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Mutant D Lab
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November 18, 2025
Question

Discover icon blue ring always showing

  • November 18, 2025
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Good afternoon,

 

I would like to report a strange behaviour in Photoshop.

 

The “Discover” icon (the lightbulb with the blue glowing ring in the top-right corner of the interface) keeps appearing with a highlight effect and overlays other windows inside the application.

 

Here is what happens in more detail:

 

  • the lightbulb effect remains visible on top of several Photoshop dialogs/windows,

  • the highlight reappears repeatedly, even after I click the lightbulb and close the panel,

  • it becomes quite distracting and feels like it is “stuck” on top of the interface, as if it were a permanent overlay.

 

 

I have tried clicking the icon, opening and closing the help/discover panel and then continuing to work, but the effect keeps coming back. As far as I understand, this highlight should only appear occasionally to indicate tips or new features, and not continuously or on top of other windows. This behaviour disrupts the workflow and seems to be a visual bug.

 

Thank you in advance for your attention and for any possible fix in future updates.

 

Application: Adobe Photoshop

Version: 27.0.0

Operating system: macOS Tahoe 26.1

 

Best regards

1 reply

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AlekeCommunity Manager
Community Manager
November 18, 2025

Hi @Mutant D Lab, welcome to the community!
I wasn’t able to reproduce this issue on my end. Did it start happening after any recent changes to your setup, like an update to Photoshop or macOS?
As a first step, could you try resetting the Photoshop preferences? This often helps with odd issues, just keep in mind it will reset brushes, workspaces, and other custom settings. Here’s how:
https://adobe.ly/3Kb0nYH
Thanks!
Alek

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Mutant D LabAuthor
Participant
November 19, 2025

I noticed this happens after updating Photoshop, but I did a clean install because I had to do a clean operating system installation. Is there any setting in the preferences that could fix this?

 

Thank you

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AlekeCommunity Manager
Community Manager
November 19, 2025

Hi @Mutant D Lab,
I don’t believe there’s a specific setting for this in the preferences, but sometimes resetting them can help with odd issues. Preferences store not only your custom settings but also some internal data, which can occasionally get corrupted since it’s overwritten every time you exit the app.
Have you tried resetting the preferences yet? If so, did it make a difference?
Thanks!
Alek

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