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Oct 18, 2026 10:05 AM UTC
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[Bug] Photoshop crashes/shutdowns immediately when grouping (Ctrl+G) duplicated layers.

Hello Adobe Team, I am experiencing a critical crash issue in the recent Photoshop update. Photoshop shuts down immediately without any error message when I try to group layers. [Steps to Reproduce]

1. Select any layer (especially ones with default or localized names).

2. Duplicate the layer using 'Ctrl + J' (which automatically adds a suffix like 'copy' or localized text like '의 복사' in Korean).

3. Select both the original and duplicated layers.

4. Press 'Ctrl + G' to group them.

5. Photoshop crashes and closes instantly. [

Expected Result] The layers should be grouped into 'Group 1' normally without any performance drops. [Actual Result] Immediate application crash/shutdown. [Temporary Workaround Found] If I go to Layer Panel Options and uncheck "Add 'copy' to Copied Layers and Groups", the crash no longer occurs. This highly suggests a severe bug or memory leak related to the layer text encoding/indexing engine when handling duplicated layer suffixes. Please look into this layer auto-naming and grouping indexing crash and fix it in the next hotfix. It is severely disrupting the production workflow for non-English users. Thank you.

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    Known Participant
    Oct 29, 2026 9:04 AM UTC

    Same problem here: grouping layers causes PS to crash. I’m using 27.11.0 on Mac OS Golden Gate 27.0.1

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    nik.m
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Oct 19, 2026 4:10 PM UTC

    Hi ​@ih222928066dxz and ​@arzelia, thanks for reaching out! 

    I’m not able to reproduce this behavior in Photoshop 27.11 running on macOS 27.0.1. If you continue to experience the same behavior after resetting the preferences as Ged suggested, please go to the Help menu in Photoshop, then select System Info, and copy the text. You can share the info with us by either pasting it as a reply here or in a text file and sharing the file with us.

     

    Thanks, 

    Nikunj 

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    Participant
    Nov 5, 2026 6:05 PM UTC

    Its happens to me as well, each ane every time. When grouping a layer that has a mask on it command g has consistantly crashed my photoshop on mac. I have reproduced this effect at least ten times. 

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    Ged_Traynor
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Oct 19, 2026 8:42 AM UTC

    Have you tried resetting the Photoshop preferences

     

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    arzelia
    Known Participant
    Oct 19, 2026 7:07 AM UTC

    I’ve experienced this multiple times too on 27.11.0. The grouping of any layers can just be 2 layers, using cmd-G to group them and Photoshop hangs. I’m on english version on a Mac and experiencing this too.

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