Question

P: LrC 15.1 Error Message: Encountered a problem updating AI Edits

Forum|Forum|5 months ago
December 16, 2025
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Depuis l'installation de la version 15.1 message récurrent : Lightroom a rencontré un problème lors de la mise à jour des modifications par IA. Les futures modifications par IA ne peuvent être enregistrées et pourraient être perdues.

Je suis administrateur et je ne manque pas d'espace sur le disque

Translation:

Since installing version 15.1, recurring message: Lightroom encountered an issue while updating AI changes. Future AI edits cannot be saved and could be lost.

I'm an administrator, and I'm not running out of disk space

cedric_derbaise

Bonjour,

Avec l'outil IA et notamment pour les masquages, j'ai cet écran qui s'affiche.

Mais à la fermeture de lightroom, quand je veux sauvegarder le catalogue, j'ai aussi ce problème qui s'affiche :

La seule chose que j'ai changé sur mon poste de travail, c'est un informaticien qui m'a installé un outil de barrage de virus et pare-feux, ça s'appelle ESET.

Je suis sur MAcbook pro , Apple M2, 24 GO, sonoma 14.6
J'ai de la réserve sur le disque dur, environ 300GO

Merci d'avance pour votre aide
A bientôt

yvonneo9022989

Participant

Hallo ich spiele mich jetzt schon ein paar Wochen mit dieser Fehlermeldung dachte vielleicht geht ja von allein weg .. auch mein IT Mensch kann mir leider nicht helfen.

Beim aktualisieren von KI-Bearbeitungen in Lightroom ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Zukünftige KI Bearbeitungen werden möglicherweise nicht gespeichert und gehen unter Umständen verloren. Bitte kontaktiere zur Fehlerbehehbung den Adobe Kundenservice.

Ich verwende LR classic mit MAC Tahoe 26.2

BEim verwenden hängt dann das komplette LR und ich muss den Neustart immer erzwingen.

Ebenfalls funktioniert seit ein paar Wochen die Sicherung nicht mehr

Also ich kann auch beim beenden kein Katalogsicherung mehr machen.

Ich hab keine Ahnung was ich ändern muss - lief jetzt die ganze Zeit einwandfrei und ich nutze LR als mein Arbeitssystem dh. als selbständige Fotografin - sollte mein Arbeitssystem halt funktionieren um meine Arbeit abzuliefern das nervt aktuell so das die Arbeit überhaupt keinen Spass mehr macht - ich kann keine Bilder mehr entrauschen und alles dauert ewig.

Wie krieg ich LR dazu das es wieder einwandfrei funktioniert ?

Chat CPT hab ich scho gefragt und alles was dieser angeboten hat auch bereits ausprobiert....

DANKE

luca30114466crrw

problem in lightroom classic using AI the message comes out as an attachment :

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Lightroom Classic stores AI masks and other AI data in 'Catalogname.lrcat-data'. Sometimes this file (Mac)/folder (Windows) gets corrupted, or the permissions are getting set wrongly, so Lightroom Classic cannot write to it. That explains what you are seeing. Take the following steps:

1: Review this document: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/ai-edits-storage-error.html to make sure you are not affected by the items listed there.
2: Contact Adobe Support as they have an lrcat-data recovery tool that can fix your corrupt file. Contact Adobe Customer Care at https://helpx.adobe.com/contact/what-contact-options.html. Scroll to the bottom and click on the “Start Now” live chat link in the lower right of this page. Typing “Agent” into the chat text field will bypass the initial chatbot.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

KatWibb

Participating Frequently

I was doing AI Edits without any problem with my new laptop for about three weeks, then one day I started getting the AI Edits Storage Issue error. I've read all the Solutions from this page https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/ai-edits-storage-error.html and none of them seem to be the issue (at least not obviously).

Ensure that you have admin privileges on the machine - it's my new laptop not managed by anyone else.
Make sure only a single instance of Lightroom Classic is accessing the current catalog in use - I started a new catalog for 2026 after I installed LR on my new laptop, so not sure how this could be an issue.
Ensure the disk has sufficient space - I store my pictures on an external hard drive that has 2 TB and I have 1.14 TB free space. My hard drive (C drive) has 754 G free of 926 G.
Restart the system and then open Lightroom Classic - have done this multiple times, installed and re-installed LR and nothing helps.

What am I missing here and how do I fix this problem? I have about 400 pictures to process from a recent vacation/birding trip and all I want to do is denoise them. Help!

johnrellis

Legend

Please do the LR menu command Help > System Info and copy/paste the entire contents here so we can see exactly which versions of hardware and software LR thinks you're running and important LR options that are set.

