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iJoyer
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April 20, 2026
Question

[macOS] Lightroom Classic 15.3 intermittently hangs; after Force Quit it can no longer open RAW files, while 15.2.1 works

  • April 20, 2026
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Issue summary
On my Mac, Lightroom Classic 15.3 becomes unresponsive after some period of normal use. I have to Force Quit it. After that, Lightroom Classic can relaunch, but RAW files can no longer be opened properly. I cannot guarantee exact reproduction steps every time, but the issue has happened multiple times in 15.3 and has not happened for me in 15.2.1 on the same machine.

Environment
- Lightroom Classic: 15.3
- macOS: 26.4.1
- Apple Silicon Mac: M1 Max

What I can confirm
- This issue started after updating to 15.3.
- It happens after some time of normal RAW workflow use, not immediately on launch.
- Once Lightroom hangs, I have to Force Quit it.
- After relaunch, RAW files still cannot be opened properly.
- Downgrading to 15.2.1 on the same Mac resolves the issue.

 

 

Relevant lines from the report:

Process:      Adobe Lightroom Classic [12526]
Version:      15.3
OS Version:      Mac OS X 26.4.1 (25E253)
Exception Type:      EXC_CRASH (SIGTERM)
Signal Number:      15
Publisher Process Name:      pkill

 

Thread 62:
0   AdobeCrashReporter                  _callstack_signal_handler(int, __siginfo*, void*) + 60
1   libsystem_platform.dylib            _sigtramp + 56
2   ???                                 0x0000000901c651d0 0x0 + 38684479952
3   CameraRaw                           AgCoreGraphicsOGL_load + 17439284
4   CameraRaw                           AgCoreGraphicsOGL_load + 8547028
5   CameraRaw                           AgCoreGraphicsOGL_load + 5852652
6   libdispatch.dylib                   _dispatch_client_callout2 + 16
7   libdispatch.dylib                   _dispatch_apply_invoke3 + 336
8   libdispatch.dylib                   _dispatch_client_callout + 16
9   libdispatch.dylib                   _dispatch_once_callout + 32
10  libdispatch.dylib                   _dispatch_apply_invoke_and_wait + 364
11  libdispatch.dylib                   _dispatch_apply_with_attr_f + 1312
12  CameraRaw                           AgCoreGraphicsOGL_load + 5852900
13  CameraRaw                           AgCoreGraphicsOGL_load + 8542352
14  CameraRaw                           AgCoreGraphicsOGL_load + 17442892
15  CameraRaw                           AgCoreGraphicsOGL_load + 8658680
16  CameraRaw                           AgCoreGraphicsOGL_load + 17492120
17  CameraRaw                           AgCoreGraphicsOGL_load + 9852988
18  CameraRaw                           AgCoreGraphicsOGL_load + 6204072
19  CameraRaw                           private_load_Utilities + 96316

 

com.adobe.GPUFoundation.framework
VulcanMessage5.dylib
VulcanControl.dylib
com.adobe.ag.AgImageIO ... /CameraRaw.lrtoolkit/Versions/A/CameraRaw
com.adobe.ag.vulcan ... /Vulcan.agtoolkit/Contents/MacOS/Vulcan

    2 replies

    daring_Ripple98BC
    Known Participant
    April 29, 2026

    15.3 has been unusably buggy on Apple Silicon. Had to downgrade as well.

    iJoyer
    iJoyerAuthor
    Participant
    April 20, 2026

    It stays like this, and the only way to fix it is to downgrade.