable to recognize or verify that I have an active Creative Cloud account. Instead, it closes Illustrator and all my open files without giving me any option to save my work.
This is extremely frustrating and unacceptable. I had been working for several hours, and I lost all of that work because Illustrator could not verify my account while offline.
Even if an internet connection…
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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/4897882410 votes -
Eyedropper with Shift held doesn’t pick the rendered stroke color unless clicked very precisely into path
If I have an outside stroke (thick enough for clarity, like in the GIF), I can’t use Shift-mode with the Eyedropper tool to pick the color from the actually rendered stroke — I have to click very precisely the path itself, or I get the fill color. Same with the inside stroke.
With a normal center-aligned stroke the half within the path gives the fill’s color, and the outside half gives the stroke’s one.
All three are wrong. Shift should force the tool to pick the color directly under the cursor, the one that is rendered.
Thanks to Oleg Krasnov…
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Scribble Effect Not Showing Up in Menu, But Still Accessible
Before, the Scribble effect used to be found under Effects > Stylize. In the 2026 version, it's gone. Only Glowing Edges appears under Stylize. But when I search for Scribble by hitting the magnifying glass icon and typing it in, I can access the effect and still use it. Some people still use this effect for making ikat-inspired shapes, for example...I think it was removed from the menu by accident. Please readd it under Effects > Stylize.
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SVG fehlende Pfade beim öffnen/importieren
MacOS: 26.5.2 (25F84)
Illustrator 30.7SVG wird nicht korrekt geöffnet/importiert, es fehlen Pfade!
Wenn die Datei vorher in Inkscape neu gespeichert wird z.B. als PDF ist alles vorhanden.(leider kann das svg nicht angehängt werden!?)
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Libraries show a generic font in thumbnails instead of actual ones
My libraries now all update to having this generic font when I upload designs with text. And online, all my previously saved designs now all have the same font rather than the fonts they were previously. When I drag them back onto an artboard, they convert back into the previous font, so it's something to do with the libraries preview, I believe.
1 vote -
Reflecting a JPG freezes the program
When I try to reflect a JPG it freezes and program gets frozen. It never happened before, but now it doesn’t work.
1 vote -
Eyedropper not copying font style from source to target on Mac when Option key is held
The Eyedropper also not lifting font style from source to target when holding down option key on Mac.
2 votes
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