# Blender Blender 4.2.16 LTS Maintenance Release !

- Product: Blender (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/blender)
- Vendor: Blender Foundation
- Date: 2025-11-18
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/365670/view/616557815194977336
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/blender/releases/2025-11-18-blender-4.2.16-lts-maintenance-release

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- **fixed** — Collada: missing finish call on some modified attribute
- **fixed** — anim_transforms_to_deltas resets non-keyframed object transforms values
- **fixed** — install_linux_packages: Fix for Fedora ≥ 41 (DNF5)
- **fixed** — Blender Timeline animation, SHIFT vs CTRL selection difference
- **fixed** — Rigify doesn't check existence of collection properly
- **fixed** — Missing Runtime Libraries if Blender is Built with py-Infix in Path
- **fixed** — Can't delete new raytracing preset if called Default
- **fixed** — Default Preset protection interacts with custom Presets, leading to them not being deletable
- **fixed** — Depsgraph doesn't build relations for camera markers
- **fixed** — Blender 4.2 LTS reports the wrong minimum GPU driver requirements for HIP on Linux

Blender 4.2.16 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

* Fix (unreported) Collada: missing `finish` call on some modified attribute. ([3e6fd24bb89](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/3e6fd24bb89))
* anim_transforms_to_deltas resets non-keyframed object transforms values. ([#147796](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/147796))
* install_linux_packages: Fix for Fedora ≥ 41 (DNF5). ((https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/e5a5e475903))
* Blender Timeline animation, SHIFT vs CTRL selection difference. ([#147996](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/147996))
* Rigify doesn't check existence of collection properly. ([#148454](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/148454))
* Missing Runtime Libraries if Blender is Built with `py`-Infix in Path. ([#149070](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/149070))
* Cant delete new raytracing preset if called "Default". ([#142647](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/142647))
* Default Preset protection interacts with custom Presets, leading to them not being deletable. ([#140719](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/140719))
* Depsgraph doesn't build relations for camera markers. ([#149172](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/149172))
* Blender 4.2 LTS reports the wrong minimum GPU driver requirements for HIP on Linux. ([#149519](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/149519))

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see [ 4.2 LTS releases on blender.org](https://www.blender.org/download/lts/4-2/)

##### LTS Program

Learn more about the [LTS program on blender.org](https://www.blender.org/download/lts/)

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Happy blending,
The Blender team