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Memory leak issue in premiere pro with specific triggers.

Forum|Forum|5 days ago
July 21, 2026
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When opening and synchronizing a large project from a full day shoot with time code and then later transcribing that time-coded sequence, it seems that something in that process triggers a memory leak within my version of Premiere Pro. 26.2.2

Regularly, my instance of Premiere Pro will begin using up to 100 GB of RAM when I only have 20 GB allocated to the system. Fixing this issue requires:

Closing the project
Force quitting Premiere because it freezes
Quickly opening the project
Copying and pasting all assets that are relevant to what I need to work on into a brand new project where the issue goes away

I have attached the project file that gave me issues and would love to help solve this problem, as it's something our team uses every single time we work on a long-form content series. It continues to be an issue.

[Moved to Adobe Premiere by a moderator］

OC_20260523_House Call_Brayden Jacobs TREY.prproj

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Jonathan+Editor

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Hi @Raymond5E8B,

Welcome back to the forums. Thank you for reporting this occurrence and providing a test project.

To help understand this issue further, could you provide further information:

Operating System: Specify Windows or macOS.
- Please include the version and any relevant chip information.
  - GPU Driver (Windows only): Please let us know your video card driver version. We recommend updating to the most recent version; for NVIDIA users, we strongly recommend the Studio version of the driver.
By updating to 26.3, does issue improve, worsen, or remain the same?

Best,

Jonathan