[Bug] 'Add to render queue' button disabled after changes

When after a render changing everything in the timeline (edit page) and even change the filename in the deliver page to render the new changes to a new file, the 'Add to render cue' button never returns (remains hidden) making it impossible to render the changes (and forces us to overwrite the same file by clearing the render status of the previous render). This is obviously wrong and wasn't an issue in Resolve v17.

Using Davinci Resolve 18.0.1-build-3.

I am not seeing this in Windows 10 Resolve Studio 18.0.1 which by the way is not beta.

I am not seeing this in Windows 10 Resolve Studio 18.0.1

I had this issue several times now in different projects, so definitely something's not quite right in the latest version. This never've been an issue in v17.

which by the way is not beta.

It was a typo. Corrected it now. It should be 'build-3'.

I am seeing this all the time tho unfortunately. To a point I'm not even able to render a video here, because the button stays disabled, whatever I do, after lots of edits.

Any suggestion on how to enable the button is highly appreciated at this point as I need to render this video now!!!

[edit] this time after a restart of Resolve it's 'free-d'/enabled again.. pff. This is not a nice bug to have Hope Blackmagic fixes this soon

I am currently editing in a sub-timeline of the main timeline and rendering the main timeline.

But next to that Resolve obviously should be looking into changes of sub timelines to enable the 'add to render queue' button' too, I'm not only changing the sub timeline, but also filename, file extension, browse a location etc. of the exports.... and even that doesn't re-enable to the button when this happens.

and even that doesn't re-enable to the button when this happens.

Next time it happens, try toggling the active page (anything but the Media Page) eg switch to Fairlight Page and back again. Does that shake it loose?

By the way, for anyone playing along at home, I can trigger the 'disabled Add to Render Queue button' bug at will on my M1 Mac laptop running 18.0.1.build3 ... I just choose Workspace menu > Reset UI Layout and the previously enabled button is instantly disabled. Switching to any page (other than Media Page) and back again, reenables the button.

and even that doesn't re-enable to the button when this happens.

Next time it happens, try toggling the active page (anything but the Media Page) eg switch to Fairlight Page and back again. Does that shake it loose?

Thanks for helping. As a developer I try those things too. But although I didn't try the fairlight page, switching to edit page and back didn't help.

I'm pretty sure the issue has something to do with the main timeline (which I render) not being changed, but only the sub-timeline (used on the main timeline) has (lots of) edits, but aren't seen by resolve to re-enable the button as it seems.

But then again it should also be re-enabled when switching from mp4 to avi or change a filename or settings in the deliver tab. And it does not. Only thing that worked here is restart resolve completely.

By the way, for anyone playing along at home, I can trigger the 'disabled Add to Render Queue button' bug at will on my M1 Mac laptop running 18.0.1.build3 ... I just choose Workspace menu > Reset UI Layout and the previously enabled button is instantly disabled. Switching to any page (other than Media Page) and back again, reenables the button.

Wow, having the button disabled is a pretty weird and dangerous default for 'reset UI' I'd say. It didn't help for me switching to edit page and back to deliver page. Neither it didn't help to open another timeline in the edit tab timeline. But I didn't try to switch to another page.

You cannot render a Compound or Multicam clip opened in a timeline. Is that what you're trying to do?

Jim, did you get a moment to try test the Delivery Page 'Add to Render Queue' bug that I noted in my reply to Maarten?

just choose Workspace menu > Reset UI Layout and the previously enabled button is instantly disabled

I can cause this to happen at will on both my M1 Mac laptop running 18.0.1 and on my Windows 10 workstation running 17.4.3 ... Reset UI Layout causes the button to disable happens every time for me, switching page then back again re-enables it (except the Media Page, on Mac, and the Cut Page on Windows).

Yes, happens here too.

How come this is still not fixed? Not in 18.0.2... not in 18.0.3... It's 1,5 months later now and there has been two updates after that.

Rendering is the thing everybody needs from the software, whatever work you do, so I would think this is the most important thing in the software, so how come this didn't get priority?

Please Blackmagic, I totally understand you are busy, have a lot of issues to fix, requests to look into and have all kinds of choices to make and priorities, I get it, but what sense does the software make when we cannot even render?

I'm spending literally hours today just to get this 'Add to render queue' button to become enabled for different states of a project that need to be rendered, and most of the time I can't even get it to become enabled and there seem to be no way to work around this issue. Even previous workarounds like switching tabs to fairlight and back don't work anymore.

I really start to wonder by now if anybody even uses v18.

Come on Blackmagic, please fix this!

You cannot render a Compound or Multicam clip opened in a timeline. Is that what you're trying to do?

Hi Simon, why you cant render a Compound clip?