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Robert Molini
Participating Frequently
September 26, 2026

While working with AI Assitant, repeatedly about after 2hrs of consecutive work the assistant won't load anymore, history is not accessible.

  • September 26, 2026
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During heavy work with the AI Assistant (Product Photos), repeatedly after about 2hrs the Assitant’s start page will show no modules, only a prompt that does not respond to entries. The chat history will be blank showing a message that it can’t be loaded. 

Upon reloading the AI Assistant page, its modules will be shown for the fraction of a second and then disappear. If I go via the My Files section an open an image that I created via the AI Assistant, this will instead directly open the Image Generation module which was used by AI Assistant.

What does NOT help:

  • refresh the AI Assitant page
  • clearing cookies
  • logging off and on
  • using a different browser or a private mode session

After some time (hours) the AI Assitant is accessible again.

I deduct that - for whatever reason - the account I’m using gets locked out from AI Assitant from time to time, while other modules (that use credits) work flawlessly. Can you confirm this?

    2 replies

    droopydog500
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    September 27, 2026

    Hi ​@Robert Molini,

    Thank you for the detailed report. The pattern you are describing — the AI Assistant becoming inaccessible after a period of heavy use, with other modules continuing to work normally, and access restoring itself after a few hours — is worth investigating from a couple of angles.

    One possibility is the AI Assistant daily credit allowance. During the beta period, the AI Assistant uses a separate daily credit allowance that is distinct from your regular generative credits. This allowance is not displayed anywhere in the UI, so there is no visible counter to warn you when you are approaching the limit. When exhausted, AI Assistant access stops while other Firefly features continue to work normally, and you would normally see a message stating that you are out of credits for the day and that they reset at midnight. This is documented here: https://helpx.adobe.com/firefly/web/firefly-ai-assistant/ai-assistant-faq.html

    However the specific symptoms you describe — modules disappearing after a fraction of a second on reload and chat history becoming inaccessible — go beyond what we would typically expect from daily credit exhaustion alone. So there may be something else at play as well.

    The screen recording ​@N8.  has requested would be very helpful here — seeing exactly what happens at the moment the assistant stops responding, and what message if any appears, would help determine whether this is the daily limit being hit or a different underlying issue.

        droopy

    Adobe Community Expert (not an Adobe employee)
    N8.
    Community Expert
    September 26, 2026

    Thank you ​@Robert Molini  for bringing this to our attention, clearly this should not happen.
    The team is definitely going to want to have more information to see if this can be replicated.

    Could you create a full screen video of your workflow showing us what is happening? This would help considerably.

    Provide your prompt and reference image(s) if there are any?

    Could you give us more information: what msg are you receiving? Are the images your own photos/ images? Were the images generated by another AI Source, if so which one(s)?
    >>Make sure to remove person details: email address, name... before posting<<

    Nate