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Michel Bérubé
Inspiring
July 22, 2026
Question

Has anyone else have their generative credits stolen?

  • July 22, 2026
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I have rarely used generative AI in the last year as I find Firefly to be subpar and won’t pay extra for the partner generative engines when I can use Gemini for free. In fact, I have never used all 250 monthly credits from my Photography plan since this feature was offered. However, I wanted to use it today and low and behold, all of my credits were gone. Contacted customer service via chat and after passing me on to at least five different agents all asking me to repeat my issue and spending over 1.5 hours on the chat call, they did not resolve my issue and basically just stopped responding to me. I provided all the proof that they requested and here I am with still 0 credits. Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can escalate this to someone who can truly help? I am beyond pissed with Adobe right now. I’ve been a subscriber for years even though my usage is at a minimum in the last year or so. Thank you for any insight. 

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    Michel Bérubé
    Inspiring
    July 28, 2026

    Thank you for following up. My credits were refreshed Saturday July 25th. I have done one generation since using 1 credit. As I stated in my chat, I changed my password to a much stronger one. However, I’m looking forward to a definitive answer to what happened. 

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 23, 2026

    I can’t remember coming across this specific issue on the Forum yet. 

    Just to make sure: There is no absolutely chance that you or someone with access to you computer/s used the features in Photoshop (Generative Fill, Generative Expand, …) or Firefly that consume those credits in the current period? 

     

    @Sameer K , please forgive the intrusion, but are you aware of reports of inexplicable disappearances of generative credits? 

    Michel Bérubé
    Inspiring
    July 23, 2026

    Absolutely sure. The generative history shows that I've only done one Adobe video tutorial (the ones you get after an update with new features) this month. My previous generation was back three months ago. As I explained to the agents, I barely use Firefly. Thus imagine my surprise when I tried t0 do one yesterday and I was denied as I had zero credits. @Sameer K no I'm not aware of that report. 

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 23, 2026

    @Sameer K no I'm not aware of that report. 

    Sorry, Sameer K is an Adobe employee and I tagged him (thus the blue color and pop-up-on-hovering over the »@…«-name) with that question to make sure he notices this thread. 

     

    Anyway, I sympathise with the frustration in the face of such inexplicable goings-on, but I suspect it may be less »stealing« than a plain old »mishap/bug/…«.