P: Photoshop 23 - Gradient map adjustment layer bug

I have the same issue. This is not a casual low impact bug for me - in my case this is very detrimental.

NOTE: This is in regards to Gradient Map Adjustment Layers, not Gradient Fill Layers.

I've tested Layer Style gradients and Gradient Fill Layers - both do NOT cause the problem. Gradient Map Adjustment Layers are the problem.

To reproduce the issue:

• Create a PSD in an earlier version of Photoshop that doesn't have the Gradient Map Adjustment Layer "Method" dropdown feature (I'm using Photoshop 20.0.10, because it's the most stable version I've found).

• Create a Gradient Map Adjustment Layer, set Method to Classic.

• Close Photoshop 23.0.1 and open said PSD in an earlier Photoshop version.

• You'll be greeted with this message upon opening the PSD:

If I select "Keep Layers", all Gradient Map Adjustment layers are converted into normal layers, thus ruining them, as you can see here: https://i.imgur.com/ijmiqYf.png 

Notice the layer named "Gradient Map 1".

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I made the mistake of trusting Photoshop 23.0.1 with an important and complex Gradient Map Adjustment Layer reliant PSD and now must figure out how to redo all my coloring so I can use it in my "stable" version of Photoshop. Comical.

Hi, I'm appling gradient map adjustment layers using the latest version 23.0 on Win 10 pro and then save as psd.

If I try to open the psd with the previous version 22.5 (aka PS 2021) the gradient map layers are not supported and there are two options: opening keeping all the layers, but it means have an emptied layer instead of the gradient map layer or, second option, collapse the layer into a single one rasterized.

Is this a bug or else?

@isidorekol We can look into this. Could you provide a sample file that is causing the issue? and also provide the System Info file. This can be found in Ps > Help > System Info

Thank you for reporting. Engineering is investigating. 

Thank you very much Claudia...we appreciate that...also the program is freezing without recovering the file when you aplly a gradient map in a smart object with some layer style... if you could fix that too....😅

You are right.

It is strange, but I would swear I opened file with classic method in old version, and also indesign could read it, but today I can't make it again.

Thank you for bringing this up to us and I apologize for the inconvenience this is causing. I see there are 2 issues here: 1) opening a document with a gradient map in a previous version of Ps turns it into a blank layer, 2) A document with a Gradient map created in earlier versions of Ps is defaulting the interpolation method to Pereptual instead of keeping it as Classic. 

We are working on fixes for these issues. 

no it doesnt work even when you switch to classic...if you bring the file into a previous version it doesnt create the gradient map at all..

I have discovered there is a new option on gradient map adjustmen layer panel.

Switched to Classic mode everething works as previously.

It would be very nice if Adobe mentioned those small changes.

And would be very very nice, if Classic mode was default option not to confuse users.

yes..guys please fix this!!!!