Blender — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Blender 4.5.9 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2026-04-21 | Blender 4.5.9 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.5 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.5 - Stable - Stable. Patch Notes * Using multiple render layer nodes in GPU compositor fills up VRAM. (#155639) * Fix: FCurve Settings RNA paths broken. (007ec77047c) * Line Art modifier has incorrect boundary on ortographic camera sensor fit vertical. (#155591) * Editing custom prop of 'Temp' type in °C/F crashes Blender. (#155418) * Fix #154685: Grease Pencil: Noise modifier creates discontinuity. (#155370) * Qui |
| Blender 4.2.20 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2026-04-21 | Blender 4.2.20 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.2 - Stable - LTS. Patch Notes * Line Art modifier has incorrect boundary on ortographic camera sensor fit vertical. (#155591) * Editing custom prop of 'Temp' type in °C/F crashes Blender. (#155418) * Normalize in graph editor no longer centers flat curves. (#156273) * Fix: collection preview lost when writing via bpy.data.libraries.write(). (ccb6dd8b2ba) * Fix: crash when loading file from within asset library. (7 |
| Blender 5.1.1 Corrective Release | 2026-04-14 | It's time to update your Blender! Blender 5.1.1 addresses 71 issues present in the initial release. This is a corrective release, meaning it doesn't contain new features, only fixes. It is highly recommended for everyone currently using Blender 5.1.0 to upgrade, since it fixes several crashes and improves functionality in many areas. Read the full list of changes on https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/5.1/corrective_releases/ The Blender team, 14th April 2026 |
| Blender 5.1 Released | 2026-03-17 | Blender Foundation and the online community proudly present Blender 5.1!What’s NewBlender 5.1 focuses on refinement, bug fixes, and a few key features, improving the entire pipeline.Grease Pencil adds a new Fill workflow with support for holes, while curves and text benefit from a smarter rendering algorithm. Rendering, animation, and the viewport see major performance boosts. Geometry Nodes expand further, especially for volumes and string handling, and shading gains the powerful Raycast node, ideal for NPR workflows.Compositing, Video Sequencer, modeling, and snapping get polish, and hundreds of bug fixes and optimizations make Blender fast |
| Blender 4.5.8 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2026-03-17 | Blender 4.5.8 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.5 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.5 - Stable - Stable. Patch Notes * Regression: Sculpting: Shapekey Solo breaks undo steps. (#153226) * Crash when quickly scrolling objects with modifier panels visible. (#154087) * Assertion Failure: Moving Keyframe in Graph Editor beyond enum range. (#82669) * When picking a focus distance while it's keyed + auto keyframe on, it doesn't drop a keyframe automatically. (#154399) * Blender suddenly crashed when tryi |
| Blender 4.2.19 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2026-03-17 | Blender 4.2.19 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.2 - Stable - LTS. Patch Notes * Sockets of linked node tree group can be added or deleted. (#133666) * Crash in Blender 4.2 when trying to enable HIP with AMD GPU driver 26.2.1. (#154921) For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see 4.2 LTS releases on blender.org LTS Program Learn more about the LTS program on blender.org Stay up-to-date You can follow Blender on social media: Keep reporting any issues y |
| Blender 4.5.7 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2026-02-17 | Blender 4.5.7 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.5 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.5 - Stable - Stable. Patch Notes * Separate By Selection Issue. (#153227) * VSE: Adding Freeze Frame to either end of a video or image sequences crashed. (#147374) * VSE crashes when doing edits. (#146493) * VSE: Rendering a still preview while using proxies produces a broken image. (#150166) * crashing in sculpt mode, multires, Ctrl+Z. (#152087) * Blender instantly crashes when loading an incomplete exr file. (#15 |
| Blender 4.2.18 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2026-02-17 | Blender 4.2.18 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.2 - Stable - LTS. Patch Notes * PyAPI: Potential loss of image due to unclear behaviour of `Image.pack()`. (#152638) * Very intermittent 'Writing to ID classes in this context is not allowed' when updating any property after rendering. (#114455) * Fix: UI: Instanced panels are drawn in incorrect tab. (ef52ac91b13) * Bind Camera to Marker operator does not update all windows. (#152250) For a detailed list of bug fi |
| Blender 4.5.6 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2026-01-20 | Blender 4.5.6 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.5 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.5 - Stable - Stable. Patch Notes * User count corruption by bpy.ops.object.make_single_user. (#149541) * Bone in-between slider is drawn on top of the header. (#147705) * Grease Pencil: Crash when pasting strokes when the object has no materials. (#149837) * VSE: Preview doesn’t update when editing "Frame Number" in Speed Control. (#149765) * Sculpt Mode Crash With Grab 2D Brush While "Grab Active Vertex" Enabled. |
