Externally created files: file type not recognised until refreshed

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#2,312 opened on Sep 7, 2023 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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These are png files created by a Python script, before refreshing they are identified as text files:

![Captura de pantalla de 2023-09-05 17 49 16](https://github.com/elementary/files/assets/6054951/9daf3adc-0e64-4c09-a7f3-a246a524f522)

Only after manually refreshing are they recognized as images:

![Captura de pantalla de 2023-09-05 17 49 28](https://github.com/elementary/files/assets/6054951/37e66969-aa75-459a-8fc8-9f22c617330f)

Thumbnails do not appear unless I manually refresh multiple times. Running version 6.5.0

_Originally posted by @Gabriel-p in https://github.com/elementary/files/issues/2304#issuecomment-1707294691_

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