RAW photos are not displayed with infinite spinner
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Description
Describe the bug
When opening a RAW photo from "Files" menu there's an infinite spinner instead of preview.
When navigating back/forward and back the photo preview loads fine
Camera raw previews app is installed and thumbnails appear fine.
Tested with NEF files, for example:
https://github.com/ariselseng/camerarawpreviews/files/9942647/infrared.nef.zip
There's no problem with JPGs, they can be opened directly
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Go to Files -> Raw photo location
- Click on a photo thumbnail
- See infinite spinner
Expected behavior
Photo preview opens
Screenshots


Desktop (please complete the following information):
- OS: MacOS 12.6
- Browser chrome
- Version 107.0.5304.87
Additional context
This issue is also reported in the camerarawpreviews repo:
https://github.com/ariselseng/camerarawpreviews/issues/86
But it doesn't seem to be a camerarawpreviews problem because with back-forward navigation the preview does appear
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start from the Files menu path in the viewer and reproduce the infinite spinner with the linked NEF example in Chrome. Compare opening the RAW photo directly with navigating back and forward, and check the related camerarawpreviews issue for context. Done means the RAW preview opens directly without requiring navigation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100