Kong / Kong/insomnia

Displaying PDF in preview is reeeeallly slow

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Description

### Expected Behavior

Having some "normal" time to display a PDF. From ms to 1 or 2 seconds max.

### Actual Behavior

Can take up to 30 seconds to display it.

### Reproduction Steps

* Do a GET to a service that sends back PDFs in the body.
* Choose preview as "Visual Preview"

If you choose "Source" or "Raw Data", the display is instant.

### Is there an existing issue for this?

- [X] I have searched the [issue tracker](https://www.github.com/Kong/insomnia/issues) for this problem.

### Additional Information

I didn't find anything related to "Clear caches" or something like that.

### Insomnia Version

2023.2.0

### What operating system are you using?

Ubuntu

### Operating System Version

Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS

### Installation method

appimage

### Last Known Working Insomnia version

_No response_

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Open the contributing guide

Research direction

No file or test is named. Reproduce the issue with a GET request returning a PDF, then compare the Visual Preview path with Source and Raw Data on Ubuntu 22.04.2. Done means the PDF preview renders within the expected 1–2 seconds rather than taking up to 30 seconds.

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Assessment

Tech stack
electron, typescript
Domain
desktop, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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