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Versions

Blender 4.2.6 LTS – January 21, 2025

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Render freezing during rendering in middle of process (Principle Hair BSDF with the Huang model – Chiang model is fine). [#131240]
‘Select’ button in bone Selection Sets panel doesn’t select the correct bones after using ‘Selection Set Select’. [#129416]
EEVEE Next decreases in performance as a animation is played on repeat. [#131134]
Fix: Deps: Fix building dpcpp on many core box. [b28c47c81a8]
Fix #131927: Cycles: Reduce uncertain light tree traversal in scenes with one distant light. [a53b6a54f18]
Only Insert Available Prevents Camera View Navigation From Auto Keying if Camera Object Is Not Active. [#131669]
Fix LibOverride bug when clearing invalid liboverride data. [19dc3d79d50]
Fix: Uninitialized variable in MTLSafeFreeList. [d222a0172ac]
Vertex Edge slide. [#132264]
Using gizmo to adjust image empties does not immediately update the corresponding values in its properties. [#128633]
Fix Alembic importer generating invalid edge crease values. [5ddeb0d63ef]
Fix: Random crash in Cycles BVH2 build. [ccfcacc02b9]
Cloth animation crash during Cycles CPU rendered viewport playback. [#131933]
Memory leak when context.temp_override() is called without using a context-manager. [#132615]
Crash when rendering animation in scene with drivers after cancelling extension update check. [#131195]
Extensions: suppress resource leak warning on WIN32. [0b575856077]
Cleanup: replace Generator type with Iterator where appropriate. [813aff7288d]
Crash/Assert on F3-Search with 3D Viewport Pie Menus add-on. [#130744]
Refactor: adjust the URL/file-system data iterators for extensions. [3ee045724fe]
Pose Library: Create Pose Asset Operator fails on some property types. [#131495]
Text `Fast editing` overrides `Fill Mode` in object mode. [#131888]
Render results of CYCLES point cloud instance different from viewport. [#132049]
Deps: Update Boost library download URL. [6d29e8fa883]
GeoNodes Tool does not read image input like GeoNode Modifier does. [#132760]
Fix crash in weight paint’s loop selection. [7f68deeb55e]
Crash animating on a 1-segment path. [#132976]
Rendering glitch with Points to Volume geometry node. [#132566]
Array modifier + X-Ray crash on meshes with generated geometry but no own vertices. [#132991]
FCurve Key via python does not create a new key with generated type. [#132548]
Symmetrized Limit Location Constraint wrong enabled min/max. [#132254]
Regression: Tool switching with the ctrl key is broken for grease pencil sculpt mode. [#132433]
Grease Pencil shapes don’t show preview before committing. [#125687]
Crash when texture baking. [#131814]
Fix: Cycles random crash loading images. [0a569f1]
Fix: Hydra MaterialX conversion crash with some image file types. [e11daeb]
Fix: Hydra memory leak when generated images are saved. [9e1cdca]
ASAN: Metal: dereference of a high value address. [#131458]

Blender 4.2.5 LTS – December 17, 2024

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make license: Tweak on generated comments. [565593a764]
Fix (unreported) unclear potential invalid readfile behavior on unknown BHead type. [7a43565654a]
Keyframes get hidden in the timeline when panned in the up direction. [#127949]
Eevee: Viewport Render Animation causes white/black flashes of materials. [#130235]
Blender Python API gpu.types.buffer Always Returns Float Type Buffer Regardless of Declared Format. [#116551]
Crash renaming a modifier in the Outliner and then toggling its “Realtime” / “show_viewport” property. [#130536]
UI: Show File Name on Recent Item Tooltip. [3f332faf9ab]
Regression: First input stops being hidden when a node is dragged above a link. [#130967]
Tests: correct hard coded version string in extensions test. [bdc8d6963e2]
Extensions: fix building packages containing macos universal wheels. [68df34ecf0e]
Extensions python wheels incompatible with 3.11 error in Blender 4.3 and 4.2.4 LTS (Extensions disabled). [#130561]
Viewer node toggle button strange cursor detection (eye icon). [#130244]
glTF exporter: Fix crash with extra channel. [a8714eaa3df]
glTF exporter: Fix debug logging. [383b780b976]
glTF exporter: Fix crash when animation on not used material. [a5a8cd9e6a0]
Fix failure to reinstall an extension uninstalling the extension. [bce84bcbcce]
Dragging on bone transform property won’t go below zero. [#131045]
