Bug Reports

Title: Photoshop Beta 28.x — Severe Repeated UI Freezes, New Document Dialog Hangs for 10+ Minutes, Possible Window Focus Issue (Windows 11 / RTX 5080)Issue:Photoshop Beta experiences severe and repeated UI freezes during initial interactions after launching. The application starts normally, but interacting with menus, panels, or the New Document dialog can make it completely unresponsive for extended periods.This behavior has persisted across multiple Photoshop Beta updates, including the 28.x series.System: OS: Windows 11 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 CPU: AMD processor Display configuration: Dual monitors (4K + 1440p) Photoshop: Latest available 28.x Beta build as of October 31, 2026 Exact build number: To be provided from Help > System Info Steps to reproduce: Launch Photoshop Beta normally. Wait until the main interface appears. Open the New Document dialog. Photoshop may become completely unresponsive for several minutes. Wait for the application to recover.

When I am brushing in or out on a masked layer, after one or two switches between black and white, it stops switching and I can only brush in or out. It makes it impossible to use masking on my layers.  It doesn’t happen every time, but probably about 75% of the time.

In PS 28.01 there appears to be a minor issue in how the color channels are displayed in both Levels and Curves layers in their new layout; RGB displays correctly as a multi colored circle, the red channel is displayed as a blue circle, green is correct as a green circle and the blue channel is displayed as a magenta circle. I'm seeing this on a Win 11 PC, I dont know if its a Mac problem too?This just appears to be an icon display issue as the channels are in their usual order

Version: Photoshop Beta 28.0.1 (20261026.m.3727)OS: Windows 11 (build 26300.9711)Steps:1. Any layer → Add layer mask → select the mask.2. Gradient tool, Radial, black to white → drag on the mask (don't commit).3. Brush (black) → paint a stroke on the mask.4. Gradient tool again → drag the gradient's center point.Result: the brush stroke from step 3 disappears.Expected: the stroke stays on the mask.The same happens with any change to the live gradient's settings, not only moving the center point: dragging color stops or midpoints, changing stop opacity, etc. The brush work on the mask gets reverted every time.VIDEO  

Critical Bug Report – Photoshop Beta 27.12 and 28.0: Move Tool Auto-Select IssueIn Photoshop Beta 27.11 / 27.12:When using the Move Tool (V) with Auto-Select: Layer enabled, clicking once on an object correctly selects its corresponding layer, as expected.However, when holding down Ctrl and dragging a rectangular selection box around multiple objects to select multiple layers, the layers are not selected as they should be.This issue first appeared in version 27.12, and even after updating to the latest version, 28.0, the bug still has not been fixed.Please investigate and fix this bug as soon as possible. This is a critical issue because it significantly disrupts the workflow, makes Photoshop more difficult to use, and negatively impacts productivity.Thank you for your attention to this important issue.

as explained a year ago

Photoshop beta 28.10 updated this morning, MacOS 27.0.1 (26A434).Content-aware crop, expanding the image (make it larger) works, but then when I decide to size it down immediately afterwards, so actually crop it, the “content aware” feauture is still trying to do it’s work and PS Beta stalls, cancel no longer works.   

I load a photo, unlock the background, and the new relight layer is grayed out. This has occurred in both Photoshop 2027 and Photoshop Beta. I am using my software on a new Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra (Nvidia RTX Spark) running Windows 11 Pro.

When switching to mask mode to paint properly in white or black, the color selection (black or white) no longer works;for example, when you select white, it paints in black on the mask, and it is impossible to change this (and vice versa).

When opening beta since 28.01 the workspace defaults to positioning the layers tab group to the bottom of the interface.  Clicking on the Layers text brings this back to the correct size.  Resetting prefs or reselecting workspace (using Photography currently) makes no difference to this, next time it is closed and reopened, it will happen each and every time

Adobe Photoshop Version: 28.0.1 20261014.m.3714 ae936ff  x64 (beta, PublicBeta)Operating System: Windows 11 64-bitVersion: 11 or greater 10.0.26200.9711System architecture: AMD CPU Family:15, Model:4, Stepping:0, AVX2, AVX-VNNI, AVX-512, Built-in memory: 62885 MBMemory available to Photoshop: 49284 MBName:                         NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080Driver version:            32.0.16.1742 Clicking on a color picker box in the left toolbar, character color, or layer options (anywhere) makes PS Beta freeze for 10-20 seconds. I thought it was completely dead and was about to kill it when the box finally popped up! Subsequent uses are not any faster to open, which makes this release a total slog to use.It’s also missing the Web Colors Only option, which I liked - but that may be a design choice. The 10-20 second freeze is the real killer.  

When trying to save a file in Photoshop Beta (28.0.1) on Mac. The program freezes up and becomes unresponsive. Things to note are below:The top menu works, but everything is greyed out. I have to force quit the program, as it won’t quit via the menu or by right-clicking the icon. It doesn’t save the file.

