Blender 5.2.3 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v5.2 - 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 v5.2 - Stable - Stable.

* Deleting a Material used by Geometry Nodes "Set Material" Node. (#163372[projects.blender.org])
* Crash when deleting invalid shapekey on blendfile read. (#161868[projects.blender.org])
* 3 Dimension default values not respected when calling a Geometry nodes Tool. (#163878[projects.blender.org])
* EEVEE: Tangent node produces different result in edit mode while there is no UV map. (#161651[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Avoid repopulating Image cache from autosave on undo. (351b6478150[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: use-after-free passing non-UTF8 file-paths to RNA functions. (939c97c5e2f[projects.blender.org])
* Fix #163811: Recover XR session after global undo. (#163952[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Various crash/bug fixes with differing active scene and sequencer scene. (cafefeccd9f[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Cycles: Crash with SSS legacy random walk and emission. (ba920ac75a4[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Cycles: Crash with kernel compilation without hair or SSS. (7f51a73732d[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Cycles: Wrong handling of vertex color node in bump mapping. (312830cab3b[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Cycles: MNEE enabled on HIP without HIP-RT in multi-device render. (6a1ab6a87d5[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Hydra: Missing volume material after update. (8592ea0536f[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Materials: Potential crashes with unsanitized material slots. (5e41f0d833f[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Modeling: Proportional connected edit less accurate than needed. (8e57f84f998[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Physics: Invalid point cache extra data read. (2e54cd605d2[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Unique naming bug with driver variables, f-modifiers,. (b0655d2347b6[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Images: EXR writing software metadata preserved. (997639d28fb[projects.blender.org])
* Keying Sets: Shortcut K adds any UI Button to the Keying Set. (#164004[projects.blender.org])
* Vulkan: Fix "Missing features are [VK_KHR_swapchain]" on future driver release. (#164132[projects.blender.org])
* bpy.app.handlers.render_stats causes rendering process to stall. (#164164[projects.blender.org])
* Quick Fur: Modifiers should not show their Node Groups. (#163962[projects.blender.org])
* Regression: Compositing: Glare node highlights offset in viewport, in high quality mode. (#163412[projects.blender.org])
* Crash using bake in viewport from quick favorites if selected object is disabled. (#164433[projects.blender.org])
* Crash selecting edit bone with pinned viewer node. (#161981[projects.blender.org])
* CUDA Error Blender 5.2.2. (#164190[projects.blender.org])
* Bump node not working on point cloud objects anymore (Cycles). (#164326[projects.blender.org])
* Python API: bpy.context.temp_override(window=None, screen=None) crashes Blender. (#164486[projects.blender.org])
* Update All removes wheel dependencies of extensions that are not being updated. (#164227[projects.blender.org])
* Broken Library Override links that aren't packed cause an immediate crash. (#164125[projects.blender.org])
* Image Coordinates node breaks if used after a Transform node in Compositor. (#164563[projects.blender.org])
* UV Editor: Edge Ring Select (Ctrl+Alt+Click) freezes Blender with UV Sync Selection in vertex select mode. (#164323[projects.blender.org])
* Crash: viewport garbage collector reads a freed object through an inactive-scene depsgraph. (#163701[projects.blender.org])
* Grease Pencil brush aspect does not work with 5.2 material placement settings. (#162167[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Node Wrangler: `Connect to Output` inside node groups fails for certain socket types. (ca16d26a263[projects.blender.org])
* Vector scope would crash blender if Color Management > Gamma is set too low. (#120806[projects.blender.org])
* Assets: Cannot download asset with 2.38GB. (#164924[projects.blender.org])
* Remote Asset Library never Append (always Pack). (#163648[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Image autosave data potentially not populated to cache on file load. (a6cc63e7881[projects.blender.org])
* "Knife project" create entirely unpredictable cut at wrong places. (#158954[projects.blender.org])
* Node tools: adding a mesh to a point cloud object in edit mode crashes. (#164368[projects.blender.org])
* Python: When Creating a Mask Spline the 1st Point is Not Fully Initialized. (#164458[projects.blender.org])
* immediate hard crash while adding Opacity Modifier to Grease Pencil Object. (#162536[projects.blender.org])
* "Render Audio" produces bad sound file (when called from scripts). (#161827[projects.blender.org])
* image editor sampling incorrectly on repeated image. (#164527[projects.blender.org])
* Texture Paint: Crash after painting a stroke with symmetry. (#164752[projects.blender.org])
* Multiresolution Modifier breaks mask when subdividing in Object Mode. (#123859[projects.blender.org])
* Regression: Node Tool Options shows for Legacy Curve in Object Mode Regardless while it's not working. (#164964[projects.blender.org])
* GLTF Export - Crash exporting Unlit material with UDIM texture. (#164105[projects.blender.org])
* VSE: Scene strip has wrong bounding box. (#164944[projects.blender.org])
* Blender DELETES unsaved texture work on a texture timeout. (#164448[projects.blender.org])
* Blender crash when painting (clone tool). (#161954[projects.blender.org])
* Regression 5.2.1: crash in Texture Paint on Vulkan / freeze on OpenGL (worked in 5.1.1). (#163193[projects.blender.org])
* Rendering with HIP causes pthread_create crash when using ROCm runtime 7.14 and 10.0.0. (#161943[projects.blender.org])
* Outliner "Scroll to Active" uncollapses items undesirably. (#161013[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: glTF: Vertex Color Export - backport 5.2. (935493b6cd9e4d83cd4849fae177262905c58440[projects.blender.org])
* Nodegroup crashes Blender when being edited. (#163617[projects.blender.org])
* EEVEE OpenGL: Invalid image bindings when using texture pool. (#161575[projects.blender.org])