Error installing extension – Acess is denied, `os.rename(filepath_local_pkg_temp, filepath_local_pkg)`. [#130211]
Correct error printing error in f03fba614d354c0a3a5d952798803715488679e6. [19a8ec27091]
Extensions: suppress noisy prints for extension wheel filtering. [0eabdc27f24]
Extensions: use replace exists with lexists to check a path can be used. [948ddd86dc6]
Fix error enabling extensions with an empty wheel list. [3ab3157fdd8]
snapping to grid disabled when toogle x-ray. [#131215]
Fix 3D text styling buttons in edit-mode. [1cf6e989717]
Weight Paint Alt+H not un-hiding Bones when in Bone Selection. [#130053]
While in pose mode, pressing alt+e will disable wireframe overlay. [#130061]
4.2 LTS Dyntopo shape key crash. [#131472]
Crash When Using “Fill Mask”. [#130482]
Blender crashes every time i try to use “Smooth” set on negative direction with stylus. [#126939]

Blender 4.2.4 LTS – November 19, 2024

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Grease pencil stroke direction overlay missing on 4.3 (GPv3) and on Mac 4.2. [#128079]
Fix ‘missing files’ operator not reporting which ID is using the missing filepath. [1b3198999ed77b]
Blender freezes permanently when pausing animation with multiframe on – macOS?. [#129183]
4.2 LTS: Intel GPU Compositor Lens Distortion node produces blank result. [#129719]
Sculpt Mode: Confirming gesture tool creates additional gesture point. [#127557]
Crash when active attribute is none. [#127691]
Opening Blender 3 document in Blender 4 breaks Alpha transparency in Cycles. [#126562]
Edge Slide freezes blender and mouse cursor movement if geometry is too broken. [#128702]
Crash when dragging a file into Blender with Wayland. [#128766]
Precision mode does not work with grid snap. [#122635]
New Snap To Grid snaps to “floor”/”visible” 2-dimensional grid only (4.1 was a 3-dimensional grid). [#126665]
Regression: Eevee Not rendering textures when displacement is used. [#128282]
Extensions build: no error handling when “type” is missing. [#128840]
Skipping wheel for other system (macosx_10_9_universal2 != macosx_11.2_arm64). [#128838]
Grease Pencil is shown in front when deactivating “Show Overlays”. [#128813]
Spotlights with Shadows Cast Strange Artifacts in Eevee Next (4.2 RC). [#124636]
When using the biset tool, and using cntl to snap to angle intervals, it seems it doesn’t snap to exactly 45 degrees. [#128637]
Regression: Icons don’t display on custom nodes anymore. [#128982]
“Sync Visible Range” option not working in “Movie Clip Editor Panel” > Tracking Mode > View – Graph. [#126728]
Animation doesn’t play/start when cursor is over side panel of NLA editor. [#126869]
NLA Editor’s Channel list does not update when object’s viewport visibility changes. [#127117]
Armature Unselectable EditBones are not selectable from Outliner, assert in debug builds. [#127180]
Missing brush visualization when using Shift to smooth. [#127399]
Blendfile corruption when loading a local Image which is already loaded through linked data. [#130194]
Face Set From Masked Not Working in Blender 4.2.2. [#129085]
Shadow breaks with linked duplicate. [#128085]
Overlay: Apply scale on lights is showing wrong size of light. [#128916]
Crash when using Subdivision Modifier and Armature Modifier on a skinned mesh(v4.2.3LTS). [#129067]
removing f-curve modifier does not purge modifier motion. [#128805]
Bone Duplicate/Symmetrize doesn’t affect pose bone colors. [#125451]
Broken `WITH_UI_TESTS` in Ghost Wayland builds (Wayland/Weston issues?). [#129095]
Cleanup: remove deprecated typing built-ins for extension logic. [81546f30aae]
Armature bones with Selectability disabled prevent click selection through them. [#123963]
Index of nearest node evaultes GroupID input incorrectly. [#128997]
selecting Cryptomate while rendering causes crash. [#129205]
fix search string in a endless loop. [#129167]
Blender can deadlock if `Operator.poll_message_set` was called with a string. [#129302]
Blender unstable/crashing if command line “–python” script contains “import multiprocessing”. [#127097]
bpy data `remove` performance issues. [#129323]
Disabling / uninstalling extensions doesn’t always remove the extension’s dependencies. [#125958]
Fix memory leak pasting images in Wayland. [1d5f3a5674e]
Blender 4.2.3 crashes during BMesh garbage collection. [#129401]
Fix missing lock in GHOST_SystemWayland::hasClipboardImage. [b6cb3ebb14f]
Cycles Light Tree: Artifact on the principled volume shader when sun angle is “0”. [#129420]
