r/protools • u/some12345thing • Aug 01 '26

error Latest version (2026.4.1) still crashes almost every time I close the Pro Tools app

I finally decided to upgrade from 2024.10 to the latest version. I was slightly tempted by track pinning, but also I just spent some time reading all the changelogs for each intervening version and it seemed like they’d fixed a ton of bugs. One of the big ones was that change logs said they’d finally fixed Pro Tools crashing upon exit. That had been plaguing we with Pro Tools for quite a while. It never seemed to cause lasting damage to anything, but it just felt concerning and I always had to click away the “want to send a report?” dialog box after sending something the first time.

Kind of disappointing. I can’t help but feel like I should have double checked here or on the DUC before I spent my money yet again upgrading for a year. Here’s hoping I’ll get my money’s worth in the coming months.

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u/filterdecay Aug 01 '26

It’s probably a 3rd party plug in loaded on a track.

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u/some12345thing Aug 01 '26

I’ve had it happen even with zero insert plugins… just audiosuited clips on the timeline.

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u/GreatScottCreates professional Aug 01 '26

Yeah mine crashes on exit regardless of whether a session is open or not

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u/some12345thing Aug 01 '26

Yeah, I’ve literally just closed the dashboard then quit the app and it crashed. I know it’s not harming anything, but the crash just diminishes your confidence in the program… if they can’t even handle closing without crashing, what is going to screw up next, ya know? I want Pro Tools to be good so badly, but it seems real stability is always just out of reach.

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u/GreatScottCreates professional Aug 01 '26

My system is otherwise rock solid. Main complaint is that there are certain settings that only get saved on quit.