DaVinci Resolve 20.3.1

ProductDaVinci Resolve Version20.3.1 Stable / Studio evidence record Release dateDec 18, 2025 File size

Evidence summary: Negative 12 user reports found

Last evidence checked: May 15, 2026

Current reports mention render/export failures, startup or application crashes in application stability, general workflow reports.

This page covers DaVinci Resolve 20.3.1. Beta reports are excluded from this record.

Official Patch Notes

DaVinci Resolve 20.3.1 stable/Studio reports are tracked separately from DaVinci Resolve 21 Public Beta 1. Use this page for stable/Studio evidence and the beta page for beta-build risk.

Official Blackmagic support-download entry: DaVinci Resolve Studio 20.3.1 Channel: Stable Release date: 2025-12-18 Platforms listed: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, Windows ARM

This software update adds the ability to quickly search for effects in Chinese, Japanese and Korean, improvements to Fusion previews for transforms and merges, as well as improved HDR10 metadata embedding and better stereoscopic 3D monitoring. This version requires a DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle, Blackmagic Cloud license 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: Dec 18, 2025
File size
Official source checked: May 20, 2026
Official notes checked: May 20, 2026

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User Reports / Sources (12)

User report sources used for the current read.

r/davinciresolve. (2026, January 27). Getting started with color-grading in resolve. reddit community report Issue: general workflow reports Workflow: general DaVinci Resolve workflow
r/davinciresolve. (2025, December 23). Fix for Instagram Reels Ads rejection on Linux (DaVinci Resolve exports). reddit community report Issue: render/export failures Workflow: render/export
r/davinciresolve. (2026, April 14). Resolve not rendering on Delivery Page. reddit community report Issue: render/export failures Workflow: render/export
r/davinciresolve. (2026, April 12). Black bars appearing when sliding horizontal video in a vertical timeline. reddit community report Issue: general workflow reports Workflow: general DaVinci Resolve workflow
r/davinciresolve. (2026, April 8). Resolve 20.3.1 & 20.3.2 crashes when opening Timeline Settings (fresh project, reproducible). reddit community report Issue: startup or application crashes in application stability Workflow: application stability
r/davinciresolve. (2026, February 9). Resolve crashing when opening remote monitoring. reddit community report Issue: startup or application crashes in application stability Workflow: application stability
r/davinciresolve. (2026, January 20). Mono Audio Won't Play. reddit community report Issue: render/export failures Workflow: render/export
r/davinciresolve. (2026, April 8). Is CQP during Media Management transcoding broken?. reddit community report Issue: render/export failures Workflow: render/export
r/davinciresolve. (2026, February 7). weird Playback issues on Windows 11 PCs. reddit community report Issue: plugin issues in plugins / codecs Workflow: plugins / codecs
r/davinciresolve. (2025, December 28). resolve shutting down non stop since last update. reddit community report Issue: startup or application crashes in application stability Workflow: application stability
Creative COW DaVinci Resolve. (2026, March 30). Creative Communities of the World Forums. creator forum report Issue: render/export failures Workflow: render/export
r/davinciresolve. (2026, May 15). Timeline playback popping sound between audio clips. reddit community report Issue: render/export failures Workflow: render/export

Official sources

Blackmagic Design. (2025, December 18). Blackmagic support downloads.download portal
Blackmagic Design. (2025, December 18). Blackmagic support downloads JSON.vendor api
Blackmagic Design. Download page.download