Blender 4.2.3 Sculpt Mode | “Error : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION” | Voxel Remeshing Causes Crash Randomly But Often. [#129425]
Fix: Anchored, Line, Drag Dot stroke types do not support pen flip mode. [aa14409edf0]
GLTF ignores Shapekeys even if only Armature Modifier exists. [#129548]
glTF exporter: Manage alpha when performing RGB2BW conversion. [da3bbc70187]
glTF exporter: fix typo in hook name. [188e430ed98]
Python app using bpy to render via Cycles runs successfully but always has an exit status code of 139 (sometimes 245). [#126807]
glTF exporter: Fix regression exporting emission with texture. [925bcbd584b]
Exporting glb file with full backing, and a step different than 1, crashes. [#129407]
glTF exporter: Fix some UDIM export. [5e116c94921]
glTF exporter: Fix regression exporting animated camera. [0d3eaf4139c]
Regression: Copy operation fails in nodes editor when mouse is over header. [#127434]
Changing a curve’s material, using 3D curves, on OptiX, in viewport rendering, results in error. [#124200]
Fix: UI previews don’t refresh outside of properties editor. [3c4ebca50a8]
Build: Add Epoxy to OpenSubdiv library build dependencies. [abacb185622]
EEVEE: Volume probe create bad shading if resolution is divisible by 3. [#127215]
GPU: Avoid assert caused by overlapping attribute in material shaders. [5e0b5190352]
Python template_list cursor is offset by 1 character. [#128875]
Blender 4.2 MacOS Eevee use absurd amount of memory when render the same file compare to 4.1. [#126364]
macOS: Crash when dragging window from one screen to another. [#128712]
Cleanup: replace typing.Union/Option with logical OR for extensions. [60f3e274fe3]
Cleanup: remove deprecated typing use for extensions utility. [eccdf1d644a]
Blender crashes when using context.temp_override with bpy.ops.object.mode_set in some cases. [#129578]
Fix memory leak on exit for bpy.app.translations members. [720f4466c03]
Fix potential out of bounds read in UTF8 string length calculation. [86de85c0a66]
Fix memory leak with PyConfig initialization. [e928464a59a]
Skipping wheel for other system (macosx_10_9_universal2 != macosx_11.2_arm64). [#128838]
UI: replace “Extension” with “Add-on” for enable/disable operators. [cd66c2dcf35]
Fix crash framing the camera to geometry in mesh edit-mode. [26cf94dd427]
Fix crash accessing WM capabilities in background mode. [e9e1721c9e5]
Fix crash calling vertex slide without an active region. [2e137dd561b]
Fix crash calling UV picking actions without an active region. [eed8db420b5]
Fix memory leak in “External File Operation” on non WIN32 systems. [ec8ed748e28]
glTF export: Add logging level control for export. [e7d28fc6f27]
Blender spams verbose info on stderr. [#128807]
Fix memory leak in edit-font toggle style. [e9f89f9af59385449a5d34c8d0b77bceca9f3cd6]
Fix “Rotate Edges” iterating over freed edges. [da1cd9df11]
Fix “Apply Modifier as Shape” ignoring Alt to apply to selected. [ad10bc3e05]
Fix memory leak in mathutils.geometry.box_pack_2d. [e6b073b29e]
Fix BMeshElemSeq.sort(key=None) argument. [86aabbbace]
Armature “Assign to Collection” crashes when called with default arguments. [#129607]
Extensions: exclude “wheels” from the static JSON package listing. [02f36817d5]
Extensions: support for filtering based on Python versions. [cfc10b0232]
Armature “Assign to Collection” crashes when called with default arguments. [#129607]
Extensions: quote paths in error messages, improve missing file error. [b6f9d12510]
Tests: add tests to ensure literal paths are properly handled. [fa4688451a]
Fix missing wheel refresh after updating extensions. [a2e69961f2]
Fix missing extensions refresh after the repository config changed. [567c061aaf]
Calling addon_utils.enable(..) fails on extensions with wheels. [#130024]
Crash when switching from EEVEE to Cycles while rendering animation. [#129019]
Add cube tool grid snapping will not work on top of other objects. [#130078]
Regression: ‘Sequence Render Animation’ not working for scene strips in render shading. [#127479]
Fix: VSE: Use after free in retiming. [aa1d606984]
Fix: VSE: use after free in for loop. [6d3e384025]
Rigify UI bug on selected bone in pose mode (Rigify type submenu). [#130059]
Crash: Compositing with Double Edge Mask. [#130134]
Viewport Shading, Render mode, render crashes. [#129235]
Grease Pencil geometry type listed in some Geometry Nodes tooltips. [#128220]

Blender 4.2.3 LTS – October 15, 2024

