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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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    まろまろくん
    Participant
    Jun 21, 2026 12:40 AM UTC

    こんにちは!私も全く同じ状況です!
    昨日の夜中から。。。
    M4 pro (Mac miniの メモリ48gb)を使ってます!

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    あいあいあいちゃん
    Participant
    Jun 21, 2026 12:04 AM UTC

    私も同じ状況で記載してある事試しましたが結局エラーで困っています。

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    Galdypr
    Participating Frequently
    Jun 21, 2026 12:04 AM UTC

    My MacBook Pro is M4, 24GB of memory. 

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    Galdypr
    Participating Frequently
    Jun 21, 2026 12:03 AM UTC

    But in Windows 11 It works perfectly! 

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    Galdypr
    Participating Frequently
    Jun 21, 2026 12:01 AM UTC

    I try all of that step by step and problem continues:" Failed to apply adjustments to the following photos. An unexpected error occurred while processing" 

     

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    Jason353782033vlv
    Participant
    Jun 20, 2026 10:14 PM UTC

    I now receive an error message when I want to denoise an image.
    Message says “An unexpected error occurred while processing. (1)”

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    Participant
    Jun 20, 2026 9:04 PM UTC

    After upgrading to LRC 15.3.1 Denoise stopped working. I have a MacBook Air M4 MacOS 26.5.1. I tried reseting my preferences and turning off GPU acceleration. LRC catalog is local and the images are on external drive. I have tried moving images to local drive still not working. I have 65 GB free space on my local HD and 24 GB ram

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    bildkonsulterna
    Participant
    Jun 20, 2026 8:55 PM UTC

    It's the same for me. Just did the upgrade on the programs that had new versions in Creative Cloud, and just completely lost the denoise function in Lightroom Classic. I´m not interested in any special solutions like searching in folders and so on. I just want to know if there will be a quick update from Adobe addressing the issue. Seems there are more people than me having this issue...

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    Breeze2121
    Participant
    Jun 22, 2026 2:44 AM UTC

    Me too! i’m having the same issue since the camera raw updated.

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    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
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    Jun 20, 2026 7:20 PM UTC

    When Lightroom Classic 15.4 is once again available, that problem should be fixed.

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    mobmat
    Participant
    Jun 21, 2026 12:44 AM UTC

    Well, when is that supposed to happen? I’m kind of stuck right now with my current work. Huge oversight from adobe to update camera raw that breaks older versions of lightroom and not have the current version available for everyone. I’ve seen some people are on 15.4 but its not available for me.

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    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Jun 21, 2026 7:59 AM UTC

    The 15.4 update was pulled again due to a serious bug. There should be a 15.4.1 update soon, but nobody can tell you exactly when.

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    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    Joel24961805vbco
    Participant
    Jun 20, 2026 6:45 PM UTC

    I am having the same issue after doing an update.  How do we correct this issue.

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