Illustrator clipping mask releasing when I close and reopen the file?

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May 20, 2021
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I'm having this issue where I have a 5.5 x 60 in. clipping mask design that is not holding when I save, close, and reopen the file. I tried pasting into a new Illustrator file and also saving as an EPS but neither of those worked. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Bug

Correct answer Corrupt abyss

EDIT: Pathfinder > Crop seems to have worked to fix this issue.

Corrupt abyssAuthorCorrect answer

Inspiring

EDIT: Pathfinder > Crop seems to have worked to fix this issue.

Mylenium

Legend

Are you really creating such an extreme towel strip design? If so, I would imagine that the issue is actually the underlying pixel data or the PDF preview. There are limits to how tall and wide pixel images can be in the real world and AI may be disassociating the data because it's simply not supported. You may have to slice up your artwork and mask into multiple segments.

Mylenium