KatWibb

Participating Frequently

Here you go:

Lightroom Classic version: 15.1 [ 202512101606-1bb801a8 ]

License: Creative Cloud

Language setting: en

Operating system: Windows 11 - Business Edition

Version: 11.0.26200

Application architecture: x64

System architecture: x64

Logical processor count: 16

Processor speed: 3.6GHz

SqLite Version: 3.36.0

Adobe GSDK Version: 1.4.0.171

CPU Utilisation: 7.0%

Power Source: Plugged In

Built-in memory: 32212.7 MB

Dedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 469.4MB / 7862.9MB (5%)

Real memory available to Lightroom: 32212.7 MB

Real memory used by Lightroom: 1408.4 MB (4.3%)

Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 2142.6 MB

GDI objects count: 730

USER objects count: 2562

Process handles count: 2958

Memory cache size: 217.6MB

Internal Camera Raw version: 18.1 [ 2420 ]

Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5

Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2

Camera Raw virtual memory: 236MB / 16106MB (1%)

Camera Raw real memory: 319MB / 32212MB (0%)

Cache1:

Final1- RAM:182.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, DSC_0773.NEF

NT- RAM:182.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Combined:182.0MB

Cache2:

m:217.6MB, n:165.1MB

U-main: 105.0MB

System DPI setting: 96 DPI

Desktop composition enabled: Yes

Standard Preview Size: 3440 pixels

Displays: 1) 3440x1440

Input types: Multitouch: No, Integrated touch: No, Integrated pen: No, External touch: No, External pen: No, Keyboard: No

Graphics Processor Info:

DirectX: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU (32.0.15.8195)

Init State: GPU for Export supported by default

User Preference: Auto

Enable HDR in Library: OFF

GPU for Preview Generation: Auto (S5_7)

Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic

Library Path: C:\Users\kathy\Dropbox\Lightroom\2026\2026.lrcat

Settings Folder: C:\Users\kathy\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom

Installed Plugins:

1) AdobeStock

2) Flickr

Config.lua flags:

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Device : 2d19

Subsystem : ce71028

Revision : a1

Video Memory : 7862

Adapter #2: Vendor : 8086

Device : 7d51

Subsystem : ce71028

Revision : 3

Video Memory : 80

Adapter #3: Vendor : 1414

Device : 8c

Subsystem : 0

Revision : 0

Video Memory : 0

AudioDeviceIOBlockSize: 1024

AudioDeviceName: System Default - DELL U3417W (HD Audio Driver for Display Audio)

AudioDeviceNumberOfChannels: 2

AudioDeviceSampleRate: 48000

Build: LR5x26

Direct2DEnabled: false

GL_ACCUM_ALPHA_BITS: 16

GL_ACCUM_BLUE_BITS: 16

GL_ACCUM_GREEN_BITS: 16

GL_ACCUM_RED_BITS: 16

GL_ALPHA_BITS: 0

GL_BLUE_BITS: 8

GL_DEPTH_BITS: 24

GL_GREEN_BITS: 8

GL_MAX_3D_TEXTURE_SIZE: 16384

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 32768

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS: 4

GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS: 32768,32768

GL_RED_BITS: 8

GL_RENDERER: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2

GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.60 NVIDIA

GL_STENCIL_BITS: 8

GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation

GL_VERSION: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 581.95

GPUDeviceEnabled: false

OGLEnabled: true

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freddyv5251997

Participant

Ik krijg altijd dezelfde opmerking:

er is een probleem opgetreden bij het bewerken van AI-bewerkingen in Lightroom. Toekomstige AI- bewerkingen worden mogelijk niet opgeslagen en gaan mogelijk verloren.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

-- Johan W. Elzenga

freddyv5251997

Participant

of misschien een bug in LR? heb mijn backup van 2 dagen ervoor terug gezet met hetzelfde resultaat. Hoewel hij een uur daarvoor wel werkte. gewoon mijn computer uitgezet om te winkelen en na een tijdje terug opgestart met het gekende probleem.

alison_4670

I used my disc clean-up manager (CleanMyMac) on my mac this morning, and it seems to have caused a pretty big problem with y Lightroom Classic. I use Imagen AI software to cull and edit my photos (weddings) and lightroom is now coming up with the error message "Lightroom has encountered an issue updating AI edits. Future AI edits may not be saved and could be lost. Pleas contact Adobe Customer Support for troubleshooting."

Looking down the tourbleshooting info, it says "If you are using a disk cleanup manager to perform disk cleanup, exclude Lightroom folders from the process."........

So it would seem my cleanmymac software has removed something, or a path, but I don't know what it is or how to recitify the situation! Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Alison

dj_paige

Legend

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-lrc-15-1-error-message-encountered-a-problem-updating-ai-edits/m-p/15637142#M421734

tashography

I am getting this error that pops up every few seconds when using Lightroom Classic and the latest version 15.1. Has anyone experienced this issue and know how to fix it? Thank you!

