InDesign by Adobe - Release Notes - February 2026 Latest Updates

Feb 1, 2026

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Feb 1, 2026
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Feb 9, 2026

InDesign by Adobe

February 2026 (version 20.5.2) LTS

[Windows only] Text becomes invisible during editing.
[Windows only] InDesign is frequently clearing the Undo stack.

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Jan 28, 2026

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Jan 28, 2026
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Jan 23, 2026
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Jan 29, 2026

InDesign by Adobe

January 2026 (version 21.2)

This release fixes crashes and reliability issues in InDesign on Windows and during IDML exports. It extends Object Styles with larger Size/Position values, preserves negative coordinates across Snippets and IDML, and smooths IDML round‑tripping and page math.

Fixed issues

[Windows only] Text becomes invisible during editing.
[Windows only] InDesign is frequently clearing the Undo stack.
Object Styles now support Size and Position values greater than 1440 pt.
Plug-ins created with InDesign 21.0 SDK crashes InDesign 21.1 during hyperlink creation.
The plug‑in’s document observer update function is no longer called when users switch between open InDesign documents.
InDesign crashes on opening an IDML file with custom bullet character.
Support for Size and Position values greater than 1440 pt in Object Styles has been extended to IDML round-tripping and Snippets/CC Libraries.
Negative X/Y Position values in Object Styles are now preserved across Snippets/CC Libraries and IDML round-tripping.
Conditional text setting is changing during IDML Export/Import.
Showing text threads within IDML as in the original InDesign document.
Custom page numbering is lost when saving as IDML if Automatic Page Numbering is selected and a number is entered in the Start At field.
When converting an INDD file to IDML, Inner Glow, Size values over 12p6 incorrectly change to 0p7 in the exported file.
[Windows only] Unexpected color changes occur on certain cell borders after exporting the document to IDML.
When saving an InDesign file to IDML, the page size changes if margins are set to zero and the width/height is less than 6p0.
[Windows only] PDFExportProvider object is being destroyed and recreated in the middle of an export, leading to an error.
Crash on opening IDML when default object style has the same name as its style group.

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Dec 1, 2025

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Dec 1, 2025
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Jan 23, 2026

InDesign by Adobe

December 2025 (version 21.1)

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Dec 1, 2025

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Dec 1, 2025
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Dec 19, 2025

InDesign by Adobe

December 2025 (version 21.1)

Release fixes improve stability and layout in InDesign. Highlights include correcting object positioning, export spacing, and asset handling, plus browser Share for Review quirks and panel crashes. Also adds easier removal of Flex Layout and better macOS wake behavior.

Fixed issues

Negative X, Y values can be set for Object Style Position option.
[macOS only] Panels move from Extended Display to Main Display after waking Mac from sleep.
Align to Bleed misaligns objects in facing-page documents when inner bleed is set to 0 or differs from outer bleed.
Upload dialog does not appear when publishing documents created in earlier versions.
GREP style sub-menu is missing the word aus.
For converted documents, InDesign adds extra space at the top during PNG or JPEG export.
Page View icon in browser looks grayed out on opening Share for Review link.
Share for Review page is not shown centered when the link is opened in browser.
When a Primary Text Frame uses an Object Style with the Position option enabled, its X and Y coordinates shift unexpectedly as text flows into the frame.
It is now possible to remove Flex Layout from multiple selected Flex Layout Frames by choosing Object > Flex Layout > Remove Flex Layout.
InDesign crashes intermittently while working with the Layers panel.
InDesign crashes intermittently while working with the Pages Panel.
[Windows] [JP] Document units didn’t match units set in the Preferences dialog.
Pin & Draw comments made in the browser for Review may not appear in the InDesign document.
Closing a PDF after opening it in InDesign without saving it deletes the file's Assets folder from: Windows - C:\Users<username>\Documents\InDesign PDF Assets macOS - /Users//Documents/InDesign PDF Assets
Paragraph style names are truncated in tagged PDF.
FRL offline is consuming high CPU resources when InDesign app is in idle state.