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Blender 4.2.18 LTS Maintenance Release !

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Blender 4.2.18 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

    * PyAPI: Potential loss of image due to unclear behaviour of `Image.pack()`. (#152638)
    * Very intermittent 'Writing to ID classes in this context is not allowed' when updating any property after rendering. (#114455)
    * Fix: UI: Instanced panels are drawn in incorrect tab. (ef52ac91b13)
    * Bind Camera to Marker operator does not update all windows. (#152250)

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see 4.2 LTS releases on blender.org

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