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Martis_Photography
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January 16, 2026
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Crashing right after opening the project.

Hey guys,

 

somehow, since the update today, it is always crashing right after opening. directly the macos-circle moving, crash.

I tried deleting all caches and I went down 6 earlier Versions to see if they crash too - they do.

 

Yesteraday was everything fine.

- I could open a new project next to the "damaged" one and try to copy everything within the only 3 seconds I can use the programm. But I think it will crash before even pasting...

 

Any help? 

8 replies

January 25, 2026

Hello, same thing happened to me as well.

 

I tried launching the app from the Creative Cloud, then I choos the project and works.

 

I still don't know how to launch directly from the project.

 

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Martis_Photography
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January 25, 2026

Hi, thanks first of all.

Your advice did work, for mabye like a day.
Today it crashed again in the bginning (I did not use it really the last days).
So I
1. did the updates

2. restarted = Crash

3. Shift+Start Premiere, same actions = crash

 

Here is a screenrecording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgxRepvSBnM
Normal Premiere seems to stay stable, but beta does not at all.

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jamieclarke
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 21, 2026

Hi @Martis_Photography - Can you try and hold down "SHIFT" while launching Premiere and check the boxes
"Reset app preferences" (Backup Preferences first)
"Clear media cache files"
"Reset plugin loading cache"
"Disable third-party plugins (one-time only)"

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Martis_Photography
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January 21, 2026

 

  • Issue – Premiere will crash for no reason.. 
  • Steps to reproduce – Open Premiere, then click on any project from finder, (if possible) navigate through some bins, the drag files from finder to that bin.
  • Expected result – Files should be imported in bin
  • Actual result – Crash of Premiere, maybe earliere. Sometimes it will not even let me drag files, like they won't move towards premiere. (different behaviours, but all lead to crash)
  • Screen recording – I cannot upload a video / link with the video haha WHYYYY
    it will not crash, when no project is open.
  • Adobe Premiere Pro version – 875779i9516D4C604BA1C66.png

     

  • Operating system – 26.3 Beta (25D5101c) // Tahoe 26.3875780iB26AF174C53400EA.png

     

  • ( Video format – 4k 60fsp 10bit, sLog3)
  • Comparative information helps us understand more about when the issue occurs: 
    • Does it affect all projects or only some projects? 
      all
    • Does it affect new projects? 
      yes
    • When did the problem begin? 
      16.01.2026
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Martis_Photography
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January 21, 2026

somehow I cannot post here anymore with bug report details (since yesterday).
this is a test message

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Martis_Photography
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January 17, 2026

Of course, thank you.

So, by now I could finally export one sequence I had already edited. But right after the export it crashed instantly.

 

- Premiere Pro Beta
- MacOs, Tahoe 26 Beta
- M3 Max Macbook Pro

- Editing in 4k, preview to 1/2

- Loading the files in Project window (file area) does take a little longe now than usual, yesterday I had to click through each clip in the timeline to trigger the visual generation/reading of file information (like get preview)

 

- By now I know: The issue is the project, none others.

 

What can I do best? Cause I don't know if it is an effect or file or whatever that is causing the crashes, but whatever kind of work I am giving premiere in this project; it will crash from effort.

 

Thanks in advance!

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jamieclarke
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 16, 2026

Hi @Martis_Photography -  Thanks for submitting your bug report. We need a few more details to try to help with the issue.
Please see, How to Report a Problem.

Sorry for the frustration.

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Martis_Photography
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January 16, 2026

There was a new update available, did it.
opened the prject -> okay at first. Crash. -> reopen, delete last added file before opening to then press "offline" -> fluent work at first. Then I added a completetly different mp3 -> when putting it in the timeline -> crash.

 

Is there an audio problem?

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