Version 28.0.1Remove tool is freezing even with small areas selected. This is with and without Generative AI selected. progress bar get to 90% then I have to cancel (lucky I am able to) always save before trying to process. After a few cancels it wont even start the process and the progress box sits with no progress. This is when i have to restart.  Operating System: Windows 11 64-bitVersion: 11 or greater 10.0.26300.9711System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:10, Stepping:2, AVX2, AVX-VNNI, HybridCPU(6:8), HyperThreadingPhysical processor count: 14Logical processor count: 20Processor speed: 2995 MHzBuilt-in memory: 97968 MBFree memory: 62842 MBMemory available to Photoshop: 77351 MB

With the latest Beta 28.0 m.3727 on MacOS, I open a smart object and make changes and save. Previously the open parent file window would automatically update even if it was beneath the editing open window, now I have to manually click the window before the change happens. Either a setting I’ve missed of a genuine bug.

Steps to reproducePlace an image on the screen such as a bitmap that’s a smart object Drag the image handle to resize it, say to 500x500 Let go of the handle and tap doneExpected resultImage properties in the “transform” section shows that image is W: 500px, H: 500pxActual ResultImage properties in the “transform” section shows that image is W: 499px, H: 499pxWorkaroundWhen resizing image, make it 501x 501 to get  This is 100% reproducible. This issue has been present for a long time, but I only recently found the property panel that shows what size the object is.

The brush tool is not working when painting on a layer mask. Opacity, blend mode, brush setting, color (black/white) all normal. I either have to change tools, change layers or make some other change to get it to start working again. Totally random which “fix” will get the tool working again.Also, when in Quick mask mode, a black or white brush will paint white. Again, all settings “normal”.Running 28.01 Beta. M4 Max OS Golden State v. 27.2

edit: sorry, it was invert selection on mask that failed.  I can’t change the subject I think? adobe guys, check it?  

The "Export As" window is glitching, which sometimes makes it go behind Photoshop. Additionally, its size does not stay adjusted as usual and it is always smaller. I have to resize it every time I open the program and use the "Export As" function.Another problem is that the file preview is pixelated, which does not happen in the regular version. This started in this last beta update; it didn't have this problem before. Furthermore, the image only looks good if I set the zoom to 100%. However, I cannot see the full image with good quality like before because it goes past the borders. I have to keep moving it to see the corners that do not show up. Image from Photoshop (Beta) version 27.9Previous version 27.8 is perfectly normal and trouble-free.Image from Photoshop version 27.8 

Trying to expand an image of a piano keyboard, so selected the empty area to fill and clicked Generate without a prompt so it would use the image as a basis, The progress bar popped up and moved along and then nothing - no error, no fill, no change. I checked that the image layer was selected and repeated but same (non-) outcome.

Issue: Layer masks are very broken and have been for many weeks.Photoshop version: 28.01. OS: Mac Tahoe 26.3Steps to reproduce:Create a mask on a layer Try to use black or white to hide or reveal the mask It doesn’’t work most of the time Expected result: You create a mask then use black and white to hide or reveal that layer. Actual result: Ive been using photoshop for 15+ years and this has always worked the same until recently. Now using black or white to paint on the mask barely ever works. If it does it’s only randomly after messing with all the settings. Then it will randomly stop working or will glitch and no mater whether you are using black or white it will reveal the mask. So it’s wildly broken and I can’t even find a work around it simply randomly decides when it wants to work or not and how. This is THE primary tool I use for my work and its so broken it’s been causing me great stress. please fix asap. there are several other posts about this but sinces none of them have be

Bonjour, J’utilise Photoshop Beta dernière version et il y a un bug récurrent très pénible avec le pinceau. Quand j’utilise le pinceau en blanc ou noir sur mes masques de fusion, Photoshop bloque sur une des couleurs ( blanc ou noir ) et ne peint qu’avec cette couleur là. J’ai beau réinitialiser les couleurs, switcher ou changement manuellement dans le nuancier avec valeurs aléatoires, ça peint toujours la même couleur. Par exemple, quand je suis en noir pour masquer, bah il continue de peindre en blanc qu’importe ce que je fais. Et des fois c’est le même problème quand j’essaye de peindre en noir.  Merci et à dispo !

Title: Clone Stamp Tool displays only a horizontal line – Photoshop Beta 28.0.1Product: Photoshop Beta 28.0.1Operating System: Windows 11Description:Since installing Photoshop Beta 28.0.1, the Clone Stamp Tool no longer displays a normal circular brush cursor. Instead, it appears only as a thin horizontal line, regardless of the selected brush size.The problem persists after changing brush sizes and settings.The Clone Stamp Tool works perfectly in the regular version of Photoshop on the same computer.This suggests a bug specific to Photoshop Beta 28.0.1.Please investigate and fix this issue in a future Beta update.

Photoshop 2026: Severe PSD opening delays caused by C2PA metadata (adobe_c2pa.dll) on AMD Zen 3 systemsProduct: Adobe Photoshop 2026OS: Windows 11Issue type: Performance / Application not respondingAffected component: C2PA / Content CredentialsIssue descriptionPhotoshop becomes unresponsive for several minutes when opening a relatively small PSD document containing accumulated C2PA metadata.The problem is reproducible on two different AMD Zen 3 systems, while the same PSD opens quickly on an AMD Zen 4 system running the same Photoshop version.I investigated the PSD structure and identified approximately 130.6 MiB of C2PA-related metadata stored in ten caiM entries within layer metadata blocks (shmd).After removing only these caiM entries from a test copy of the PSD, both affected Zen 3 systems open the file quickly, without the previous delays.This strongly suggests a performance problem in Photoshop's C2PA metadata processing.Tested hardwareSystem 1 — Affected AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (Zen 3