Freeform Gradients Missing or Causing Crashes After Latest Illustrator Update

Hi ​@Keegan35548218sbey,

Sorry to hear you’re experiencing this issue.

Adding to the expert suggestion, could you please confirm the exact Illustrator version and your operating system details? I tested this on my end but was unable to reproduce the same behavior so far.

In the meantime, please try disabling GPU Performance from Illustrator Preferences and check if that improves the behavior. You can also switch between GPU and CPU preview modes via:
View > Preview on GPU
View > Preview on CPU

Additionally, please update your GPU drivers directly from the Intel / NVIDIA / AMD website instead of relying only on system updates.

Could you also confirm whether this happens only with a particular file or with all files containing freeform gradients? It would help if you could test both:
creating a brand-new freeform gradient in the latest Illustrator version,
and opening older existing freeform gradient files.

I also checked for any submitted crash reports associated with your community email address but could not find any so far. If you see the Adobe Crash Reporter dialog when Illustrator crashes, please submit the crash report and share the email address used via DM so I can help check the logs further from our side.

Reference:
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/crash-next-steps.html?linkId=100000357094820

Looking forward to your update.
Abhishek

I have tried with my own documents, but they work. Can you perhaps put one of the gradient objects (not the complete file) into a new document and share it?