Just had this issue happen on my iMac. Can't even trace more than two lines before it says "cannot finish previewing". I have more than enough Ram, so I don't get it....it worked fine yesterday!

true!fixes updates crushes. these software are overpriced compare to the quality.

This issue still exists in 23.03 (among many, many others). These latest builds of illustrator are a complete balls up - and do not deserve the costly subscriptions. Have reverted to CC 2017 as that works infinitely better.

Just had this issue occur over the past few days, updated to the latest version tonight (23.0.3), but it's still happening.

Still struggling. Old files won´t open properly, or at all. "Can´t finish previewing" is always on screen. Sudden crashes occur when opening larger files. CPU at full. Fans yelling. Do something or lose my tiny payments for Vectorworks instead. ****** ****.

Hey,

I do have the problem too. My illustrator crashes 15 times a day.
I op en 1 vectorfile and is takes 230GB of memory.

Illustrator CC 23.0.3 ( updated to his ons, because it said this will fix it )
MacIS Mojave 10.14.4
3,2 GHz Intel Core i7
Mac mini 2018
32GB memory

What's the latest new about this bug?

What am I supposed to do?????????????

Hello, i have this problem too.

My configuration :

illustrator CC 23.03
mac OS mojave 10.14.4
iMac 21.5 inch late 2013 - 3,1 Ghz Core i7

So I am running Windows 10 and am having the same issues.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled.

Intel(R) Core(TM) if-4440 CPU @3.10GHz
16GB Ram
64-bit
Windows 10 Home v 1803 OS build 17134.648
HP 700-230

Here is a link to the to the screen:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sSSG589KwGJMNg4o7

my configuration :

illustrator CC 23
mac OS mojave 10.14.3
macbookpro 15-inch 2018 - 2,2 Ghz Core i7

Hello, i have this problem to... it's not fix for me. Really frequently...

Same Issue. Please get this fixed Lads ! Plenty of votes now and frequent comments on the issue.

This worked for me: Edit > Preferences > Performance > GPU Performance (deselect)
...although it shouldn't have to be this way.

Thanks to Anonymous on 3/19/2019

illustrator 23.0.3 continually crashing opening some illustrator files, if they have a missing font. this is incredibly frustrating

I've had the same issue with Illustrator as well. I'm on version 23.0.1.

I have not solved the problem, but I've found a workaround to prevent this (at least it worked for me, YMMV) - I also have not read every comment, so this may have already been said.

Edit > Preferences > Performance > GPU Performance (deselect)

Hopefully this works for you as it did for me!

I still have this issue Adobe and it's frustrating.

I have reinstalled twice and it started "Can't Open Illustration" started popping in my 22.1
Now i have the 2019 CC and the problem hasn't been fixed.

I have the same issue and the latest update

Possible fix: Under the CC menu, choose Manage > Uninstall, and choose to delete preferences, then reinstall. Previously, Illustrator would tear through memory in, like 5 minutes, even if it was idle. It's been open now for half an hour and there's no problem.

Same problem. Simply opening Illustrator CC 2019 v. 23.0.2 on my iMac (Sierra, now upgraded to Mojave) causes memory use to go through the roof -- 60+ GB compared with < 1 GB for everything else (InDesign topping the rest at about 800 MB). Curiously, I have Illustrator v. 23.0.2 on my MacBook Pro (High Sierra, never upgraded) and it functions fine. With so many people reporting the same problem, one would think the problem is not specific to any particular user; but maybe it's specific to users with certain setups (e.g., installed utilities).

same as everyone and I see no fine anywhere online, ANYWHERE. my MacBook Pro is 3 days old. illustrator is LITERALLY the only thing on it. FIX THIS. I have so much homework due hahaha