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“Auto-Save Preferences” does not work in all preference menus. [#127678]
4.1 splash screen won’t render in Blender 4.2.1 with MetalRT. [#127622]
BKE: id_delete: Do not forbid layer collection resync in non-Main case. [adf990f5e1]
Black rectangle artifact in mask feather. [#127692]
Changing enum props in redo menu doesn’t update the menu drawing. [#126521]
Combining two Shader to RGB nodes destroys the Normals AOV. [#124567]
Compositing Using Multiple Utility Levels Node Freeze Blender. [#127051]
Crash applying object transform for multi-user objects. [70bac72b003]
Crash deleting mask vertices. [8146e75140f]
Crash if expanding the fonts directory fails. [8c1d59c0618]
Crash making objects single user. [3e582bf531e]
Crash on load after id_properties_ui type change. [#127952]
crash to desktop when baking texture from selected mesh with no faces to active. [#127964]
Crash using “~” in the file selector when the “home” is null. [76e11bedfa8]
Cryptomatte segmentation error. [#128315]
DRW: Rename draw_debug_info.hh to avoid conflict with main branch. [c68bd4b16f9]
EEVEE: Inconsistent DOF Preview. [#124514]
EEVEE: Mesh Plane Disappears on Some Angles. [#127774]
EEVEE: Refractive materials do not refract emissive materials. [#126455]
EEVEE: Volume Lightprobe: Division by zero if no object is visible. [8a8ecabecd4]
Extensions: Manifest polishing. [54fa2513b52]
Fix ARRAY_HAS_ITEM macro on 64bit systems. [c0f0a451cd4]
Fix IDPropertyUIManager.as_dict() non-array default for arrays. [4d95b2b69cd]
Fix inconsistency between *BKE_appdir_folder_{home/default} on macOS. [7318206d2e2]
Fix mask duplicate failing to set the active point. [eb36fbe0889]
Fix: ‘Snap to Grid’ defaults to ‘Center’ instead of ‘Median’ when ‘Closest’ is selected. [4447c64bbc2]
Fix: Error in builds without OCIO. [c6f0d10a0d2]
Fix: Snap grid point of Rotate operator is closest to the constraint axis. [bc7f896f237]
Fix: Snap to Grid with constraint limited to floor level. [e19916d82cc]
Fix: Uninitialized variable in versioning code. [0b33f52c8ca]
glTF exporter: fix crash using full collection hierarchy export. [7389b08a08c]
GPU compositor glare node does not work properly on high resolution images. [#126998]
HDRI Screen tearing. [#127590]
Incorrectly displays texture transparency when face orientation is enabled. [#128113]
Keys deleting when moving key(s) in Graph Editor with shared animation across multiple objects. [#127758]
Large VDB files crashing Blender 4.2 RC – macOS Metal. [#124720]
License: Outdated HDRi license file. [#128095]
macOS: Splash Screen notice to about reduced performance on Rosetta. [656fc04478c]
macOS: UV islands display issue – macOS Metal. [#126542]
Memory leak selecting meshes in multi-object edit-mode. [#128226]
Parent to triangle changes child location. [#127803]
Regression: Corrupted output when changing render regions in script with cycles without denoising. [#126565]
Regression: file selector automatically creates paths & warns. [#128567]
Regression: Multires Unsubdivide destroys the vertex groups. [#93911]
Regression: Snapping related performance regression in 4.2. [#125646]
Regression: STL importing files in with smooth shaded faces. [#127932]
Regression: Toggle Maximize Area slower with geometry nodes. [#126205]
render view with Cropped render region result in line offset / distortion with GPU compositor set to GPU. [#128551]
Snaping in solid mode (Xray 1.0) doesnt snap other geometry. [#128074]
Tooltips unnecessary large padding. [#128231]
Uncheck “Load UI” causes failure in direct manipulation of nodes with certain files. [#128012]
Video: Error in video decoding on either Linux or AVX512 CPU (ffmpeg alignment issue?). [#125446]
WIN32: Extension update failed and removed the addon instead. [#128175]

Blender 4.2.2 LTS – September 24, 2024

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Wayland: tiny mouse cursor with 125% fractional scaling. [#105895]
OpenGL: Enable High Quality Normals for Legacy AMD Drivers. [#126483]
Blender 4.2 – Entering Grease Pencil ‘Weight Paint’ mode (in a new scene) crashes Blender. [#126419]
Fix #126434: Boid particle fight rule crash involving non-boid psys. [#126494]
Geometry Nodes: Crash in Sample UV Surface node. [#126450]
Blender has impractically long startup time opening old files with many objects. [#126526]
Crash while bridging faces. [#123405]
