Premiere Pro 25.5 – Context Menu Gets Stuck After “Create Proxies” on Mac mini M4

System Information:

• Mac: Mac mini M4
• macOS: 27.0.1
• Adobe Premiere Pro: 25.5

Issue:

I am experiencing a UI/context-menu freezing issue in Premiere Pro 25.5 on my Mac mini M4.

When I right-click a clip in the timeline or Project panel and go to:

Right-click → Proxy → Create Proxies

after selecting Create Proxies, the menu/context UI becomes stuck and remains visible/unresponsive.

After this happens, other right-click/context menus and menu interactions can also become stuck or behave incorrectly. Premiere Pro itself may continue running, but the menu/UI interaction is no longer functioning normally.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open Premiere Pro 25.5.
2. Import a video clip.
3. Right-click the clip.
4. Select Proxy.
5. Select Create Proxies.
6. Observe the UI after the Create Proxies action.
7. Try opening another right-click/context menu.

Expected Result:

The Create Proxies menu should close normally and Premiere Pro should continue responding normally to other context menus.

Actual Result:

The context menu/UI becomes stuck after using Create Proxies. Subsequent menu interactions can also become stuck/unresponsive.

This issue appears to be related to the Premiere Pro UI/context-menu system rather than the clip itself.

I can provide screenshots and/or a screen recording showing the issue.

Hardware: Mac mini M4
Operating System: macOS 27.0.1
Premiere Pro: 25.5