musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Pedal line position is not restored upon reload

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Since Sep 14, 2026.

  • #34917 by @ajuncosa — merged
engraving P2 regression MS4
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Description

Issue type

Engraving bug (incorrect score rendering)

Description with steps to reproduce
  1. new score
  2. add a pedal line
  3. press "X" to flip it above the staff
  4. save
  5. reload
    Result: pedal line has reverted to below the staff
Supporting files, videos and screenshots

Sample score to test the engraving bug:
Opera Galilei.mscz.zip

Short video of how the bug manifests:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/68dc2243-bfe9-4f77-a6ae-293a7925db0b

In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

4.7.5

Regression

Yes, this used to work in a previous version of MuseScore 4.x

Operating system

Windows 11, MacOs 26.6.2

Additional context

This happens on every score not just a specific one

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