Blender 4.2.15 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch. You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties....
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Performance
addedPatch NotesTools: Add cleaner of bpy install folder for wheel. ( ec25ae240a6 ) * Glare Node from 4.5.x LTS will immediately crash 4.2.x LTS once you switch to Compositor Editor. ( #145896 ) * Fix: VSE: Metastack channel preview with negative values. ( 2c97ac8785 ) * Crash when switching view layer after undoing deleting/unlinking of certain object types. ( #145848 ) * Fix: Cycles: MetalRT motion curves setup bug. ( #146568 ) * Blender crashes when using the Align Bones operator across two armatures with different mirror settings. ( #146242 ) * "'NoneType' object is not subscriptable" error in "follow active quads" operator, on some non-manifold geometry. ( #132734 ) * 4.2.5 LTS - 5.0.0 alpha: Crashing after using UV Sculpt Tools in New Scene. ( #145879 ) * Crash deleting library from which the current scene is linked. ( #147759 ) * Animation: Keyframe position is wrong when pasting after changing clip start in the NLA. ( #138695 ) * Sequencer: crash with sequencer in sequencer. ( #147477 ) * VSE: "Swap Data" breaks strip alignment, then crashes. ( #146682 ) * Setting sequence channel to a negative index causes crash in 4.2 LTS. ( #141659 )
Blender changes
addedTools: Add cleaner of bpy install folder for wheel. ( ec25ae240a6 ) * Glare Node from 4.5.x LTS will immediately crash 4.2.x LTS once you switch to Compositor Editor. ( #145896 ) * Fix: VSE: Metastack channel preview with negative values. ( 2c97ac8785 ) * Crash when switching view layer after undoing deleting/unlinking of certain object types. ( #145848 ) * Fix: Cycles: MetalRT motion curves setup bug. ( #146568 ) * Blender crashes when using the Align Bones operator across two armatures with different mirror settings. ( #146242 ) * "'NoneType' object is not subscriptable" error in "follow active quads" operator, on some non-manifold geometry. ( #132734 ) * 4.2.5 LTS - 5.0.0 alpha: Crashing after using UV Sculpt Tools in New Scene. ( #145879 ) * Crash deleting library from which the current scene is linked. ( #147759 ) * Animation: Keyframe position is wrong when pasting after changing clip start in the NLA. ( #138695 ) * Sequencer: crash with sequencer in sequencer. ( #147477 ) * VSE: "Swap Data" breaks strip alignment, then crashes. ( #146682 ) * Setting sequence channel to a negative index causes crash in 4.2 LTS. ( #141659 )
Blender 4.2.15 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - 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 v4.2 - Stable - LTS.
Patch Notes
Added* ToolsAdd cleaner of bpy install folder for wheel. ( ec25ae240a6 ) * Glare Node from 4.5.x LTS will immediately crash 4.2.x LTS once you switch to Compositor Editor. ( #145896 ) * Fix: VSE: Metastack channel preview with negative values. ( 2c97ac8785 ) * Crash when switching view layer after undoing deleting/unlinking of certain object types. ( #145848 ) * Fix: Cycles: MetalRT motion curves setup bug. ( #146568 ) * Blender crashes when using the Align Bones operator across two armatures with different mirror settings. ( #146242 ) * "'NoneType' object is not subscriptable" error in "follow active quads" operator, on some non-manifold geometry. ( #132734 ) * 4.2.5 LTS - 5.0.0 alpha: Crashing after using UV Sculpt Tools in New Scene. ( #145879 ) * Crash deleting library from which the current scene is linked. ( #147759 ) * Animation: Keyframe position is wrong when pasting after changing clip start in the NLA. ( #138695 ) * Sequencer: crash with sequencer in sequencer. ( #147477 ) * VSE: "Swap Data" breaks strip alignment, then crashes. ( #146682 ) * Setting sequence channel to a negative index causes crash in 4.2 LTS. ( #141659 )