# Blender Blender 4.5.10 LTS Maintenance Release !

- Product: Blender (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/blender)
- Vendor: Blender Foundation
- Date: 2026-05-19
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/365670/view/672869045073086113
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- **fixed** — Crash when editing mesh with geometry nodes and armature
- **fixed** — Vulkan black renders using NVIDIA driver 595.71
- **fixed** — Vulkan affecting the shader result when mixing color and BSDFs

Blender 4.5.10 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the _v4.5 - 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 **v4.5 - Stable - Stable**.

##### Patch Notes

* Crash When Editing Mesh with Geometry Nodes and Armature. ([#154739](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/154739))
* Vulkan: Black renders using NVIDIA driver 595.71. ([#155371](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/155371))
* Vulkan affecting the shader result when mixing color and BSDFs. ([#152150](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/152150))

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see [ 4.5 LTS releases on blender.org](https://www.blender.org/download/lts/4-5/)

##### 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