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0000669fileGeneralpublic2025-07-23 18:50
Reportermont29 Assigned Tochristos  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityN/A
Status feedbackResolutionopen 
Summary0000669: Blender 5.0: Changes to the blend-file header
DescriptionAs of the upcoming Blender 5.0 release (expected in November 2025), blend-files created by Blender will use a new header format, which reflects internal data storage changes that allow a block to contain more than 2GB of data.

So the `magic/Magdir/blender` file will likely need some updates.
Steps To ReproduceAttached is a blend-file generated with the new header.
Additional InformationHere is the description of the new blend-file header format, as found in the [source code documentation](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/src/commit/ad1bb4602dfa012057722b49beff4f1895e60811/source/blender/blenloader_core/BLO_core_blend_header.hh#L27):

```
/**
 * Lower level version 1: the header is 17 bytes long.
 * 0-6: 'BLENDER'
 * 7-8: size of the header in bytes encoded as ASCII digits (always '17' currently)
 * 9: always '-'
 * 10-11: File version format as ASCII digits (always '01' currently)
 * 12: always 'v'
 * 13-16: 4 ASCII digits encoding #BLENDER_FILE_VERSION (e.g. '0405' for Blender 4.5)
 *
 * With this header, #LargeBHead8 is always used.
 */
```
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mont29

2025-06-11 17:06

reporter  

default_cube.blend (965,772 bytes)

christos

2025-07-23 18:50

manager   ~0004273

Looks like we already support 64 bit blender files:
>7 string =- saved as 64-bits
>>8 string =v little endian
>>9 byte x with version %c.
>>10 byte x \b%c
>>11 byte x \b%c
>>0x44 string =GLOB \b.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-06-11 17:06 mont29 New Issue
2025-06-11 17:06 mont29 File Added: default_cube.blend
2025-07-23 18:49 christos Assigned To => christos
2025-07-23 18:49 christos Status new => assigned
2025-07-23 18:49 christos Status assigned => feedback
2025-07-23 18:50 christos Note Added: 0004273