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CSPhotographyNJLLC
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November 13, 2025
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Lightroom Export Stuck at “Updating AI Settings” (0% Progress)

  • November 13, 2025
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I am trying to export my images as normal. beofre doing so the systems needs to "update AI settings" but it's not progressing past 0% which means I cannot export my images

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Jen220249615msx
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November 16, 2025

Hi there, not OP, but I'm also having this issue both when copying denoise settings to other photos and trying to export my images. I have a timelapse I'm working on and it occasionally updates 1 or 2 images before it freezes, but usually it never progresses past 0%. Once I cancel out, it will not export until I close out and reboot the program.

I was able to get around it with denoise by pasting to about 30 images at a time, but have yet to find a work around for exporting.


  1. I'm on the latest version, 9.
  2. I was able to export 10 photos that didn't have any updates. It fails as soon as I try to export a photo that needs to update the AI. Trying to export 707 images is going to take forever. If I cancel once, it will not export again until I close out and reboot. It will export them if I decline updating.
  3. Sorry not a Mac--PC, Windows 10.

Hope it helps,

Jen

Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Srishti BaliCommunity Manager
Community Manager
November 13, 2025

Hi @CSPhotographyNJLLC

 

Thanks for reaching out, and I’m sorry to hear you’re running into this issue. Could you please share a few more details to help us understand what’s happening?

  • Which version of Lightroom are you using? Has it started after installing the recent update?

  • Does the issue occur with all images or only specific ones?

  • Version of macOS?

 

As a first step, please try signing out of Lightroom, then signing back in and relaunching the app. This often refreshes the AI model connection and can help resolve the stuck “Updating AI settings” message. Let us know if that helps or if the problem continues after signing back in.

 

Regards,

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