Blender 5.2.4 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.
Patch Notes
* Python: Update certifi to 2026.10.19 and pip to 26.2.2. (e0d07a060956adf53b5f45dc0480e5b9d1f725a0)
* Nodes: Multi-selection not cleared when auto-selecting new group input. (#155252)
* Cycles Metal: data race in `path_cache_get()` crashes kernel compile threads (SIGABRT / heap corruption). (#165111)
* Auto masking cavity Not working. (#164817)
* Crash with delaunay grease pencil fill tool on empty frame. (#165148)
* Fix: Crash symmetrizing bones with Action constraint animation. (f6e7b442edb)
* Fix: UI: Text-box trackpad scroll not working. (97f75fb856)
* Blender fatal Crash/Infinite freeze with specific setup with Curve to Tube node. (#165353)
* Graph Editor: Vector/Aligned handle pair no longer possible (regression from 4.5/5.0). (#164229)
* Unable to change keyframe type of NLA strip influence/strip time (unless done via Python). (#164661)
* UV Editor - Show Overlays - Grid - Fixed Subdivision is incorrectly offset. (#163317)
* UV Editor Pixel Grid overlay is rendered only partially in Blender 5.2.0 LTS (works correctly in Blender 4.5 LTS and 3.6 LTS). (#162338)
* Overlay: Minor fixes to overlay grid following 2dbeb1167d. (8bacfd21da)
* The Object Lineart properties are missing the overridable flag. (#165546)
* VSE: Freeze with text strips. (#162744)
* libraries.write crashes copying a newly created scene with an unsynchronized view layer. (#165588)
* VSE crash: `RetimingKey.timeline_frame` reads/writes the wrong strip when another strip without retiming keys exists. (#165392)
* Fix: Node Wrangler: Error with `Reset Nodes` when active node is `None`. (24557154a6)
* New Flatten operator doesn't work with vertices and edges without faces attached. (#161506)
* Map range plugged into Blur Crashes Blender. (#163416)
* Compositor: Wrong Matrix->Rotation conversion on GPU. (#161799)
* Geometry Nodes: Crash with Bundle List in simulation zone. (#163797)
* Can't find "Generic Tool: Annotate" category in the key map editor. (#161843)
* Holes in the result of the skin modifier. (#165789)
* OpenEXR DWA compression should not apply to non-color data passes. (#51231)
* Fix #163829: Cycles: Crash with bump from displacement and emission. (#164019)
* Fix: Grease Pencil: Missing pressure curves for 5.2. (c8453eb701366938060aac0ac5f61a56a8428720)
* Workbench shadow: artifacting with duplicated vertices. (#139593)
* Fix: Grease Pencil: Assert on Eval with multi-users Drawings. (79dc9a7602)
* Fix: Curves: Attribute validator allows invalid curve type. (b2f7ecf43f)
* Fix: Grease Pencil: Replace end frames on load by empty drawing. (ee9243c210)
* GreasePencil: Disable 'duration' and 'end frame' features. (98988ac250)
* Fix: Handling of invalid values in GreasePencil readfile code. (7cfc037e5d)
* Fix: Handling of invalid values in Curves readfile code. (e95e6a604c)
* GreasePencil: Hide 'Duration' parameter from "Insert Blank Frame" operator. (d81557c1dc57d7b1f31a1d5a367d2f497c71540d)
* Deps: Update Brotli to 1.0.10 for Blender 5.2 LTS. (52e7d47ffababf1d5ce6d2834352702fd1002fb4)
* Fix: unescaped node group name in Python expression when swapping nodes. (6cd276f54811accb6b176c32c66065e31414ac7d)
For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see 5.2 LTS releases on blender.org
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