* UI: Remove auto-run preference from warning prompt, communicate risk. (198d44f0060[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Auto-run scripts trusted for unintended files. (01e72b8293a[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Freestyle: Python style modules ignore auto-run setting. (2a4430733cf[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Materials: More unsanitized material slot index issues. (ca58a34b832[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: EEVEE image texture node crash with invalid blend file. (320fa8f8e1e[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Text Editor: Live edit should not be loaded from blend file. (4e420409783[projects.blender.org])
* Refactor: Stop using `eval()` in Rigify code. (5cada4a8b0b[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Rigify: Consistently use getattr and repr instead of eval. (6bc8a2d77a5[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Anim: Remove Update Animated Transform Constraints operator. (2d8b9ebe59f[projects.blender.org])
* Revert "Fix: Cycles: Hydra uses unsupported GPU when driver is outdated". (e20f4844043[projects.blender.org])
* Fix several potential errors when reading corrupted DNA data. (cf6293034a9[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: partial data used when a data-block fails to read. (cee3d63d6a0[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: out-of-bounds struct reconstruction with inconsistent DNA sizes. (8ebc1243e0b[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: out-of-bounds struct reconstruction with an invalid block count. (92da5200750[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: out-of-bounds read from an invalid block struct index. (9a4270683b7[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: null dereference reading a corrupt global or user-prefs block. (e4fe3bccffd[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: null dereference freeing a partially-read window. (c87d8c08912[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: null dereference linking a data-block that fails to read. (abf32747c71[projects.blender.org])
* Tests: add corrupt .blend reader files. (b88ab7eeb14[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: corrupt linked block silently treated as missing. (330fe8ec003[projects.blender.org])
* Fix various issues in case linking fails to read a library blenfile. (73ecdbfe9f7[projects.blender.org])
* Core: Add more early return in invalid case in liblinking part of blendfile reading. (0296b562715[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with corrupt thumbnails causing integer overflow. (d723c68112d[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash listing datablocks and previews with corrupt blend file. (495deb9efff[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with missing typeinfo freeing incompletely read node. (45d99782518[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with too short blocks in blend file. (c5d6faf04bf[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with blend file block of unexpected struct type. (5e1e426bddd[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with link placeholder without library in blend file. (9b524b3b8a8[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash reading ID with missing asset metadata in blend file. (be0552fbd8a[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with link placeholder in archive library in blend file. (fe166033d51[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Memory leak reading data with invalid size from blend file. (1677fb82310[projects.blender.org])
* Refactor: Point Cache: Simplify file IO functions. (eb5cb0bffae[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Point Cache: Crashes reading corrupt files. (a0c62db3db6[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Point Cache: Crash with corrupt point indices in file. (cd841694ab1[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Struct size check rejects files with old cloth gravity bug. (fdf7b2a22bd[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Struct and array size check not checking negative sizes. (3b3e1e07be6[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash freeing link placeholders after failing to read library. (3b8cf8fdae4[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Use after free with data-block failing to read from blend file. (19281632235[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Out of bounds read with too short ID name in blend file. (a0ac7a9b74b[projects.blender.org])
* Refactor: Core: Utilities to read structs with derived types. (3bd7836223f[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with invalid boid rule type in blend file. (7eb2a65881d[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with modifier with wrong type. (192d81f0b6b[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with legacy grease pencil modifier wrong type. (cd64c336764[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with grease pencil drawing or layer with wrong type. (5fcec20c8b3[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with shader effect with wrong type. (bfbb687dffe[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with line style modifier with the wrong type. (e1d1177f78b[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with strip modifier with the wrong type. (581fd021cd8[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with node interface item with the wrong type. (2bf438c1d56[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with viewer path element with the wrong type. (752f2a172a1[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with user menu item with the wrong type. (7de64556c3e[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with space data with the wrong type. (13914d2159c[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with corrupt window area edges in blend file. (7ef4a9e4abb[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash copying line style with invalid modifier type. (aaa607d7c74[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash with node tree interface root panel of wrong type. (f9d44a1836c[projects.blender.org])
* Fix: Core: Crash freeing data-block that failed to read from blend file. (fab76e95306[projects.blender.org])

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