Fix metal shader errors for RenderingLayerMask pass (D2D-8206)
2DFix
6000.6.0b7
Beta · Released Aug 5, 2026 · Changeset 53d4abb44f07 · 1,810 release notes
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Fixed Tilemap not updating in the Scene view when the Sprite property of an assigned Tile asset is changed in the Inspector.
Fixed an issue that caused lag in the Unity preferences text fields when Android support is installed
AndroidFix
Fixed hover feedback on curve label and curve dropdown in the Animation Window.
Fixed issue where Animator transition copy paste would not paste interruption parameters.
Fixed MecanimDataWasBuilt assertion when building blend tree with a legacy AnimationClip.
Fix for non-deterministic manifest file in Content Directory builds
Build PipelineFix
Burst compilation was skipped for jobs discovered via [JobProducerType] (such as IJobChunk) in Player builds using the High Managed Stripping Level, causing them to silently fall back to managed code. () (UUM-147717) First seen in 6000.6.0b4.
Fixed C# scripts referencing moved Cinemachine APIs not being automatically upgraded from the Cinemachine namespace to Unity.Cinemachine when upgrading a project. (UUM-147045) First seen in 6000.6.0b2.
Fixed disappearing foldout properties in Cinemachine Orbital Follow inspector. (UUM-143630) First seen in 6000.6.0a6.
Added a reconnect handler for fast Play mode and RenderGraph viewer. (UUM-147574) First seen in 6000.6.0b5.
Added some valid search terms/keywords for Indexing settings in "Preferences" window
Applications no longer hang when calling SplashScreen.Stop(FadeOut) while the splash screen is disabled.
Disable advanced font features for UITK editor text
Fixed a crash that occurred when using multiline ellipsis with ATG.
Fixed an issue where the 2D Tile Pallet window closed immediately after opening on the Linux Editor.
Fixed crash caused by tabwidth in ATG.
Fixed errors being thrown and parts of the Build Profiles window failing to render when building an iOS Build Profile with additional player settings multiple times.
Fixed managed binary deserialization allocating a new List on every deserialization read instead of reusing the existing instance.
EditorFix
Fixed the Dictionary Drawers Remove button behavior so it is consistent with other collection drawers. When there is no selection the Remove button will now remove the last item. (UUM-147909) First seen in 6000.6.0b5.
Fixed warning message with wrong range in 'resolutionPerPatch'
The Build Analysis window's Assets tab now shows the asset breakdown for scripts-only and incremental Player builds by attributing them to the source build whose content they reused (previously empty for these builds) (UUM-142982) First seen in 6000.6.0a6.
Update WinEditor's warning dialog text when running Unity with elevated privileges
Fix WeakReference fields showing "None" when assigned by GUID from code.
Fixed a NullReferenceException that occurred when pressing the "+" button in the Systems window search field with "Show All Worlds" enabled during Play Mode. (UUM-146668) First seen in 6000.6.0b3.
Fixed an assertion failure and duplicate SubScene registration that occurred on domain reload in scenes containing multiple SubScenes. (UUM-147566) First seen in 6000.6.0b5.
Fixed an outdated deprecation warning in the Entities Hierarchy window that incorrectly referenced a Preferences toggle that no longer exists. (UUM-146983) First seen in 6000.6.0b6.
Fixed an issue with punctual light sample index clamp in Surface Cache path tracing. (UUM-147818) First seen in 6000.6.0b4.
Fixed an assertion for out-of-bounds memory access when GPU Resident Drawer instancing is enabled, Burst compilation is disabled, and a Mesh Renderer has more material slots than submeshes. (UUM-147082) First seen in 6000.6.0b4.
Fixed the help box under "Preferred Graphics Jobs Filters" in the D3D12 Device Filter Inspector being too small and cutting off its text.
[OpenGLES3] [Android] Fixex a performance regression in debug builds that was introduced in UUM-109464. (UUM-144851) First seen in 6000.6.0a7.