| Blender 4.2.17 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2026-01-20 | Blender 4.2.17 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.2 - Stable - LTS. Patch Notes * Graph Editor goes blank if Preview Range and Normalize are enabled. (#150036) * Remesh converts vertex groups to regular attributes. (#150016) * Baking animation removes constraints from linked file. (#149724) * NlaStrip creation doesn't respect name parameter. (#150408) * Transforms not shown as not keyframed for linked Objekts in 4.2.16 LTS. (#150749) * Blender breackdowner only a |
| Blender 5.0.1 Corrective Release | 2025-12-16 | It's time to update your Blender! Blender 5.0.1 addresses 132 issues present in the initial release. This is a corrective release, meaning it doesn't contain new features, only fixes. It is highly recommended for everyone currently using Blender 5.0.0 to upgrade, since it fixes several crashes and improves functionality in many areas. Read the full list of changes on https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/5.0/corrective_releases/ The Blender team, 16th December 2025 |
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| Blender 5.0 Released | 2025-11-18 | Blender Foundation and the online developer community proudly present Blender 5.0!What’s NewBlender 5.0 is good news across the board. For many, the biggest change is probably the full support for ACES pipelines, improved color management, and HDR capabilities. For others, it might be the new Volumes and SDF nodes in Geometry Nodes. Storytellers will appreciate the new Storyboarding template, if you’re further along in your project perhaps all the new Array or Scatter on Surface modifiers for modeling, the reworked UV Sync, or you may enjoy all the animation and rigging improvements. One thing is certain, everyone will benefit from the 588 bu |
| Blender 4.5.5 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2025-11-18 | Blender 4.5.5 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.5 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.5 - Stable - Stable. Patch Notes * Intel Arc OpenGL: Light probes don't interpolate. (#141165) * Python template "ui_tool_simple.py" attempts to show property "mode" that doesn't exist for "transform.translate". (#148490) * Collections and the Timeline are sorted in 2 different ways. (#144460) * temp_data().images.load fails to handle relative paths. (#148683) * Fix (unreported) assert on unknown DNA struct `ViewLa |
| Blender 4.2.16 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2025-11-18 | Blender 4.2.16 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.2 - Stable - LTS. Patch Notes * Fix (unreported) Collada: missing `finish` call on some modified attribute. (3e6fd24bb89) * anim_transforms_to_deltas resets non-keyframed object transforms values. (#147796) * install_linux_packages: Fix for Fedora ≥ 41 (DNF5). (e5a5e475903) * Blender Timeline animation, SHIFT vs CTRL selection difference. (#147996) * Rigify doesn't check existence of collection properly. (#148454) |
| Blender 4.5.4 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2025-10-29 | Blender 4.5.4 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.5 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.5 - Stable - Stable. Patch Notes * Blender 4.5.3 fails to compile with OpenColorIO 2.5.0. (#147227) * OpenEXR: Support reading multipart files with full channel names. (138e8fbf1bd85a081682f6d44d8bd73e993560ff) * Render: Forward compatibility for Blender 5.0 pass renames. (738209b2bee5be0ac4946ab5511f1644f2ac3391) * Illegal address when rendering with a custom camera in 4.5. (#145544) * UV Editor: Lock Pinned Islan |
| Blender 4.2.15 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2025-10-29 | Blender 4.2.15 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.2 - Stable - LTS. Patch Notes * Tools: Add cleaner of bpy install folder for wheel. (ec25ae240a6) * Glare Node from 4.5.x LTS will immediately crash 4.2.x LTS once you switch to Compositor Editor. (#145896) * Fix: VSE: Metastack channel preview with negative values. (2c97ac8785) * Crash when switching view layer after undoing deleting/unlinking of certain object types. (#145848) * Fix: Cycles: MetalRT motion curve |
| Blender 4.5.3 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2025-09-09 | Blender 4.5.3 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.5 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.5 - Stable - Stable. Patch Notes * Fix memory leak when loading libraries fails from Python. (0056783a60d11e9eb20d5fbe73d4535989871b02) * Fix: Grease Pencil: Smooth sculpt brush not working with handles and mask. (b1b7360fc2543212c63b66be89536dacae38cce1) * Add-on hotkey customizations are not saved for custom operators. (#143838) * Fix: frozen mathutils Vector & Matrix types could be resized. (3bb0b4864df761bb3d2d |
| Blender 4.2.14 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2025-09-09 | Blender 4.2.14 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.2 - Stable - LTS. Patch Notes * Dynamic Paint Crash switching displace factor from positive to negative - FYI New light project OK. (#142137) * Blender crashes when snapping after aligning in edit mode. (#144916) * Crash when attempting to Unlink linked IDs from the Unused Data Outliner. (#144840) * Python: Modifying Workspaces via Python and 'Reporting an Error' Crashes Blender. (#144958) * In 4.2 Python Tooltips |
| Blender 4.5.2 LTS Maintenance Release ! | 2025-08-20 | Blender 4.5.2 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.5 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.5 - Stable - Stable. Patch Notes * Cleanup `bpy` builds on PyPI and archive them on Download. (#146) * Vertex/Weight Paint Mask issues with subdivision. (#143317) * Regression: Shading Issue transforming a object with custom normals. (#142485) * Missnamed Built-In Shader. (#143485) * Asset browser capture screenshot preview does not capture Cycles rendered preview. (#141732) * USD: World uses wrong output node. (#1 |