Just click an Archive button and then Freeze (snowflake). See if it happens for you

Well this is something you shouldn't be doing. It should be one or the other - not both. What exactly are you trying to achieve?

I'm not saying this isn't a bug but you've found something that a "normal" user (don't take it the wrong way) wouldn't come across because they EITHER freeze OR archive

You're right, this isn't something a normal user would do, but it could be accidental. Even the slightest of accidents resulting in losing your session work for the past x minutes (assuming you didn't have a very frequent Auto-Save going) is a bad thing, right? Anyway, in my experience, most companies do focus 95% of all Design Verification Tests on the "norm", where most bugs are caught and squashed in those areas, but leave it to a customer to find one that nobody yet considered. Sometimes, believe it or not, the cause of such a rare crash might relate to a different bug and subsequently aid in squashing those other "unfound" bugs sooner than later, which can be a good thing. If it gets into my hands, I can usually break it. It was my job for a major telecomm equipment supplier for about 6 years.

I have to say that X2 64 has been ROCK SOLID.  Even more so on Windows 8,
as the Core usage has been leveled.  All cores work more evenly, and hence, gives
more stability.  At least that's been my experience so far.  I haven't had a single
crash since upgrading to Windows 8, and I'm using BOTH 32 bit and 64 bit plugins.  I've had some anomaly's with the 32 bit plugs, however.  But everything else has been solid.

If the forthcoming Win 8 X2 patch improves performance and compatability.....TOTALLY AWESOME!

Today I made a beat in Superior Drummer and was auditioning out some fxchains to check them out and Sonar stopped responding (whiteout).
I discovered two things with Windows 8 today. It will not kill Sonar in the task manager any better than Windows 7 and it finally let me associate Sonar files with Sonar rather than any other program on my pc that wasn't Sonar. The frustration of not being able to choose Sonar in Windows 7 as the default program did my head in. I'm sure this problem isn't widespread (it usually takes a cock-up for the associations to get messed up) but I'm pleased my save files aren't shown as being PDF and Word files anymore (I kid you not).
 
Grum.

Question: Is it really more stable and bug free? Answer: Not for me. Anxiously awaiting the first real update. Until then, I have others to use!

After purchasing the X2 upgrade and working with it for about a month, I'm with the conclusion that it's no less buggy than X1, and doesn't really exhibit any performance improvements (for me, anyway). I'm anxious to see how the X2a patch fares. X2 doesn't have ALL the same bugs as X1, but has a few that make me really start to question the thoroughness of Cakewalk's bug-testers. Some of the bugs are really basic and easy to replicate. X2 feels totally rushed to the market before it's truly ready. But then, X1 gave me the same impression. I expected X1e before X2 would be allowed to succeed X1. There's just too many idiosyncrasies from X1 brought over to X2 that are just tragic to see, such as the editor. It's still just horrid. There's some neat features to it, but it's definitely not a good editor. It's very klunky and many times, unpredictable....or, rather predictable in that it will do something you simply don't expect or want when it comes to cut and paste. I also have no confidence in the bug-submission tool on Cakewalk's site because the feedback, if you get a response, is REALLY slow. I'll sit back and wait for X2a before giving X2 another try.

I think it is more stable and the usability improvements are significant. 

or, rather predictable in that it will do something you simply don't expect or want when it comes to cut and paste

What issues are you seeing with cut & Paste? That is a very powerful tool in Sonar and with that power comes complexity. If you are seeing unexpected results it could be that some of the defaults have been changed. If you'd like to post a few details there may be a solution.

Is X2 Really more stable and bug-free than X1?

Interesting topic this as I've been mulling this myself for a while now.

Overall -  for me - and I do just about everything at  88.2/24 Bit  3.95ms realworld latency  -  currently X2 is about as good as X1D - the issues / instabilities / quirks are different, but overall, they feel the same


Disclaimer:-  I use Sonar X1D / X2  for around  %60 of my studio work and S1V2 for the rest.

The only other thing I will add is that S1V2 just moved to verison 2.5 and as amazing as the S1V2 Audio Engine already was, the move to  S1V2.5 is on another level again in terms of sheer solidness - it is quite literally un-glitchable and totally gapless - how they do it, I have no idea.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - if you could combine X2's maturity and breadth of features with S1V2.5's Audio Engine ..... man ..... now that would be " out of sight "  !

Ben 

X1 very solid. I use it for performance with zero glitches. X2 very buggy. Will not use it to perform until all buggs fixed.