Fixed console errors, broken rendering, and a potential crash when entering Play Mode with Reload Domain disabled in the Enter Play Mode Options. (UUM-147827) First seen in 6000.6.0b5.
Fixed a bug where pulling down the iOS Control Center could cause a Unity app to stop playing back audio.
Fixed an issue where D-Pad inputs mapped to the wrong directions when using a wireless Xbox 360 controller on newer Kernel versions.
Fixed some Xbox controller inputs are mapped to different buttons than they should be in Unity Input System when the controller is connected through Bluetooth on Linux
Fixed libMonoPosixHelper.dylib not being found in macOS server builds
Editor window layouts loads a broken "Failed to load" Multiplayer Play Mode window and throws a NullReferenceException when docking around it in projects where Multiplayer Play Mode is not enabled or its package is not installed.
Fixed ~2 KB size increase in empty WebGL Player builds and removed editor/coreclr only functions. (UUM-147728) First seen in 6000.6.0a8.
Addressed issue where particle shader sample would complain about missing cullMode property. (UUM-146914) First seen in 6000.6.0b4.
Fixed issue where errors would trigger when particle shader sample was imported. (UUM-146912) First seen in 6000.6.0b4.
Add UIBuilder rendering support for backdrop-filter (UUM-144867) First seen in 6000.6.0a8.
Fixed a NullReferenceException thrown when right-clicking the affordance button on list items in the UI Toolkit attributes inspector. (UUM-146715) First seen in 6000.6.0b3.
Fixed an issue where clicking a disabled Tab in a TabView still selected it.
Fixed an issue where exporting variables with a value of zero didn't preserve the unit.
Fixed PanelRenderer not inserted in hierarchy when enabled after a disable in Awake().
Added support for using Unity Recorder with the 2D renderer.
Disabled icons in the Tile Palette Active Targets dropdown when the target has HideFlags.HideInHierarchy.
Fix metal shader errors for RenderingLayerMask pass (D2D-8206)
2DFix
Fixed 2d light stripping for blend styles.
2DFix
Fixed a case where in In 3D Editor mode, textures did not generate Sprite subassets when imported as SpriteSprite Generation.
Fixed a crash that occurs when painting a large number of Tiles onto a Tilemap GameObject with a TilemapCollider2D.
Fixed a crash with the Tilemap where the Tilemap is using an invalid cached ITilemap.
Fixed a performance regression in SpriteRenderer when changing sprites caused by unnecessary atomic refcount operations in Sprite BlendShape read-only methods.
Fixed a shader warning in Hidden/Light2D.
Fixed a UI inconsistency in Sprite Editor Window HelpBox.
Fixed an exception when selecting a Tile in Play mode while the Tile Palette overlay is open in the Scene View in Edit mode.
Fixed an exception when using the preview toggle in the Sprite Editor window with an imported texture smaller than the source texture.
Fixed an issue where Open Reference for the Sprite Atlas Importer button in thee Inspector window redirected to an outdated version of the Manual.
Fixed an issue where a Sprite with SpriteSkin was invisible in Editor Play mode when loading an Addressables SpriteAtlas via SpriteAtlasManager.atlasRequested with Sprite Atlas V2 packing enabled.
Fixed an issue where a SpriteRenderer's sprite reference did not revert to the original after using the Sprite Editor window preview toggle and entering Play mode. The Sprite Editor window preview toggle is now available only in Edit mode.
Fixed an issue where a SpriteSkin with no bones (for example, before running Create Bones) was not selectable in Scene view and displaying incorrectly.
Fixed an issue where Brush Picks List items are initialized with a lower height than the minimum size when the Tile Palette Brush Pick Overlay is expanded.
Fixed an issue where Brush Picks List items become malformed, causing the list to become cut off when decreasing the Pick size with the slider.
Fixed an issue where Brush Picks Names disappear after adjusting the Size of the picks and switching view mode to Grid.
Fixed an issue where Destroying assets is not permitted to avoid data loss error thrown when creating a second Tile Palette Brush Pick Asset.
Fixed an issue where padding did not apply equally along the entire boundary, mainly affecting full-rect sprites.