Hex values in color popup are written with 1 or 2 digits mixed, instead of always using 2 digits. [#126551]
VDB sequence gets imported multiple times and gets chopped up. [#124832]
Wrong cursor icon after saving with multiple windows open. [#124693]
Crash when unlinking scene from render layers node in compositor when using GPU device. [#126552]
Alembic: Issues importing Hair in 4.2 but not in 3.6. [#126324]
Regression: Group ID in Fill Curve Evaluate inconsistantly. [#126595]
Fix missing error check for fork() failing. [2c9e26acc56]
Fix soft-delete hanging on *nix when the command was not found. [70475861cda]
Regression: Graph Editor: broken f-curve line. [#120950]
Extensions: Update the example license on the manifest template. [e877bedac72]
4.2.1 EEVEE Cryptomatte pass doesn’t match Cycles. [#126556]
Data passes have wrong alpha with macOS GPU compositor. [#126412]
Fix: Outdated tooltip on Principled BSDF. [1e9ae10e904]
Fix crash & other errors creating fallback path for buttons. [c3916026773]
Cryptomatte doesn’t work when its source is EXR file packed into blend file. [#126567]
Build: Ambiguous call to isfinite for MSVC 17.11. [fc31352b706]
Black transparent BSDF is invisible. [#126459]
Backface culling keeps “face orientation” overlay. [#126351]
USD drag-drop import crash after undo. [#124752]
USDA import crashes Blender during material assignment to geometry subsets. [#125184]
Fix: USD: Use correct data type for UsdPreviewSurface normal input. [f50e4cbb62d]
Steam launcher script refuses to launch on drive mount points that contain spaces. [#126734]
Fix: Typo in extensions repository lock info message. [7ceedb5f4c3]
EEVEE-NEXT – Shadows Break with Subdivision Surface (RDNA2 only?). [#123787]
EEVEE Command Line Rendering on the Mac freezes, memory usage constantly increases up until freeze. [#125333]
Group input socket missing subtype when created from Gamma shader node Gamma socket. [#126535]
Segmentation Fault Upon Blender Startup. [#126573]
Objects displayed as Wire occlude objects behind when Face Orientation is on. [#126225]
Fix: Cycles memory leak in HIP-RT. [357fb5c5ffd]
Pin to last issue on Library override object. [#126677]
Missing vcruntime140.dll when running blender-launcher.exe on Windows. [#126798]
Compositor has no independent Texture access. [#126856]
Fix incorrect location from SpaceText.region_location_from_cursor. [fb14083ff54]
Multiresolution modifier: Using ‘Unsubdivide’ while the mesh has faces hidden in edit mode results in Blender freezing completely. [#126633]
Fix multi-res un-subdivide skipping faces & leaking memory. [574d096f784]
Crash on clicking ‘Lock Camera to View’ widget after running ‘Reload Scripts’ operator. [#126852]
glTF exporter: Fix UI after Blender changes. [fc9b876f25a]
glTF exporter: Fix custom prop when apply modifier. [e38cda52808]
glTF exporter: avoid double export. [4f660c3b2c6]
glTF exporter: Regression: RGB to Shader socket unlit management. [f82b50654ab]
glTF exporter: fix error message if hook failed. [f59641b6b04]
EEVEE: Background turns black when only single visible volume object is present. [#126986]
PLY export does not clamp vertex colors when they exceed 1.0 (instead they are wrapped). [#127022]
Fix BMFace/BMLoop.copy_from_face_interp() functions. [b22dd61a47d]
`copy_from_face_interp` needs tuple input, loses reference, returns nothing. [#120861]
atan2(0,0) evaluates to NaN on Metal but 0 on all other platforms. [#126799]
Default Cube has `Transparent Shadows` off. [#126038]
Fix incorrect use of exit() when execv() fails on *nix. [374da29f6aa]
Fix: prevent free of nullptr during bone collection undo processing. [50506c79455]
Crash with “Extrude Mesh” geometry node on from_pydata edge only mesh. [#127085]
3D viewport background color affects attribute text color. [#126908]
4.2 oneAPI “Embree on GPU” (HWRT) no hair strands in viewport. [#124811]
Fix: Cannot render Victor and Spring with embree disabled on Intel GPUs. [b72ad1209a8]
Fix crash entering edit-mode for text objects from old blender versions. [7bc471630b0]
Fix crash reading files from v2.66. [0b42a3aabc1]
Fix memory leak loading legacy meshes without any edges. [a9745f2a16c]
4.2 Regression: UI popover can not be scrolled upwards. [#127012]
Loop cut and Curve Modifier stop working properly. [#123138]
Regression: Crash if `cls.bl_rna` after unregister_class(). [#127165]
Regression: Connecting node lines disappear. [#127039]
Fix missing import in cli command registration example. [73c27fd6509]
