Bug Reports

I'm on Windows 11 and all Adobe prodcuts are up to date and Windows.  When I open Bridge or Photoshop and try to do any editing and save or rename I get a "permissions needed" error message.  None of the edits or adjustments to the files save.  This only started 2 weeks ago.   The exact message is  "This file cannot be renamed 'fence'  because you do not have permissions or the file is in use."  

Hello.   I just updated Bridge to 2026 - running Mac OS 14.7.   Prior to the update, I was able to drag a folder of images from Finder to my Bridge icon in the taskbar and it would open that folder. This no longer works.   This old process was super efficient. Now to open something, I need to double click through MANY folders within Bridge to get to what I need.  

Using Bridge (16.0.0.63) and I can no longer send files to (25.6 Build98) Adobe Media Encoder (Tools/Media Encoder/Add to Encoder Queue). Adobe Encoder launches but no files show up in the queue. 

This bug too has been around for some time.  Each time Bridge has an update I hope that it's been addressed but alas, not so. Selecting files in a folder (say, I select all the .NEF files but not the .JPG files) and then drag-and-dropping those selected files to another folder (say I want to move .NEF files into their own directory) moves those files PLUS it moves other random files as well. Scenario:  Folder 1 has a mix of NEF and JPG files.  I select only the NEF files, and move them by drag-and-dropping them into a newly created "NEF" folder.  Bridge will move the selected NEF files, but it will also move random JPG files from the origninal folder, even though those files were not selected. This happens every single time.  It is a major pain in the butt.  Adobe, can you please address.  Thank you.

This bug has been around for as long as I can remember.  I just feel like this needs to be addressed.  Deleting images from a given folder in Bridge, and then Undoing the action (Command+Z) restores the deleted files, PLUS, it restores others, previously deleted from other folders, and restores them into your present folder.  It creates a huge mess.  Adobe, please kindly address.

Subdivision in staples is lost after names are changed in batch, as well with stapled foto's (double blue line) as after funfolding out all staples

Before updating to 16.0.0.63, on a Window computer, I could batch rename my paired files (.NEF and .JPG).  Now the program assigns each its own number rather than the same number for the paired files.  I have to batch rename the NEF files and then repeat the process for the JPG .  

Links in Illustrator .ai files are not surfaced in Bridge like they are for .indd and .psd files. It seems Illustrator link support is missing or broken. I would like to be able to see in Bridge that an .ai file has links and then be able to use the "Show Linked Files" Bridge context menu item. Illustrator links are stored in the "Manifest Reference File Path" metadata, while InDesign and Photoshop use this key: "Ingredients File Path" Perhaps Bridge could read both keys when Showing Linked FIles. 

Bridge (version 16) was working normlly as of this morning. Later, when lauched there were no windows and  most of the items on the menus were greyed out. I tried emptyig the cache, reinstalling the program, etc to no avail. Eveb the "About Bridge" window doesn't appear. Other apps are fine., including Photoshop. This is on a MacBook Pro M5 with Tahoe installed.

just upgraded and now bridge is no longer working with photoshop. both are update. system has been restarted.  who needs a workflow when you are paying hundreds of dollars a year for apps that work inconsistently! unbelieveable how far your products are slipping. 

In Adobe Bridge in a folder with about 20 documents. AKA images. When I select more than two, Adobe Bridge is frozen beyond use. If I wait about a minute it does come back, but then when I try to drag any of the files to move them or try to do anything with the menus Frozen again.

Hello, I'm running 16.0.0.63. When I move a file in or out of a folder, the file path displayed at top changes. The path being shown is the most recent search I did in another Content Tab. To get the correct path displayed, I need to click on any image, preview it in full screen and after closing that, the displayed path is correct.This error existed also in the previous version of Bridge.

Ich kann in der Adobe Bridge in der Ausgabeeinstellung kein PDF als Kontaktabzug erstellen. Es wir angezeigt: aufgrund eines unbekannten Fehlers ist das erstellen eines PDF's nicht möglich 

I recently upgraded to Bridge 2026 on my Mac Book Pro M1 Max, but a bug of some kind is now seriously disrupting my workflow. I can apply my colour labels with no issue; but when I transfer my labelled images across to Lightroom Classic 2026 for final editing, Bridge then systematically deletes all of the labels from the images, leaving them all with no labels. It does not delete star ratings in the same way. The images I have attached show the original labels, followed by two images which document the real time removal of those labes by Bridge after the images have been transferred to Lightroom Classic. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Might there be an error in my settings I can adjust?  Or is this a bug that needs fixing.

After updating to Photoshop 2026 it is not possible to open files straight into Photoshop. 