Fixed an issue where scrolling in Brush Picks List when a lot of Brush Picks are saved.
Fixed an issue where Select, Pick, Box, and Move tool operations on the Tilemap were not properly cancelled or finalized when the mouse button was released outside the SceneView or Tile Palette window.
Fixed an issue where sorting layer names did not refresh in the Light Batching Debugger.
Fixed an issue where Sprite Atlas textures from all included build scenes persisted in Editor memory when building the Player.
Fixed an issue where the collider shape of a Tile with collider Type Sprite generated from a TilemapCollider2D is not updated when the custom physics shape of the Sprite is changed in the Sprite Editor.
2DFix
Fixed an issue where the Light Type could not be changed in the Light Explorer.
Fixed an issue where the Sprite Editor window sometimes referenced its preview texture.
Fixed an issue where the Tile Palette shows an empty grid when the user drags and drops Sprite assets for the Tile Palette but cancels the operation to create Tile assets.
Fixed an issue with 2D shadow volumetric strength.
Fixed an issue with cleanup of BrushPickStore when BrushPickStore is a project asset.
2DFix
Fixed an issue with sprite flicker and draw call fluctuation when Sprite Skins are culled.
Fixed an InvalidCastException when using the Tile getter property for TileChangeData.
Fixed crash on ShaderPropertySheet::FindPropertyIndex when opening a specific project.
Fixed errors that occurred when adding a Lens Flare component and added support for orthographic camera.
Fixed exception when creating new Tile asset when doing a drag and drop on a Tile Palette that is open for edit.
Fixed Global Lights 2D error in URP 2D when opening a scene for preview.
Fixed GridView showing empty space after scrolling to the bottom of the GridView for Tile Palette Brush Picks.
Fixed Install 2D Package button is disabled when it should not be.
Fixed issue for the Brush Picks list view where a user can disable all columns in the list view, resulting in error messages and the loss of the SceneView.
Fixed issue where a Tile with the Collider Type Grid does not line up correctly when the Tilemap's tile anchor is different from the default cell center.
Fixed issue where the Tile Palette window is extremely zoomed in after collapsing the Tile Palette view using the separator and expanding the window by using the Brush view button.
Fixed missing lighting and shadows in the preview camera when using URP 2D.
Fixed normals maps for flipped Tiles when using TilemapRenderer in Chunk mode.
Fixed picking for sprites with -ve scale using shadergraph materials.
Fixed placement of Tiles with rotation when painting for the first time in a location of a Tilemap.
Fixed preview of Sprite when Sprite does not have a valid texture.
2DFix
Fixed Quality settings not propagating to the Camera target descriptor.
Fixed return from GetCellCenterLocal/World when the Grid has a non-zero cell gap value set
Fixed shadow caster 2D culling.
Fixed SpriteRenderer not rendering Sprite properly when the SpriteRenderer is previewing changes in the Sprite Editor and the changes are applied.
Fixed the Inspector Preview window showing black sprites.
Fixed the scene marked as modified after using the Select Tool in the Tile Palette and switching to another tool such as Paint.
Fixed Tile flickering when scaled to negative values using GridSelectionTool changing Scale.
Fixed Tile Palette Brush Picks closing when clicking on it while Close on Pick is enabled.
Fixed Tilemap not updating in the Scene view when the Sprite property of an assigned Tile asset is changed in the Inspector.
Fixed Tilemap.tilemapTileChanged and Tilemap.tilemapPositionsChanged sending incorrect number of Tiles when buffered while painting Tiles.
2DFix
Fixed Tiles not rendering for a TilemapRenderer when a Sprite asset is changed in the Sprite Editor.
Fixed validation of Tiles before TileBase.OnEnable is called.
Fixed Light2D and Shadow Caster 2D components displaying incorrect icons in the Inspector.
Fixed SpriteRenderer not updating when the SRP Batcher is toggled at runtime.
Improved performance of Tilemap for SetTiles with low Tile counts.
Improved performance of TilemapPerformanceTests.EditorPreview_SetTile.
Set the "Show Revert Confirmation" option to On by default in the Sprite Editor.
2DFix
Unlock Tile Palette for edit when using Delete or Backspace key to delete a GridSelection.
Vector graphics tessellation and clipping now produce profiler markers in builds. Previously the data only reached the profiler in the editor.
2DFix
Documented the steps a developer must do for the AccessibilityRole.Slider, AccessibilityRole.TextField, and AccessibilityRole.SearchField accessibility nodes to receive hardware keyboard input on Android.
Fixed accessibility frames being reset when the application window is moved or resized on desktop platforms.
Fixed accessibility node queries logging a main-thread error to the console on Android when a screen reader is enabled.
AccessibilityFixAndroid
Fixed accessibility nodes being created with duplicate IDs after wrapping around the max ID value.
Fixed double state announcement for AccessibilityRole.Toggle nodes on Android.
Fixed player crash caused by UI Automation accessing invalid pointer on Windows 10.
Fixed the main application window also being provided for secondary windows for UI Automation clients.
AccessibilityFixWindows
Fixed the screen reader being slow to navigate away from AccessibilityRole.Dropdown nodes on Android.
Fixed the Windows player crashing at shutdown once a UI Automation client (e.g. a screen reader) has interacted with the application.
Fixed AssistiveSupport playmode tests that were failing on Windows 10 and reenabled them.
Adaptive Performance Apple now works properly on Vision OS devices with version 1 and 2.
Disallow negative values for performance action delay and thermal action delay.
Fixed an issue that caused the Editor to freeze when using a long scaler profile name by limiting the name to 256 characters.
Fixed an issue where the Adaptive Performance package caused unnecessary garbage collection allocation.
Fixed profiler data is not updated for adaptive performance.
Improve documentation on urp adaptive performance toggle.
Adaptive PerformanceFix
Replace FindFirstObjectByType with FindAnyObjectByType in adaptive performance.
Fixed crash drawing debug visualisation for an agent with small radius and a far away destination.
Fixed NavMeshAgent getting stuck on corner of a box obstacle when moved with navAgent.Move.
On Linux, the "Open Agent Settings..." option in the Agent Type property of a NavMeshAgent inspector would issue an error and not open the __Navigation__ window.
When loading NavMesh data we now avoid processing existing NavMeshLinks while loading a NavMeshSurface until all tiles of the surface are loaded, reducing overhead.
Batch mode: removed auto-scanning for Android devices on Editor start if Android support is installed.
Fixed a crash that would occur when using URP with the Depth/Stencil buffer disabled in Player Settings on Android.
Fixed an issue that caused lag in the Unity preferences text fields when Android support is installed
Fixed an issue where the input field caret moved back to the end of the text when typing.
Fixed an issue with artifacts on Pixel 10 with shaders that use discard or clip.
Fixed bidirectional synchronization between the virtual keyboard and UGUI textfield.
Fixed editText setText resets the IME's internal cursor to end-of-text, independently of the EditText's selection.
Fixed Hands-Free Profile (HFP) support on Enhanced Audio Foundation.
Fixed incorrect touch input position when the status bar is visible (part for GameActivity 4.4.0 upgrade).
Fixed mouse input when cursor is locked (part for GameActivity 4.4.0 upgrade).
Fixed problem with GameActivity based application being killed while backgrounded.
Fixed problem with MediaPlayer pause when app is suspended.
Fixed source builds when custom gradle templates are selected.
Fixed split APKs by target architecture all receiving the same version code.
Fixed Switch Pro gamepad triggers being non-functional on Android when the controller reports L2/R2 as button events instead of axis events.
Fixed typo in 'unity.javaCompatibilityVersion'. The previous misspelled unity.javaCompatabilityVersion will still be supported for existing projects.
AndroidFix
Fixed UnitySendMessage calls being dropped on Android when sent during Application.Unload or Reload in Unity as a Library (UAAL) scenarios.
Fixed Vulkan crash when backgrounding Android app with RunWithoutFocus enabled.
