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fix(web): prevent composer image thumbnail flicker #28499

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86 changes: 66 additions & 20 deletions apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerImageThumbnail.tsx
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@@ -1,24 +1,15 @@
import { memo, Suspense, use, type ReactNode } from "react";
import { memo, useLayoutEffect, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";

import { cn } from "~/lib/utils";

import {
createComposerImageThumbnail,
isHeicImageFile,
MAX_COMPRESSIBLE_SOURCE_BYTES,
readComposerImageThumbnail,
} from "../../lib/imageCompression";

export const ComposerImageThumbnail = memo(function ComposerImageThumbnail(props: {
file: File;
alt: string;
className: string;
fallback: ReactNode;
}) {
return (
<Suspense fallback={props.fallback}>
<ThumbnailImage {...props} />
</Suspense>
);
});

function ThumbnailImage({
export const ComposerImageThumbnail = memo(function ComposerImageThumbnail({
file,
alt,
className,
Expand All @@ -29,8 +20,63 @@ function ThumbnailImage({
className: string;
fallback: ReactNode;
}) {
// A settled thumbnail paints synchronously instead of suspending for a tick.
const settled = readComposerImageThumbnail(file);
const src = settled === undefined ? use(createComposerImageThumbnail(file)) : settled;
return src ? <img src={src} alt={alt} className={className} /> : fallback;
}
const [preview, setPreview] = useState(() => ({
file,
src: readComposerImageThumbnail(file),
}));
const [loadedSrc, setLoadedSrc] = useState<string | null>(null);
const [failedSrc, setFailedSrc] = useState<string | null>(null);
const src = preview.file === file ? preview.src : readComposerImageThumbnail(file);

// oxlint-disable-next-line t3code/no-unreasoned-state-sync -- owns the local blob URL and decodes its replacement before swapping the visible image
useLayoutEffect(() => {
let disposed = false;
let localUrl: string | undefined;
const cached = readComposerImageThumbnail(file);
if (
file.size <= MAX_COMPRESSIBLE_SOURCE_BYTES &&
!isHeicImageFile(file) &&
cached === undefined
) {
localUrl = URL.createObjectURL(file);
// oxlint-disable-next-line react/set-state-in-effect -- the blob URL is created and revoked by this effect
setPreview({ file, src: localUrl });
}
if (cached === undefined) {
void createComposerImageThumbnail(file).then(async (thumbnail) => {
if (disposed) return;
if (!thumbnail) {
if (!localUrl) setPreview({ file, src: null });
return;
}
const image = new Image();
image.src = thumbnail;
try {
await image.decode();
if (!disposed) setPreview({ file, src: thumbnail });
} catch {
// Keep the local preview if the thumbnail cannot be decoded.
}
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Render the fallback when thumbnail decoding fails and no local preview exists.

A local preview URL exists only for non-HEIC files at or below MAX_COMPRESSIBLE_SOURCE_BYTES. For other files, preview.src stays undefined until the thumbnail promise settles. If createComposerImageThumbnail resolves with a thumbnail and image.decode() rejects, the catch block does nothing. src then stays undefined, and line 79 renders null permanently. The user sees an empty tile instead of fallback.

The !thumbnail branch on line 49 already sets src: null in this case. Apply the same rule in the catch block.

Proposed fix 
--- "a/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerImageThumbnail.tsx"
+++ "b/apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerImageThumbnail.tsx"
@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@
         try {
           await image.decode();
           if (!disposed) setPreview({ file, src: thumbnail });
         } catch {
-          // Keep the local preview if the thumbnail cannot be decoded.
+          // Keep the local preview if the thumbnail cannot be decoded.
+          if (!disposed && !localUrl) setPreview({ file, src: null });
         }
       });
     }
     return () => {
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} catch {
// Keep the local preview if the thumbnail cannot be decoded.
}
} catch {
// Keep the local preview if the thumbnail cannot be decoded.
if (!disposed && !localUrl) setPreview({ file, src: null });
}
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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ComposerImageThumbnail.tsx
around lines 57 - 59:
Update the thumbnail decode catch in ComposerImageThumbnail so that when
decoding fails and no local preview URL exists, preview state becomes src: null,
allowing the fallback to render. Preserve an existing local preview and avoid
updating state after disposal.

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});
}
return () => {
disposed = true;
if (localUrl) URL.revokeObjectURL(localUrl);
};
}, [file]);

return src && failedSrc !== src ? (
<img
ref={(image) => {
if (image?.complete && image.naturalWidth > 0) setLoadedSrc(src);
}}
src={src}
alt={alt}
onLoad={() => setLoadedSrc(src)}
onError={() => setFailedSrc(src)}
className={cn(className, loadedSrc !== src && "invisible")}
/>
) : src === undefined ? null : (
fallback
);
});
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