Photoshop Beta version 26.8 fails to launch on my system and crashes immediately during startup. Reverting to version 26.6 resolves the issue — no crash occurs.
The issue appears related to memory access and ntdll.dll heap corruption. This did not occur in previous beta versions.
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OS: Windows 11
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RAM: 64 GB
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor, 3593 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)
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GPU: NVIDIA RTX 2060
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Photoshop Beta version: 26.8.0
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Previous working version: 26.6.0
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Exception Code: 0xc0000374 (heap corruption)
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Faulting Module: ntdll.dll
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Fault Offset: 0x000000000011e0e5
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Related error in logs:
GetPhysically Installed SystemMemory(&TotalMemoryInKilobytes) at D:\js\ci\gitws-0\src\dist\git\adobe\thirdparty\LibXPUInfo\LibXPUInfo.cpp:1935
Request:
Please investigate possible regression in memory/system hardware access in 26.8 (possibly related to LibXPUInfo), and advise if a patch or fix is planned.