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Jun 20, 2026 8:41 AM UTC
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P: Lightroom Denoise suddenly stopped working

Hi everyone,

I'm having an issue with the latest version of Lightroom CC on a MacBook M5 Pro running macOS Tahoe 26.5.1. (I was experiencing the same problem on 26.5 and decided to update hoping it would fix it, but unfortunately it didn't.)

Since this morning, it's been impossible to to use Noise Reduction, even though my internet connection is working perfectly. I've already updated both Lightroom CC and macOS, cleared the cache, and optimized the catalog, but I keep getting this error screen whenever I try to use Noise Reduction.

Has anyone experienced the same issue or knows how to fix it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! 🙏

 

    Pinned Reply By Sameer K

    Hi All! Lightroom Classic v15.4.1 is now available for downlaod via the Creative Cloud desktop app with the following critical bug fiixes for the issue reported in this thread and the other: 

     

    Thanks!
    Sameer K

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    MarcoBabyshambles
    Participant
    Jun 22, 2026 11:24 AM UTC

    I have the same problem and i still dont know how to solve it

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    Sameer K
    Community Manager
    Sameer KCommunity ManagerPinned
    Community Manager
    Jun 22, 2026 10:55 AM UTC

    Hi All! Lightroom Classic v15.4.1 is now available for downlaod via the Creative Cloud desktop app with the following critical bug fiixes for the issue reported in this thread and the other: 

     

    Thanks!
    Sameer K

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    photophilljk
    Known Participant
    Jun 22, 2026 10:59 AM UTC

    No update available for me yet

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    Known Participant
    Jun 23, 2026 2:47 PM UTC

    After updating to LrC V15.4.1 Denoise still fails with this message:

    I suspect the error is caused by custom camera profiles that, after a clean install, were added to the macOS folder '/Users/addieleman/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/CameraProfiles'.

    Immediately after the clean install Denoise did not fail.

    Anyway, everything is reverted now back to LrC V15.3.1 including the manual install of Camera Raw 18.3.

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    Blurrysoul
    Participant
    Jun 22, 2026 7:29 AM UTC

    Stesso identico problema :(
    secondo voi quanto ci metteranno a rilasciare una nuova versione compatibile?

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    Community Expert
    Jun 22, 2026 6:56 AM UTC

    Thread closed because double posting.

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    photophilljk
    Known Participant
    Jun 22, 2026 6:31 AM UTC

    Are you using version 15.4? That’s had the update to Denoise but the version has issues and has been revoked by Adobe

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    EmilieSchwelmer
    Participant
    Jun 22, 2026 6:19 AM UTC

    Denoise stopped working from one second to another. photos I try to Denoise are dng. until now it worked perfectly. photo already denoised are fine.I can easily "undenoise" them or redenoise. however all new imports as of now can not be denoised as well as all the photos already in the catalog that were not denoised prior to the "crash". I always get the same error message : an unexpected error occurred while processing. (1) .  I tried everything from using Denoise in a new test catalog, moving the photos on my Mac(and not external drive), checking the available space everywhere…. to deinstalling and reinstalling Lightroom, but nothing works. please help

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    EmilieSchwelmer
    Participant
    Jun 22, 2026 6:12 AM UTC

    Denoise stopped working from one second to another. photos I try to Denoise are dng. until now it worked perfectly. photo already denoised are fine.I can easily "undenoise" them or redenoise. however all new imports as of now can not be denoised as well as all the photos already in the catalog that were not denoised prior to the "crash". I always get the same error message : an unexpected error occurred while processing. (1) .  I tried everything from using Denoise in a new test catalog, checked the available space, suppressed the caches, customer the GPU...and even deinstall/reinstall Lightroom, but nothing works. please help

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    AndrewZander
    Participant
    Jun 22, 2026 4:57 AM UTC

    This lazy product rollout is exactly why people leave Adobe products. 

     

    It looks like there is a mismatch between Camera Raw and LrC 15.3 and earlier. Reverting to an older Camera Raw, or waiting for LrC 15.4 should resolve the issue … that should have never been an issue in the first place… 

     

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    Galdypr
    Participating Frequently
    Jun 22, 2026 3:44 AM UTC

    Well... I'm trying all of that step by step Everything advise, and the problem continues... I'm tired to try that my MacBook Pro Work properly with Lightroom, and that not for free because I pay a subscription. But in HP Envy x360 32GB the option of reduce noise Works excellent... Don't understand! 🤔 

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    Melissa23710179m640
    Participant
    Jun 22, 2026 1:49 AM UTC

    I updated to the new version and the denoise feature no longer works for me. I keep getting an error message. Any one else or is it just me?

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    Participating Frequently
    Jun 22, 2026 1:51 AM UTC

    Denoise is still working for me on my mac book air (m3).

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    Suthakar+VK
    Participating Frequently
    Jun 22, 2026 10:23 AM UTC

    Does not work fo me, I use Macbook pro M1 and I keep ketting the denoise error after the update to 15.3.1

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