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I have created a demo scene where the SSS changes drastically just by switching from bidirectional to path tracing. I have tried various scales for the object and it was all the same. Obviously the path traced one looks correct. What am I doing wrong with bidirectional? I have attached my scene

Edit:This is the correct comparison, with bidirectional on the left and path tracing on the right

From my POV it is a normal behaviour. Bidir is a more advanced engine capable to bring more light data to the final image compared to simple path. It is obvious for complicated simulation.

unfortunately i had an error in my post, in the first image the labels are reversed. Here is how they correctly are. You can see a problem with bidirectional across the board. Subsurface scattering has a "darkening" effect

I may know where the problem is, I'm checking.

Blender Suzanne is an "open" object (there are holes and overlaps) so it can really mess volume computations. I replace the Suzanne with a cube a done some test.

This is path:


This is BiDir:


The light tracing contribution in hybrid rendering (something plain path tracing doesn't render at all) is very significative:


so I'm not sure if you are just observing a normal difference in what path tracing can not render or there is a real problem (aside from the Blender Suzanne problem).