Thumbnails are not saved on state save after the first time.
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Description
Thumbnails are not saved on state save after the first time.
Expected behavior
Thumbnails are saved.
Actual behavior
The following message is printed and the thumbnail is not saved.
Failed to take screenshot.
Steps to reproduce the bug
- Enable state-saving thumbnails.
- State save is performed. x2
- The state save itself succeeds, but fails to save the thumbnail.
Bisect Results
This problem has probably existed since state save thumbnails were first implemented.
Version/Commit
You can find this information under Information/System Information
- RetroArch: [1.19.1/8aa5fd2]
Environment information
- OS: Windows11
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Research direction
No source file, test, or entry point is named. Reproduce the issue on Windows 11 with RetroArch 1.19.1/8aa5fd2 by enabling state-saving thumbnails and saving state twice; done means the second save preserves its thumbnail without printing “Failed to take screenshot.”
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100