Autodesk Background Component (adskexecutorproxy.exe) v2.22 Crashes at an Increasing Rate

ControlUp has identified an upward crash trend affecting adskexecutorproxy.exe, a background component associated with the Autodesk On-Demand Install Service (AdODIS).

Between June and August 2026, both the daily number of crashes and the number of affected devices increased significantly. Daily crashes rose by approximately 400%, while the number of affected devices increased by approximately 250%. The vast majority of observed crashes involve adskexecutorproxy.exe version 2.22.0.5.

This behavior has been observed across more than 130 organizations and is classified as low severity.

Crashes of adskexecutorproxy.exe may interfere with Autodesk installer tasks, background installation workflows, or Autodesk software update operations. Since this executable typically runs as a background component and has minimal direct end-user interaction, the immediate user-facing impact is expected to be limited.

However, affected environments may experience disruption to Autodesk update reliability or delayed execution of installer-related tasks.

Autodesk has not published a specific advisory for this issue at this time.

Organizations experiencing crashes related to adskexecutorproxy.exe version 2.22.0.5 should review affected endpoints, monitor crash frequency, and contact Autodesk Support for further investigation.

If a validated workaround or resolution is identified, sharing that information with the community may help others confirm scope and accelerate remediation.

This finding highlights how background installer and update components can show meaningful stability regressions even when the end-user impact is not immediately obvious.

ControlUp will continue monitoring this crash pattern to determine whether the issue expands across more environments, correlates with specific Autodesk products or update workflows, or is addressed in a future Autodesk release.