LibreOffice 26.2.1 Released With Over 70 Bug Fixes Across Writer, Calc, and Impress

The The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 26.2.1, the first bug-fix update for the 26.2 branch launched earlier this month. The update is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux users.

This release focuses heavily on improving compatibility with files from Microsoft Office. Several DOCX round-trip problems have been fixed, including issues affecting content controls, comments, tab limits, and object geometry.

Spreadsheet interoperability has also improved. Corrections address XLSX export problems such as broken formulas, font definitions inside styles, array formula handling, and validation for functions like SUM, MAX, and MIN. Presentation support has been refined as well, with better handling of custom shapes, placeholders, audio classification during export, and image display in PPTX files.

Writer receives visual and layout refinements, including fixes for list formatting, table rendering, SVG export, and tracked-changes display. Stability has improved too, with crashes tied to undo actions and shape edits resolved.

Calc gains reliability improvements in formula processing and recalculation. Updates fix COUNTIFS behavior, XLOOKUP horizontal lookups on empty cells, formatting freezes with fractions, export validation issues, and inconsistencies caused by multi-threaded recalculation when opening files. A freeze that could occur when saving spreadsheets containing Excel-pasted data with blank first rows has also been corrected.

Impress benefits from stability fixes related to PPTX imports, PNG files with CRC errors, media insertion, and export reliability. Base users will notice the return of database form editing along with the restored direct driver for MariaDB, which had been absent in earlier builds.

The update also includes platform-specific fixes. Windows users should see corrected UI text color behavior tied to system themes, while macOS users get improvements to the press-and-hold character popup. Adjustments were also made to safe-mode handling when using Vulkan or Metal rendering backends.

For a full rundown of everything that’s been fixed in LibreOffice 26.2.1, check out the release notes for the RC1 and RC2 versions. The official announcement is here.

The next maintenance release, version 26.2.2, is planned for late March. The 26.2 series will remain supported until November 30, 2026, after which it will reach end-of-life. Development is also underway on a browser-based edition of LibreOffice, signaling future expansion beyond the desktop.

Finally, you might be interested to know that LibreOffice is working on an online version. For more details, check out our news article on the topic.