Generative Remove keeps disappearing when navigating between photos in Lightroom Classic 15.0.1

[dancingcameras]

I am experiencing a persistent and reproducible issue with Generative Remove in Lightroom Classic 15.0.1.

The AI removal does not remain applied to the image. When I return to a previously edited photo, the generative removal is missing and a yellow “Update AI” button appears.

After clicking “Update AI”, the edit reappears—however, once I continue editing other images, the generative removal disappears again.

This happens consistently across a large project of approximately 100 RAW images.

My setup:

• Lightroom Classic 15.0.1

• macOS 15.7.2

• Mac Studio M1 Max

• 64 GB RAM

• Fast internal SSD

• GPU set to Auto

Symptoms:

• Generative Remove works correctly on the first image.

• After editing several more images, returning to earlier images shows that the generative removal is gone.

• A yellow “Update AI” button appears on affected images.

• Clicking the button restores the edit, but it disappears again later during continued work.

• This makes batch export impossible, because only the most recently edited images include the generative removal in the exported file.

• All other develop settings remain intact (basic adjustments, masks, etc.). Only Generative Remove is affected.

Troubleshooting steps attempted (none resolved the issue):

• Verified that no newer Lightroom Classic updates are available

• Restarted the computer

• Reset Lightroom preferences

• Optimized the catalog

• Cleared Camera Raw cache

• Increased cache size (up to 100 GB)

• Confirmed stable internet connection

• Tested GPU settings (on, off, auto)

• Disabled any VPN or firewall

• Switched modules after applying generative removal (Library → Develop)

• Exported in small batches

• Opened from a catalog backup

• Reinstalled Creative Cloud components

• Verified all macOS and Adobe components are fully updated

• Tested with a new set of RAW files in the same catalog

• The issue also occurs in completely new edit sessions

Key observation:

Generative Remove appears not to be written correctly to the .lrcat or .lrcat-data files. Lightroom forgets the generative layer as soon as I navigate away from the image.

Request:

Is this a known issue in Lightroom Classic 15.x?

Is there a fix, or a reliable workaround to ensure that Generative Remove is permanently saved? At present, I cannot complete any project that relies on this feature.

[Srishti Bali]

Hi @dancingcameras,

Thanks for sharing such a detailed report — that’s really helpful, and we’re sorry for the trouble this is causing. To help us investigate further, could you please share the following:

1. Your System Info from Lightroom Classic (go to Help > System Info… and copy the contents here).
2. A screen recording of the issue showing how the Generative Remove edit disappears when switching between photos.

This will help us understand the issue better and help you accordingly. Looking forward to your response!

Regards,

Srishti

[dancingcameras]

Hey Srishti, 

Thanks for your reply. 

My normal workflow editing my GFX 100s files are quite simple - I finish one image at the time including the generative removal tool. Once I've edited say 20 images I navigate away from LR to read emails or whatever, and when I return my AI edits need to be updated. That is both generative removal and AI masks. 
Even when I don't exit LR and just skim through the edited images the AI edits needs to be updated. 
It's super frustrating having to edit and export a single image at a time. Not even the shortcut I saw navigating between library (G) and develop (D) after every image seems to work.

System info: 

Lightroom Classic-version: 15.0.1 [ 202511041508-dddee541 ]
Licens: Creative Cloud
Språkinställning: sv-SE
Operativsystem: Mac OS 26
Version: 26.1.0 [25B78]
Programarkitektur: arm64
Antal logiska processorer: 10
Processorhastighet: NA
SqLite-version: 3.36.0
Adobe GSDK Version: 1.4.0.171

Internt minne: 65 536,0 MB
Dedikerat GPU-minne som används av Lightroom: 1 739,8MB / 53 084,1MB (3%)
Fysiskt minne tillgängligt för Lightroom: 65 536,0 MB
Fysiskt minne använt för Lightroom: 12 407,9 MB (18,9%)
Virtuellt minne använt för Lightroom: 437 965,4 MB
Storlek på cache-minnet: 109,0MB
Intern Camera Raw-version: 18.0 [ 2389 ]
Högsta antal trådar som används av Camera Raw: 5
SIMD-optimering för Camera Raw: SSE2
Virtuellt minne för Camera Raw: 3028MB / 32767MB (9%)
Faktiskt minne för Camera Raw: 3668MB / 65536MB (5%)

Cache1:
Final1- RAM:950,0MB, VRAM:289,0MB, _DSF1040.RAF
NT- RAM:950,0MB, VRAM:289,0MB, Combined:1 239,0MB

Cache2:
m:109,0MB, n:806,6MB

U-main: 105,0MB

Standardstorlek för förhandsvisning: 1920 pixlar
Bildskärmar: 1) 1920x1200

Grafikprocessorinformation:
Metal: Apple M1 Max
Initieringsstatus: GPU för export stöds som standard
Användarinställningar: Auto
Aktivera HDR i Bibliotek: AV
Grafikprocessor för generering av förhandsgranskningar: På (S5_51)

Programmapp: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom Classic
Bibliotekssökväg: /Users/markuslinderoth/Desktop/Linderoth Photography AB/Lightroom Catalog-v13-3.lrcat
Inställningsmapp: /Users/markuslinderoth/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom

Installerade plugin-program:
1) Adobe Stock
2) Flickr
3) Imagen plugin
4) Importplugin för Aperture/iPhoto
5) Negative Lab Pro v3
6) Topaz Photo AI

Config.lua-flaggor: