AMD released Adrenalin Edition 26.10.2 as an optional driver on October 30, and its release notes list ten fixed issues, no new features and no new game support. The update follows 26.10.1 by a week, and reading the two sets of notes side by side shows which problems AMD has actually closed.
The fixes cover shutdowns, hangs, crashes and timeouts, mostly in named games and GPU families
AMD lists intermittent system shutdowns in Valor Mortis on the Radeon RX 7600 series and in FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE on Ryzen AI MAX PRO 400 processors, plus a driver timeout in Valor Mortis on RX 7000 cards. On the RX 9000 series it fixes a hang in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach with FSR enabled, and crashes or hangs when switching applications or toggling overlays with in-game FSR Frame Generation on.
The remaining fixes are not tied to one game. Opening or closing an overlay such as Xbox Game Bar no longer crashes applications while AMD’s Performance Metrics Overlay is enabled, the Steam launcher no longer crashes on Radeon cards, and video playback with Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling on Windows 11 no longer times out on the RX 7000 series. Two more concern installation: a crash on Windows 10 RX 9000 systems after uninstalling with the AMD Cleanup Utility, and AMD Install Manager missing optional drivers when “Recommended + Optional” is selected. The Death Stranding 2 entry still carries the advice to disable AMD FSR, which the notes do not explain.
Six problems open in 26.10.1 are now fixed, and a seventh has left the known-issues list without a fix entry
The 26.10.1 notes of October 23 carried 12 known issues. Six of them, both Valor Mortis problems, the FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE shutdown, the Death Stranding 2 hang, the overlay crash and the frame generation hang, now appear as fixed. For the last two, 26.10.1 only offered workarounds: turn off the Performance Metrics Overlay, or enable V-Sync.
The seventh is a black screen when launching Fallout 76 on Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 processors. It is gone from the 26.10.2 known-issues list but is not in the fixed list either, so the notes do not say whether it was resolved.
Five older issues remain open, and four new ones join them
Carried over are crashes or timeouts in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced on RX 7000 cards, a Cyberpunk 2077 crash on RX 9000 when FSR upscaling, Anti-Lag and in-game frame generation run during video playback on a second display, failed AI Bundle installs in regions with limited access to HuggingFace and GitHub, and AMD Smart Access Memory turning off after installation on Windows 10.
The new entries are a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered hang on Alt+Tab on Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 and black corruption in the same game on RX 9000, a black screen when launching Gears of War: Reloaded on Ryzen AI 9 400 processors, and sky and character-hair corruption in Phantom Blade Zero on RX 9000 cards. AMD’s workarounds are to switch Gears of War: Reloaded to windowed mode and back to fullscreen, and to turn off the High-Quality Hair setting in Phantom Blade Zero.
War Thunder timeouts on the RX 5000 series are still open too, and AMD still points those users to 26.9.1.