Anshul_Saini

Community Manager

Hi @tashography,

Thanks for sharing the screenshot. This error is part of a larger, known issue related to how Lightroom Classic stores AI edits.

Please start by reviewing and following the pinned response from Rikk Flohr at the top of this thread. That post outlines the officially recommended steps and explains why this message appears in 15.1.

If you’ve already tried those steps and the issue still persists, I can take a closer look at your catalog to check for corruption or recoverable issues in the associated .lrcat-data file.

• You can upload your .lrcat file and the matching .lrcat-data folder to Google Drive
• Share the download link with me via direct message

Also, please confirm whether you are currently using, or have ever used, any third-party Lightroom plugins, as those can sometimes affect catalog integrity and recovery options.

Once I have that information, I can let you know about the next steps.

Best regards,
Anshul Saini

tashography

Thank you! I was able to resolve the issue with Adobe support - they simply renamed the .lrcat-data folder by adding "ol" in front and then restarted Lightroom and the error message is no longer present. He stated this is a known issue and has been brought up numerous times.

lauren_2474

I cannot use generative remove without receiving this error message. I've looked at the recommended notes. I've even copied my lightroom file over to an SSD that has more space, and I'm encountering the same issue. Anytime I use generative remove I am SPAMMED with the same error message at least 20 times. Help??

nikunj.m

Legend

Hi, thanks for reaching out!

Please go to the Help menu in Lightroom Classic, then System Info, and copy the text. You can share the info with us by either pasting it as a reply here or in a text file and sharing the file with us.

To test, please create a new catalog and import a few images into it to test if you continue to get the error.

Thanks,
Nikunj

efficient_dancer5CC7

Participant

Toutes les photos avec une réduction de bruit par IA ressortent en erreur. Une fois la réduction de bruit faite, ça fonctionne puis la photo ressort avec le message suivant : "une erreur de type indéterminée s'est produite". Je ne peux plus modifier la photo, je ne peux plus accéder à l'historique des modifications. Cette situation arrive à chaque fois que j'utilise la réduction de bruit.

Et chaque fois que j'ouvre Lightroom j'ai un message d'erreur "Lightroom a rencontré un problème lors de la mise à jour des modifications IA ...Veuillez contacter l'assistance client Adobe".

TomIron

Participating Frequently

Summary of the issue by our "friend" ChatGTP might interest

In Lightroom Classic 15.1, catalog-specific corruption of the *.lrcat-data file can cause two simultaneous failures:

Lightroom is unable to save AI-based edits (“Encountered a problem updating AI Edits”), and
Catalog backups fail at the final save/commit stage, even when sufficient disk space and valid write permissions are present.

The failure is not related to the operating system, storage media, permissions, antivirus software, or the Lightroom installation itself. The same system can successfully back up other catalogs, confirming the problem is isolated to the affected catalog.

Technical conclusion

The *.lrcat-data file is no longer a purely regenerable cache. In recent Lightroom Classic versions, it contains persistent, non-transparent data structures required for AI edits (e.g. subject/sky masks). When this file becomes internally inconsistent, Lightroom cannot validate or commit a catalog backup and cannot update AI edits.

Adobe provides no supported mechanism to repair a corrupted *.lrcat-data file while preserving AI edits. The only known workaround is to force regeneration of the file, which restores functionality but irreversibly deletes all AI-based edits. This indicates a structural design flaw: critical, user-created edit data is stored outside the primary catalog database in a non-repairable auxiliary file that is also required for backups to succeed.

Implication

This architecture creates an unacceptable single point of failure: corruption in a secondary support file can simultaneously break backups and destroy AI edits, with no recovery path. As of Lightroom Classic 15.1, this represents a fundamental robustness and data integrity weakness in Adobe Lightroom’s catalog design.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

A known issue, so here's a standard answer: Lightroom Classic stores AI masks and other AI data in 'Catalogname.lrcat-data'. Sometimes this file (Mac)/folder (Windows) gets corrupted, or the permissions are getting set wrongly, so Lightroom Classic cannot write to it. That explains what you are seeing. Take the following steps:

-- Johan W. Elzenga

TomIron

Participating Frequently

Thanks. But these steps did not solve my problems.

The issue is most probably linked to my setup. I must store my large catalog (6 GB) and the huge amount of previews on an external USB-SSD (3.2).
I have more than 300 GB of free space left. So I guess this is not an issue.
But presumably LR intermittently fails to write to the SSD, causing corruption of the lrcat and/or lrcat-data files. It has happened all to often.
Windows has no problem whatsoever reading/writing from the disc. And the file system is OK, at least before running LR.

I manage to get LR running after moving lrcat-data, but this results in ALL edits of images with any AI-edits being lost.
Since this is a periodic problem, letting Adobe fix a corrupted file every time it occurs is not really an acceptable solution.

I really expect Adobe to give us a work around, maybe connected to the integrity check tool.

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