table of contents
Updating table of contents causes InDesign 2024 [19.4.0.63] to crash. Over & over.

We have released InDesign 2025(v20.2.0.036) with many stability fixes. We recommend you upgrade to the latest version (if you’re not already on it) as it is more robust.
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Adobe InDesign Team
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Jimmer Jordan commented
I'm on the 2025 version 20.0 and am having the same thing happen.
I can't even delete the old TOC in order to make it go away.
Very annoying.
I mean, I can just move it over into the non-printing space and build a new one, but yeah. It's a struggle that it's crashing every time I either try to Update the TOC or Delete it.
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Sedem Sefenu commented
Same issue here... Even when I try to delete it, it keeps on crashing. Creating a new TOC crashes the whole program
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Peter Crownfield commented
Created new TOC style, saved it, clicked OK, got loaded cursor — but when I tried to place it, InDesign crashed.