Fix missing check for “-c” to terminate argument parsing. [b49c8bd8dad]
Geometry Nodes Crashes Blender – Access Violation in mesh_sample.cc – Windows 11. [#127319]
GP Objects Flicker in Video Sequencer when Material Preview mode. [#125506]
EEVEE: Can not use Curves Info->Length. [#126463]
Cleanup: pass const depsgraph for viewport funcitons. [fcc87f44886]
Fix missing redraw when setting the view axis. [f06c7a50c63]
Fix local view failing to restore axis-roll. [0cb427c9119]
Console Keyboard Interrupt does not work on Blender 4.2.1. [#127329]
EEVEE: Black surfaces on Intel GPU. [#122837]
Blender 4.2 – Compress Saving option gets removed when recovering from AutoSave. [#126821]
Can’t change viewport text overlay color. [#124549]
Blender adds Grease Pencil Objects to Scene when appending IDs with annotations (e.g. in their shader editor). [#127142]
UI broken in 4.2 when preferences are saved with 4.3. [#126706]
Crash when switching an area to asset browser and back and creating a new file. [#124167]
Crash on undo: Unlinking Scene Collection from Object Properties panel. [#126549]
Area light resize gizmo (amongst other gizmos) missing undo step?. [#69164]
4.2 backport: Core: flush outputs before calling exiting on `execvp` failure. [8159824a1c8ff1a6165b2c37b399c8b3784bea88]
glTF: hook UI, distinct import & export draw code. [79d64e293ce]
glTF exporter: fix missing hook parameters leading to crash. [cf0a1b04204]
glTF: Fix typo in a previous commit. [062a574786f]
Fix back-slash character filtering in the outliner & UI list. [73ef17c17bf]
Crash after unlink -> undo -> select (linked copied scene). [#127213]
Extensions – fail to install extension from cli. [#126792]
Fix crash scrubbing in the animation player with 1 frame loaded. [9d571a11f22]
Fix error in stereo3d side-by-side display. [420043d7271]
BKE_lib: avoid potential read uninitialized memory in BKE_id_copy_*. [b4cfb0c8168]
Fix: error in node wrangler format string. [84ed03ec12e]
active_framebuffer_get v framebuffer_active_get. [#127636]
Fix batch renaming object data from the outliner. [c6b39783aa6]
oneAPI Embree GPU, transparent shadows will render opaque if transparent bounces is 1024. [#125093]
Meshes or Curves with just “wire” edges disappear in the viewport if SubD is used while in Viewport “Wireframe” mode. [#126524]
Regression: Deinterlace checkbox makes video invisible. [#127654]
4.2 backport: Fix fake_retiming_key_init returning uninitialized stack memory. [06ad4d64312ed97c2cacbd4736a4a1e88712bd03]

Blender 4.2.1 LTS – August 20, 2024

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Build: add missing ROCm installation step. [bf738fd35afe7fa2c79c24ac44f6ea97dc3ac8d7]
Anim: layered Action data is still loaded in 4.2-release. [#125063]
Extra Mesh Objects – Operator Presets – * Missing Paths *. [#124020]
Geometry Nodes: Crashing when I input the value node into the length on the resample curve node. [#124431]
Transparent 3D viewport issue. [#102994]
Fix: Dyntopo sample detail doesn’t update status text. [5bf1be8f51c]
Fix: Nodes: crash in case of dissolving node after save. [c3268834d79]
Regression: Some nodes has wider spacing between sockets. [#124637]
Geometry Nodes: cache related nodes are not present in quick plug search. [#124625]
OptiX OSL uses incorrect SSS render method. [#124705]
VSE: Fix glitchy handle select for adjacent strips. [4f6a5f963cb]
Incorrect snap symbol. [#124552]
Voronoi Texture Smoothness Socket Input also is used as Lacunarity in Smooth F1. [#124745]
No transfer of the “Cast Shadow” attribute for light. [#124817]
VSE – Frame Selected ( Numpad . ) doesnt work anymore. [#124868]
VSE: Reword the text of the movie add “use_framerate” option. [7033d9bcf2a]
Blender 4.2: Can’t install add-ons if a specific order of operations is followed on first open. [#124850]
Linux Wayland: Repeatedly opening and closing a Blender window freezes Blender. [#123096]
Fix: EEVEE materials with three closures render black on MacOS. [1f12bd3c492]
DOF eyedropper button not showing in Cycles and inconsistent text labels. [#124501]
Crash droping images in view3d ui regions. [#124931]
VSE: Meta/scene strips are drawn with a gap to strip start. [#124589]
VSE misses strip auto-deselect with right click selection (Blender 2.7 x keymap). [#124623]
VSE cache not updated for moved strips. [#124767]
Palette editing not working in Color Attribute Paint Mode in Draw Mode. [#124990]
Crash when using certain tools in viewport on Wayland. [#120465]
