Patch intelligence record
DaVinci Resolve 20.1.1
Current reports mention startup or application crashes, plugin issues, and render/export failures. Production editors with active delivery deadlines should wait or test on copied projects.
Current reports mention startup or application crashes in application stability, plugin issues in plugins / codecs, render/export failures.
- Accepted reports
- 3
- Latest evidence run
- Aug 7, 2026
- Healthy methods
- 1 fresh (success / no reports) · need 2
- known_watchlist Partial collection last checked Aug 7, 2026
- reddit_search Source request was blocked last checked Aug 7, 2026
- creative_cow_forum_search Completed last checked Aug 7, 2026
- vendor_forum_search Source request was blocked last checked Aug 7, 2026
- web_search Method disabled last checked Aug 7, 2026
Monitoring reflects community-evidence collection health for this exact release — an absence of reports is not a safety guarantee, and this is separate from the AUXSAYS verdict.
Vendor Known Issues — No vendor-known issue data captured for this patch.
AUXSAYS has not captured official issue data for this patch. This does not indicate the vendor has no issues. Not counted as community reports.
Official Patch Notes — vendor release notes captured from the official source
This software update adds support for faster load times of Blackmagic Cloud projects with stacked timelines, improved retention of clip copy and paste options and cleaner layer and node layout for PSD file imports in Fusion. This version requires a DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or software activation code.
Official Blackmagic support-download entry: DaVinci Resolve Studio 20.1.1 Channel: Stable Release date: 2025-08-26 Platforms listed: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Windows ARM
This software update adds support for faster load times of Blackmagic Cloud projects with stacked timelines, improved retention of clip copy and paste options and cleaner layer and node layout for PSD file imports in Fusion. This version requires a DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or software activation code.
Official support page: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion Official metadata endpoint: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/api/support/us/downloads.json
AUXSAYS note: this is official download-portal metadata, not broad community consensus.
Technical Details
- Released
- Aug 26, 2025
- File size
- Official source checked
- Jul 21, 2026
- Official notes checked
- Jul 21, 2026
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User Reports / Sources (3)
User report sources used for the current read.
- r/davinciresolve. (2025, September 5). Davici Resolve crashes after starting a recording with ADR. reddit community report Issue: startup or application crashes in application stability Workflow: application stability
- r/davinciresolve. (2025, August 27). Media Off-Line 10bit h.265 4:2:0 w/HEVC extension. reddit community report Issue: plugin issues in plugins / codecs Workflow: plugins / codecs
- r/davinciresolve. (2025, August 27). Performance issues with recent updates. reddit community report Issue: render/export failures Workflow: render/export
Official sources
- Blackmagic Design. (2025, August 26). Blackmagic support downloads.download portal
- Blackmagic Design. (2025, August 26). Blackmagic support downloads JSON.vendor api
- Blackmagic Design. Download page.download