iPad toolbar messed up PhotoShop

Product: Photoshop for iPad
Issue Type: UI / Rendering Bug

Device: iPad 9th generation
Chipset: A13 Bionic
OS: Latest available iPadOS for this device
App Version: Latest Photoshop for iPad

Description:
The left toolbar in Photoshop for iPad exhibits severe UI rendering issues. Toolbar icons smear and leave ghost trails when switching tools or interacting with the UI, as if frames are not being cleared properly. This makes tool selection unreliable and significantly impacts usability.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch Photoshop on iPad 9 (A13)

2. Open any document

3. Interact with the left toolbar (switch tools or scroll)

4. Observe icon ghosting and smearing

Expected Result:
Toolbar icons render cleanly and refresh correctly with no visual artifacts.

Actual Result:
Toolbar icons smear and leave persistent trails, indicating a redraw or GPU rendering failure.

Troubleshooting Performed:

• Multiple full device restarts

• Offloaded and reinstalled the app

• Full delete and reinstall

• Disabled Stage Manager and multitasking

• Locked screen orientation

• Enabled Reduce Motion

None of the above resolved the issue.

Additional Notes:

• Illustrator on iPad runs normally on the same device

• Issue appears specific to Photoshop’s rendering layer

• This may be related to a Metal/GPU redraw issue on A13 hardware

Impact:
This issue makes Photoshop effectively unusable on this device.

Please advise if this is a known issue, if there is a stable build recommended for A13 devices, or if support for this hardware has changed.

Thank you,
BP