Fix window activation on startup with Wayland & libdecor. [de1806f4154]
Batch export of STL-files incorrect handling of .stl-suffix. [#120253]
Extensions: double-warning upon launching Blender. [#124769]
Manpage fails to generate. [#125202]
Legacy Addons don’t install in 4.2 if they’re missing a LF or comment at the top. [#125142]
Easing on Bendy Bones Resets Inconsistently. [#125023]
Purge Unused crashes if mouse not moved away from popup before confirm delete with enter key. [#125006]
Incorrect sampling with 180° Spot and Light tree activated. [#125168]
Regression: The Mix RGB node produces unexpected results in the World Shader. [#125134]
Extensions: Unable to parse manifest if version format “X.X” instead of “X.X.X”. [#124885]
Extensions: drag’n’drop installation from website for not yer approved extensions. [#125046]
glTF exporter: avoid crash when animation + full collection hierarchy. [d3d22496bc2]
glTF exporter: Fix row active UI and add tooltip. [ee3d935debe]
glTF exporter: Fix UDIM export crash when not rectangular tile locations. [6c8510f0c0a]
Export All Collections operator returns incorrect info message after running. [#125112]
Regression: UV editor doesn’t import images by drag and drop anymore. [#125319]
Collada: animated camera import bug in 4.2. [#124859]
VSE: Line between two strips draws as multiple pixels randomly although there is no gap. [#125061]
VSE: Text strip outline wrongly goes “into” the text area (visible with semitransparent font color). [#125043]
VSE : shadow of text strip don’t shadow the outlines of text + naming issues. [#124922]
Fix (unreported) 4.2: Copy of material ID fails. [449c4fc72e]
Fix: Unable to duplicate mask keyframes. [c2c3ccb42fe]
Asset shelf crash when opening a file. [#125466]
Collada: animated camera import bug in 4.2. [#124859]
UI: Add LTS to Version String for Title Bar (4.2). [7a16c7532c961d908f3339ab40b8d00e7d283943]
Core extensions report bugs to add-on repo. [#122858]
Extensions becomes empty when filtering addons in the workspace. [#122754]
Fix failure to toggle filtering for add-ons with long names. [04d8595e55d]
Memory leak when using GPencil Line Art modifier on certain frames. [#125340]
VSE text outline is not fully rendered for some (mostly “script”) fonts. [#124899]
Graph Editor: Cursor Value to Selection can output position outside normalized range. [#125064]
Fix: Tracking related RNA paths incomplete/wrong. [f49b57811e5]
Regression: Tooltip missing from open URL preset operator. [#123735]
Crash Converting FLOAT4X4 attribute from vertex to Face Corner. [#125404]
Changes from ‘source/blender/blenlib/intern/filereader_zstd.c’ led to failure on s390x architecture. [#125395]
Changes from ‘source/blender/blenlib/intern/filereader_zstd.c’ led to failure on s390x architecture. [#125395]
Fix unhandled exception for non dictionary items in extensions repo. [778524fce37]
Extensions: support “blocklist” in the remote repository. [0f24fd7756a]
Extensions: Errors on the console about missing directories. [#125763]
Multiple select snap mode not work in UV editer. [#123179]
Fix broken EEVEE material shadow mode versioning. [451ee89c48a]
Triangulate modifier (also Triangulate Faces operator) changed behavior with custom normals. [#124836]
Video: Error in video decoding on either Linux or AVX512 CPU (ffmpeg alignment issue?). [#125446]
Crash when add a file output node by draging in compositing workspace. [#125588]
“Pin to Last” Fails to Maintain Modifier Order. [#125400]
Compositor Convert Colorspace node crashing Blender 4.2 when viewing realtime compositor in rendered 3D viewport. [#125402]
Alembic importer imports everything twice. [#125607]
Active camera context issue. [#125636]
Failure to connect to online repository on WIN32: [ASN1] nested asn1 error (_ssl.c:4035). [#125660]
Anim: Rigify `limbs.spline_tentacle` doesn’t generate correctly. [#125226]
Alpha Clip still visible in material settings when using Cycles render engine. [#125387]
PyAPI: include bpy.utils.extension_path_user in __all__. [623e196f67f]
Failure to connect to online repository on WIN32: customized Python configuration. [#124731]
Fix error where upgrading an extension always enabled it. [93be30b2172]
Blender crashes when adding a working Geometry Node modifier to a specific object in Edit Mode. [#125672]
Eevee 4.2 no longer exports Cryptomatte metadatas. [#125232]
Can’t move channels in Graph Editor except for Object Transforms. [#125509]