I work on Macs and use Adobe Bridge nearly every day for organzing large quantities of image files, I also use it in conjuction with dropbox, most of the folders I work in are hosted on Dropbox. For some reason, today a new bug appeared with Bridge.  Essentially if I drag a file from one folder into another, the file dissappears as if it's moved but it does not reappear in the target folder, it's as if the file dissapears into the void.  This is observable from the Mac Finder view, the file dissapears in Finder when moved via bridge.  However if the file is moved using finder, it transfer correctly.  This appears to be a Bridge problem.  The problem also occurs when I host the folders on my local hard drive rather than dropbox, so it doesn't appear to be dropbox related.  I originally experienced the issue while using Bidge 2025, but it's persisting even after upgrading to bridge 2026.  Does anyone have any troubleshooting tips?  Thank

Seit dem Update auf die Vers. Bridge 16.0.0.63 hängt sich das Programm fortwährend auf (keine Rückmeldung). Besonders krass ist die schlechte Performance bei der Stapelumbenennung von Dateien. Soll der neue Name eingegeben werden hängt sich das Programm entweder auf und wenn nicht, dauert es eine Ewigkeit bis überhaupt der neue Name eingegeben werden kann. Ist dies dann mal geschehen, benötigt die Umbenennung wiederum ewige Zeit. Für eine Datei allein fast eine Minute. Mit der letzten Vorgängerversion 15.xxx war dies keine Problem. Beide Versionen laufen (bzw. liefen) unter Windows 10 pro 64 bit.

Dear Adobe team,I just lost around two hours trying to understand why Bridge 2026 behaves completely differently from Bridge 2025 — and honestly, I’m very frustrated.Here’s what happened:After updating to Bridge 2026 on macOS,•I can no longer drag and drop folders from Finder or the Dock into Bridge.•Bridge keeps opening the same “stuck” default folder over and over, no matter what I do.•Even after a complete reset and reinstall, it ignores my actions and locks onto the first folder I ever opened in Bridge 2026.•It also triggers macOS “Move out of Dropbox?” prompts, even though my Dropbox files are fully synced and local.When I downgraded back to Bridge 2025, everything immediately started working again — drag & drop, proper folder memory, and no Dropbox issues.So this is clearly a regression in Bridge 2026, not a system or user problem.I’ve used Bridge for years and rely on it daily for managing photos, videos, PDFs, and design assets.This new version completely broke that workflo

Since upgrading to the latest Bridge, Batch rename is not working for me. Beyond the Finder/Dock issue, which has been reported, what else is broken. 

I often shoot a bracketed set of images, and stack those to make sorting through them easier. From there, I will rate them as different star ratings to help me narrow down the best shots.Since version 13 or 14, when I then filter by star rating, bridge will randomly change which image is the top of the stack. First off, this seems like a bug since it appears random, and why would it be like that? It should stack images based on file numer of time created, not randomly select different images to show as the top image. Or at the very least there should be an option to change how images are ordered in stacks.Going through each stack to "promote" a different image to the top of the stack takes an unnecessarily long amount of time when this issue never used to exist. The problem is when bridge randomly selects one of the darker images from the stack, it makes the sorting through my images much more difficult because I can't evaluate them equally when some stacks display brighter or dar

I used to be able to drop any file or folder from Finder (Mac OS) onto the Bridge icon in dock and it would show me the contents of that folder in Bridge. This basic feature no longer works with Bridge 2026.This is unacceptable!

"Bridge has encountered a problem and needs to close." Just got this message after trying to launch v16. I've been getting this message for the past year trying to load v15.  v14 is working okay, but I'd really like to  update as I hope the issues I am having with keywords would go away or at least be improved.Dell XPS 932013th gen Intel Core i7-1360P (2.20 GHz)32 GB RAMWindows 11 Pro v24H2OS build 26100.6899

Bridge is not showing thumbnails for .mxf files. Please repair this. I am on Mac Studio M3 Ultra / MacOS 15.7.1 / Bridge 15.1.2.737

I've been using Bridge for som years now, but I have stayed away from the rest of the suite from Adobe. And I've had the same old good old bugs you all complain about. But it always worked, even if at times (most times actually) quite buggy. I have 2023, 2024 and 2025 on my system if one of them didnt work for some reason. 2023 was ALWAYS my fallback as it was at least stable regardless. Soooo I just installed Photoshop and Lightroom Classic after years of abscence from the Adobe World. But after installing PS and LR, nothing works. Every single version just crashes and stalls. Result is I have to force quit and open up again. But same thing happens. It crashes. It unusable in any way shape or form.Then I noticed that the install has flipped the "autoupdate" switch in "Creative Cloud"..... I ALWAYS wait and see if theres new bugs introduced. Clearly now, nothing works. LR and PS works flawlessly. Just not any version of Bridge. What up with that? Grumpy Face

Unable to succesfully download/open Bridge V16.Mac suggests file does not have a date attached and will not open the download from Creative Cloud.Previous version 15.1.2.737 crashes when a search is entered.