Illustrator 2025 CC Libraries Bug Incorrect Bounds Breaking Production Workflow

I am raising this as a serious issue affecting production workflows in Illustrator 2025 and newer.

When dragging artwork into CC Libraries, Illustrator is incorrectly calculating bounds. Instead of using the selected artwork, it appears to include artboard dimensions and or pasteboard offset. This results in:

• Large empty space around assets

• Artwork appearing very small inside the Library thumbnail

• Inconsistent behaviour across files

• Unreliable asset reuse across documents

This is not caused by:

• Stray points

• Hidden or locked objects

• Guides

• Clipping masks

The same file:

• Works correctly in Illustrator 2024

• Exports correctly using Export Selection

• Only fails when added to CC Libraries in newer versions

This isolates the issue specifically to the CC Libraries workflow.

For those of us managing hundreds of assets, this is not a minor inconvenience. It breaks the ability to build and maintain a clean, reusable asset system. Workarounds such as clipping masks or rebuilding files are not viable when assets need to remain editable and system driven.

CC Libraries is positioned as a core workflow tool. At the moment, it is unreliable.

At the same time, subscription costs continue to increase. It is difficult to justify that when previously stable functionality is now inconsistent across versions.

What is needed:

• CC Libraries must respect true selection bounds

• Consistent behaviour across versions

• Clear acknowledgement of the issue from Adobe

If this is a known bug, please confirm. If not, it needs escalation as it directly impacts production level workflows.

I am happy to provide files if required.

Professional designer working at scale, not edge case usage