Regression: Stick bone tail selection is not drawn. [#125542]
Weight Paint Not Appearing in Material Preview viewport shading. [#125185]
Cycles: NaN pixels in Glossy and Transmissive Passes with roughness values near 0.0266. [#125750]
Extensions: restore fix for removing extensions with symlinks. [fdbb8efa9d6]
Fix error installing app-templates & legacy add-ons overwriting symlinks. [9c3ade79f27]
Removing Addon with compiled modules(e.g. cython) on Windows will cause PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied. [#77837]
Regression: ACCESS VIOLATION for operators using class properties. [#123327]
Blender 4.2 RC – Pasting a material onto itself consistently crashes the program. [#124702]
EEVEE-Next: Volume does not immediately work after opening Blender. [#122454]
Fix: EEVEE: Invalid error in console from material preview. [ee025327a55]
Extensions: use wait cursor when toggling add-ons. [d255681e9c3]
Crash switching Alembic file to use Render Engine Procedural. [#125826]
Long Key Line and Interpolation Line turn invisible when only single keyframe visible in viewing range. [#125861]
Select in Edit Mode from Material slots with same Material broken. [#125353]
Blender crashes when undoing during sculpting on duplicate object. [#125375]
Templates: Remove bl_info from addon_add_object. [2be74423324]
Templates: Blender Manifest template. [2d2ebead32e]
Eevee Next missing render frame progress in stdout. [#124876]
Fix: Cycles Shadow linking with HIP-RT. [011b5ffbba4ac7a830bc6ec6a43fb8af408ec71f]
Edit Face Set on default mesh changes mesh color. [#125621]
Box mask crashes Blender in sculpt mode. [#125157]
Crash: Sculpting on linked objects with Multeresolution. [#126017]
Crash: Display wireframe in object mode on subdivided mesh with a lone edge. [#124292]
x86 Blender on Apple Silicon doesn’t show Cycles Metal GPU render. [#126005]
Crash when EXR image is loaded in image list. [#126108]
UI: Add LTS to Version String for Title Bar (4.2). [7a16c7532c961d908f3339ab40b8d00e7d283943]
Insert text unicode not working in 4.2. [#125935]
macOS: Armature text line rendering is broken. [#124691]
Adding a compositor node while looking through the viewport realtime compositor leads to crashing. [#125946]
Setting Vertices Y to 0 and sliding in grid node causes blender to crash. [#126101]
Blender Crashes When Exporting USD with Allow Unicode Enabled and Using the Character “∧”. [#126160]
Fix: USD instancing export errors. [e40b2a16106f7f5b7caeb95b4cd07bb1dfa92028]
4.2 EEVEE Cryptomatte pass no longer matches Cycles. [#125618]
Insert keyfame uses wrong values. [#124125]
OpenGL: Remove conservative depth extension check. [#126223]
Add Brush: Added spline always misses one segment equivalent of a length in Blender 4.2. [#125929]
Regression: STL importer “Unit Scale” bug. [#125070]
Joining some meshes shows warning “Call save() to ensure …” in console. [#126278]
Frames are layered on top of each other separated by a scanline when exporting video with PNG video codec. [#126201]
Cleanup: move bpy.utils parent-path check into a function. [e0bd7709d56]
Fix unhandled permissions exception in bpy.utils.is_path_builtin. [399ed8b6533]
Presets: consider presets within the extensions repo to be “built-in”. [de565889672]
Fix active theme behavior when adding/removing themes. [3476864e92f]
Regression: Environment pass is not rendered (or rendered black) with 4.2 EEVEE. [#124565]
Geometry Nodes: Blender crash in create string socket in Capture Attribute node. [#125504]
CMake: library path reference for PLATFORM_ENV_BUILD on unix & macos. [9b251d04e7e]
CMake: library path reference for PLATFORM_ENV_BUILD unix/macos (#2). [2d05f61e6ba]
VSE: prefetch frames crashes with some scene strips. [#125401]
(Unneccessarily) restricted execution in scripted expression drivers (using e.g. “self”, “bpy.data”). [#106372]
Only insert needed generates empty action. [#125169]
Cycles tests: Enable MNEE test on Metal on supported macOS version. [5c67f9469bc]
Render test: Add option to ignore block list. [82a26b72a0f]
Render tests: Use blocklist name for blocked tests. [5a255357434]
CMake: Add buildbot configuration for all platforms. [e6b856bd8ba]
Cycles render tests: Add the option to test with OSL enabled. [fc52a49be772e883e2db2de485fd4f8e5b0d97c3]
Disabling / uninstalling extensions doesn’t always remove the extension’s dependencies. [#125958]
Fix failure to remove libraries when removing wheels. [09e8e493654]