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artur_0832
artur_0832
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November 6, 2025

P: Smart Layer Changes Keep Getting Lost – Please Fix This!

  • November 6, 2025
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Finally fix the bug where, when working with smart layers and going back to the main layer that contains the others, it doesn’t remember the changes made!

    7 replies

    CShubert
    Community Manager
    CShubertCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 7, 2026

    Thanks all, the team will look into this.

     

    Thanks,

    Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

      artur_0832
      artur_0832Author
      Known Participant
      May 7, 2026

      Thanks, but I've been reading these same reassurances about Adobe 'working on it' for 7 months now from various reps, including customer support. Knowing Adobe's reputation, I highly doubt this issue will be resolved anytime in the next decade. 

      CShubert
      Community Manager
      CShubertCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      May 4, 2026

      Hi ​@artur_0832 to confirm, you are still seeing this issue with the latest Ps Beta build?

      Adobe Photoshop Version: 27.7.0 20260429.m.3521 d10d509  arm64 (beta, PublicBeta)

      Please share your sysinfo in your reply: Help/System information.  Copy and paste here.

      Thanks,

      Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

      artur_0832
      artur_0832Author
      Known Participant
      May 5, 2026

      Hello ​@CShubert ,

      I’m seeing this issue not only in the Beta version but also in the stable version for more than half a year now. This is a bug that can be reproduced on different computers, both at work and at home.

      I’d like to remind you that the update of smart layers within smart layers is broken when working with PSDC cloud files; from time to time, it just doesn't happen.

      I want to emphasize once again that we are talking specifically about PSDC.

      artur_0832
      artur_0832Author
      Known Participant
      April 28, 2026

      ​@Srishti Bali 
      ​@CShubert 
      ​@Sameer K 
      Hello, could you please provide an update on the progress of fixing this bug? You do realize how critical this is, don't you? This issue completely breaks the entire cloud workflow. It is impossible to work properly when changes inside smart objects fail to save at random intervals.

      artur_0832
      artur_0832Author
      Known Participant
      May 4, 2026

      Adobe? 
      ​@Srishti Bali 
      ​@CShubert 
      ​@Sameer K 
       

      artur_0832
      artur_0832Author
      Known Participant
      November 19, 2025

      I reset all my Photoshop preferences but the bug is still there. It appears when I work with multiple artboards and PSB files inside smart layers. I run into it every day.
      I recorded my workflow. At 4:56 you can clearly see that I save the smart layer, and when I return to the main composition with the artboards, none of my changes are applied.

      CShubert
      Community Manager
      CShubertCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      November 17, 2025

      Hi @artur_0832 we are not seeing this issue.

       

      First, make sure you have the latest Ps Beta: Adobe Photoshop Version: 27.2.0 20251112.m.3292 95003d4 arm64 (beta, PublicBeta)

       

      1. Try resetting Prefs for the Beta:
      /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/ Photoshop Beta Settings (Mac Ventura)
      /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/Adobe\ Photoshop\ \(Beta\)\ Settings (Mac)


      C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop (Beta)\Adobe Photoshop (Beta) Settings


      Launch BETA Photoshop While Pressing The Keyboard Shortcut
      With Photoshop closed, press and hold Shift+Ctrl+Alt (Win) / Shift+Command+Option (Mac) on your keyboard and then Launch Photoshop the way you normally would.
      https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually 

       

      2. It may help if we could see your Photoshop beta System Info. Launch Photoshop beta, and select Help >System Info...and copy/paste the text in a reply.  

       

      Thanks,

      Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

      artur_0832
      artur_0832Author
      Known Participant
      November 17, 2025

       Here’s the issue: when I edit a smart object and save it, the changes don’t get applied to the original parent smart object.

      CShubert
      Community Manager
      CShubertCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      November 10, 2025

      Hi @artur_0832 could you share your workflow, steps to see this issue?  Any screenshots or messaging?

       

      Are you on the latest Ps Beta?  Adobe Photoshop Version: 27.2.0 20251109.m.3288 7a0357a arm64 (beta, PublicBeta)

       

      Do you have the same issue with Ps release version?

       

      Thanks,

      Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

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