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Description

Each photo in the gallery now shows its thumbnail. Only the photos on screen download it: if a photo leaves the screen before its thumbnail arrives, the download is cancelled, and the memory used by a thumbnail is released when its photo is no longer shown. Thumbnails are kept in the browser cache, so scrolling back shows them without downloading them again; if the photo changed since the thumbnail was saved, the new one is downloaded. Photos without a thumbnail, or whose thumbnail cannot be downloaded, show their file type icon.

Related Issues

Jira: PB-7047 (parent PB-6876)

Related Pull Requests

• Stacked on [PB-7047]: feat/only draw the photos on screen #2302 (only draw the photos on screen); merge that one first.
• Takes the thumbnail work from [PB-7047]: feat/show the thumbnails of the photos as they scroll into view #2292 (closed), adapted to the new list.

Checklist

• Changes have been tested locally.
• Unit tests have been written or updated as necessary.
• The code adheres to the repository's coding standards.
• Relevant documentation has been added or updated.
• No new warnings or errors have been introduced.
• SonarCloud issues have been reviewed and addressed.
• QA Passed

Testing Process

• Unit tests cover a thumbnail being downloaded and shown, a photo without thumbnail showing its icon, a cached thumbnail shown without downloading it again, an outdated cached thumbnail being replaced, a thumbnail that cannot be cached or downloaded, only the photos on screen downloading their thumbnail in a day with 300 photos, and the download being cancelled when the photo leaves the screen.

Additional Notes

The page is still not linked from the sidebar. The reliability issue SonarCloud reported on #2292 is fixed here.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Photo galleries now show thumbnail previews, with loading placeholders while images are fetched.
  • Previously saved previews are reused when they match the latest photo version; outdated previews are refreshed.
  • Photos without an available preview show a file-type icon instead.
  • Thumbnail loading is limited to photos on screen, and requests are cancelled when photos leave view.

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Walkthrough

Photo records now include thumbnail metadata. The Photos view loads thumbnails, reuses current cached previews, and displays a placeholder, image, or file icon according to loading status. Thumbnail requests can be aborted, and created object URLs are revoked during cleanup.

Changes: Photo thumbnail flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Photo metadata and thumbnail selection src/views/Photos/types.ts, src/views/Photos/services/photoFolders.service.ts, src/views/Photos/services/photoFolders.service.test.ts, src/testUtils/fixtures/photos.fixtures.ts	Photo records now include IDs, update times, and the thumbnail with the greatest ID. Fixtures and service tests cover the new metadata.
Preview-cache services src/app/drive/services/thumbnail.service.ts, src/app/drive/services/thumbnail.service.test.ts, src/views/Photos/services/photoThumbnails.service.ts, src/views/Drive/hooks/useDriveItemActions.tsx	The shared thumbnail service returns saved previews when update times match and accepts an optional abort controller for downloads. Photo thumbnail retrieval uses the cache or downloads and stores a preview. Drive item actions use the shared cache lookup.
Photo thumbnail loading and display src/views/Photos/hooks/usePhotoThumbnail.ts, src/views/Photos/components/PhotoGridItem.tsx, src/views/Photos/components/PhotoTile.tsx, src/views/Photos/components/PhotosTimeline.tsx, src/views/Photos/PhotosView.test.tsx	The thumbnail hook manages loading, unavailable, and loaded states. The grid displays a placeholder, image, or file icon. Cleanup aborts requests and revokes object URLs. Tests cover cached previews, errors, and off-screen requests.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PhotoGridItem
  participant usePhotoThumbnail
  participant PhotoThumbnailsService
  participant PreviewDatabase
  participant FileDownloader
  PhotoGridItem->>usePhotoThumbnail: Request photo thumbnail state
  usePhotoThumbnail->>PhotoThumbnailsService: Get thumbnail with abort controller
  PhotoThumbnailsService->>PreviewDatabase: Read cached preview
  alt Cached preview is current
    PreviewDatabase-->>PhotoThumbnailsService: Return cached blob
  else No current cached preview
    PhotoThumbnailsService->>FileDownloader: Download thumbnail
    FileDownloader-->>PhotoThumbnailsService: Return downloaded blob
    PhotoThumbnailsService->>PreviewDatabase: Update preview data asynchronously
  end
  PhotoThumbnailsService-->>usePhotoThumbnail: Return thumbnail blob
  usePhotoThumbnail-->>PhotoGridItem: Set loaded image or unavailable state

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Possibly related PRs

• internxt/drive-web#2292: Implements the same photo-thumbnail feature and shares the thumbnail hook and component flow.
• internxt/drive-web#2239: Changes thumbnail refresh and preview storage used by the shared cache behavior.

Suggested reviewers: larryrider

Merge Risk: Low · previous review e1688

Thumbnails display with caching, cancellation and cleanup. In uncommon cases, a changed photo or a corrupt thumbnail can show a broken image instead of the file icon. The page is not yet linked from the sidebar and the impact is cosmetic, so the change is mergeable with small follow-ups.

Pre-merge checks: 5

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Title check		The title clearly identifies the primary change: displaying thumbnails for photos on screen.
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Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Review comments at @src/views/Photos/components/PhotoGridItem.tsx:
- Line 15: In PhotoGridItem’s thumbnail rendering, handle the image element’s
load error by transitioning the tile to the existing unavailable/file-icon
fallback, even when the thumbnail hook reports loaded. Reset the image-error
state whenever thumbnail.url changes so a new thumbnail can render normally.

Review comments at @src/views/Photos/hooks/usePhotoThumbnail.ts:
- Line 14: Update the thumbnail state handling in usePhotoThumbnail so a photo
with no thumbnail sets the state to unavailable before returning. When a
replacement thumbnail exists, set the state to loading before starting its
request so PhotoGridItem does not keep rendering a revoked URL.

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Files selected for processing: 13

• src/app/drive/services/thumbnail.service.test.ts
• src/app/drive/services/thumbnail.service.ts
• src/testUtils/fixtures/photos.fixtures.ts
• src/views/Drive/hooks/useDriveItemActions.tsx
• src/views/Photos/PhotosView.test.tsx
• src/views/Photos/components/PhotoGridItem.tsx
• src/views/Photos/components/PhotoTile.tsx
• src/views/Photos/components/PhotosTimeline.tsx
• src/views/Photos/hooks/usePhotoThumbnail.ts
• src/views/Photos/services/photoFolders.service.test.ts
• src/views/Photos/services/photoFolders.service.ts
• src/views/Photos/services/photoThumbnails.service.ts
• src/views/Photos/types.ts

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• src/views/Photos/components/PhotoTile.tsx

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