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Rose DV
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Community Manager
September 17, 2026
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Known issue 9/17: AI features, video tools and exports stalling or not completing

  • September 17, 2026
  • 97 replies
  • 732 views

We're aware of an issue affecting several features in Adobe Express. If you're running into any of these, you're not alone and it's not something on your end:

  • Auto captions stalling partway (a lot of you are seeing it stick around 17%)
  • Clip Maker getting stuck while analyzing your video, then showing an "Unable to show status" error
  • Comic Creator not generating
  • Animated Video Maker not generating
  • Downloads and exports (PDF, PNG, MP4s, and others) hanging partway or not finishing
  • Remove Background may also be impacted

These all trace back to the same underlying service issue, which is why they're happening together. The team is already on it and working on a fix, and there's nothing to troubleshoot on your side.

If you're hitting this right now:

  • No need to restart the job or retry the download over and over, it won't push through until the fix lands
  • Best bet is to give it a bit and come back to it later - you can also subscribe to the status.adobe.com page to get updates on when the outage is resolved. 

I'll update this thread as soon as it's cleared, thank you for your patience while the team works on this. 

Rose

    Pinned Reply By Rose DV

    We will post an update to this thread as soon as we hear that it’s been resolved, and you can also subscribe to https://status.adobe.com/#/ to get notified immediately once resolution hits as well.

    Thanks for your patience!

    Rose

    97 replies

    Participant
    September 17, 2026

    Once again I keep trying to export Pdfs only for it to hang at 90%. What is this problem? Adobe invented PDF… it shouldn’t be hanging without completing my file. Another litany of issues with Express.

    Participant
    September 17, 2026

    Auto caption stuck on 17%

    Participant
    September 17, 2026

    What is this issue and why will they not fix it? Its absolutely unacceptable at least give us a workaround, are you out of your minds?

    Participant
    September 17, 2026

    Hey,

    This is affecting my whole team and we use adobe express for all of our client work within a marketing agency - can this be looked into asap otherwise we’ll be looking at getting some sort of reimbursement...

    Participating Frequently
    September 17, 2026

    I think this issue has returned - I am trying to generate captions for a video, but the analysis is getting stuck at 17% every time. 

    Participant
    September 17, 2026

    As of right now the video uploads just fine, but the analysis is stuck permanently at 17% when I’m trying to generate captions for my video

    Participating Frequently
    September 17, 2026

    We are experiencing the same thing!