Fixed TouchScreenKeyboard.selection.length always returning 0.
Negative values for ``Screen.brightness`` now restore the device's preferred screen brightness.
Relaxed AGP 9's stricter R8 keep rule enforcement.
Reverted deprecation of compileSdk for AGP 9.0.
Toggling "Run without focus" to enabled now ensures Unity activity continues running when another activity is launched, including Android activities launched from Unity.
Words won't be spammed in input field when swiping touch screen keyboard (part of GameActivity 4.4.0 upgrade).
AndroidApplication.onConfigurationChanged will correctly reflect language/country changes on GameActivity.
AndroidFix
Add explanatory text in the animation windows "Add parameter" drop down when all animatable parameters have been added.
Added a notification in the FBX Importer UI when FBX takes aren't used by any clip.
Added a Search Field to filter properties in the Animation Window.
AnimationFix
Added ellipsis for long names to default state field in entry node inspector.
Added ellipsis to blend parameter name in blend tree node.
Added margin to Sample Rate field.
Added maximum width constraint for the left panel in the animation window.
Added missing overload for AnimatorControllerPlayable.SetFloat.
Always update animator blend tree weight visualization when a child item is selected.
Animator.ResetControllerState(true) didn't reset non-float parameters.
Compact animator breadcrumb trail if there is too many elements.
Fixed "Animation Clip is Read-Only" message appearing when nothing is selected.
Fixed a bug where renaming state machine from inspector would not rename corresponding layer.
Fixed a crash when an avatar had invalid hand bones.
Fixed a Model Importer visual issue where reverting import settings didn't update the root motion node selector.
Fixed an error thrown when applying changed avatar settings on Linux.
Fixed an issue in the Animation Window where changing the interpolation type of a rotation property would collapse the property group if it was expanded.
Fixed an issue where a precision mismatch in the legacy animation system caused animation events to be skipped at high frame rates.
Fixed an issue where AnimationClip rotation compression would be non-deterministic. Curve compression precision has also been improved as a result.
Fixed an issue where dangling GameObject references could be retained in the selection when entering or exiting Play mode.
Fixed an issue where dopesheet keyframes were incorrectly initialized after a domain reload.
Fixed an issue where float properties whose value is NaN or Infinity cannot be added to the AnimationWindow because these values cannot be represented on a curve, handles them by adding a keyframe with value zero instead.
Fixed an issue where some ParticleSystem properties would be causing errors and warnings when added to AnimationClips and sampled in the AnimationWindow.
Fixed an issue where the display of trigger parameters in the Animator Window's Parameter View would not update correctly when triggers were reset during gameplay.
Fixed an issue with text wrapping in the animation window missing clip panel so that long game object names are displayed properly.
Fixed animation window clip dropdown not being disabled when a single clip is selected.
Fixed Animation Window icon when switching light/dark theme.
Fixed Animation Window tab name defaulting to UnityEditor.AnimationWindow.
Fixed animator parameters window menu name.
Fixed ArgumentOutOfRangeException when selecting a transition to a short looping animation in the Animator window.
Fixed blurry ripple mode icon in the Animation window.
Fixed cogwheel icon size in the animation window in the Light Theme.
Fixed crash on invalid state machine transitions when importing project.
Fixed documentation link for entry transitions.
Fixed drop down menu entry in the AnimationWindow not displaying a checkmark on the active clip when creating a new clip.
Fixed errors when right-clicking a mix of transform and sprite keyframes in the Dopesheet.
Fixed flickering loop calculation in Transition Preview.
Fixed function name changing on Animation Event inspector on multi selection when editing another field.
Fixed hover feedback on curve label and curve dropdown in the Animation Window.
Fixed input of negative frame rates in the Animation Window frame rate field.
Fixed issue where Animator Entry, exit and AnyState nodes would not have icons in the inspector.
Fixed issue where Animator transition copy paste would not paste interruption parameters.
Fixed issue where changes to Animator time update mode while the Animator is disabled were not taken into account.