P: Undo / History is not functioning as it should (Photoshop v24.1)

Using Mac, latest PS (24.1) same issue.

What happens for me is: I work on an image, and if I use command+Z more than 1 step the program takes me back to a state where I more or less just opened the file and set up four layers and made a fill/gradient. Severly anoying.

All I'm saying is: I can't replicate with the steps provided. Those are the worst bugs to track down.

@TheDigitalDog Andrew, Stefan Klein ran into the issue as well.

I am on a Mac. Everything is the latest version.

Step 1: Use brush tool to create several brush strokes on a layer (maybe 5 or more)

Step 2: Hit CTRL + Z twice in a row

Expected outcome: Two brush strokes undone on the layer

Actual outcome: All or several brush strokes lost.

 

Again, all working on my Mac. Maybe a Windows bug/issue. 

Anyone on Mac see this, if so, what version of the OS etc?

There IS an obscure history bug where the Info Sampling moves from (as set) Lab values back to RGB with History. Adobe knows about this one. 

I am also experiencing this issue.

I will Undo some action using Cmd+Z and the history will be set back maybe 30-60 minutes in the past. All the recent actions that should be available in the History panel are then missing. 

The last time this happened, the history state was set back farther than where it was when I last saved the file. By selecting File > Revert I was able to at least recover some of the work that was lost. Everything that I had done to the file after the save was missing from the History panel. 

I tried opening the auto-recover file, but there weren't any files in the AutoRecover directory. 

It happens unexpectedly. Most of the time Undo will perform as expected. The randomness makes it difficult to reproduce, especially when it sets the history back about 30-60 minutes back. You'd have to rely on your memory to retrace all the actions leading up to it.

This is with the latest version of Photoshop on Mac OS. I've lost 3-4 hours of work over the past week. I've been trying to save my work obsessively to compensate, which has helped to a degree, but I have still been losing work. Now I recoginize that it happens after performing an Undo, it's either save my work before each Undo or rollback to  the previous version of Photoshop.

I should add that I select the layer bounds and then Hide the selection lines. Perhaps Command+H is implicated?

App version: 24.1

Windows 11: up to date

Step 1: Use brush tool to create several brush strokes on a layer (maybe 5 or more)

Step 2: Hit CTRL + Z twice in a row

Expected outcome: Two brush strokes undone on the layer

Actual outcome: All or several brush strokes lost. If new layers were created during the working session, those were lost as well. Could not recover progress in history. Edit<Keyboard Shortcuts was checked to ensure keyboard functions were not altered. Toggle Last State was then disabled as a shortcut, however this did not change the outcome. CTRL + Z was carefully pressed each time, but this did not change results. A second computer was used, and the same outcome occured.

I switched to the previous 24.0.1 version of photoshop, and that is when the issue immediately resolved and I got the expected outcome. I am not an expert, so I apologize in advance if I missed something.

J, you are not alone in this! I have been having this exact same issue ever since I updated to the latest Photoshop.

I'll be working along (la da da), I hit CMD Z maybe once or a couple times in a row and then BAM! My file jumps back to an earlier state maybe 30-60 minutes ago? And I lose everything I've just been doing. With absolutely no way to REDO or get back all that work. It totally feels like a glitch. An incredibly frustrating one. 

Would love some insight or help on this as well.

Thanks!

I've found that history stops recording altogether. I'm unable to replicate it. Is there a preference or hotkey or something that may invoke this?