[PB-7047]: feat/keep loading older months while scrolling by xabg2 · Pull Request #2304 · internxt/drive-web

xabg2 · 2026-11-09T13:32:13Z

Description

The gallery now shows every month of the current selection instead of only the newest one. Older months are loaded as the user scrolls down: when the end of the list gets close, the next month is loaded, and if the first months don't fill the screen, older ones keep loading until they do. A row of placeholders is shown while a month loads. If a month cannot be loaded, the photos already shown stay and an error with a retry option appears at the end, retrying only that month. Choosing a month in the date filter still shows only that month.

Related Issues

Jira: PB-7047 (parent PB-6876)

Related Pull Requests

Stacked on [PB-7047]: feat/show the thumbnails of the photos on screen #2303 (thumbnails), which is stacked on [PB-7047]: feat/only draw the photos on screen #2302; merge them in order.
Replaces [PB-7047]: feat/keep showing older months as the user scrolls #2294 (closed).

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Testing Process

Unit tests cover the older months appearing below the newest one when it doesn't fill the screen, the next month loading when the user scrolls near the end, and a month that fails to load keeping the photos already shown and loading after a retry.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Browse photos across available months, with older months loading as you reach the end of the timeline.
- Retry loading photos for individual months when some photos fail to load. Error messages are available in supported languages.
Bug Fixes
- Keep successfully loaded photos visible when other months fail or are retried.
- Show loading and empty states more clearly, and preserve the viewed photo as the timeline changes.

coderabbitai · 2026-11-09T13:32:20Z

Walkthrough

The Photos view now loads selected months progressively, continues across empty months, and tracks failed folders for retry. The timeline displays month-specific errors and loading indicators. Tests cover pagination, retries, and month changes.

Changes: Photo timeline loading

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Month selection and photo loading `src/views/Photos/utils/monthKeys.ts`, `src/views/Photos/hooks/usePhotoFilters.ts`, `src/views/Photos/hooks/useMonthPhotos.ts`, `src/views/Photos/hooks/useTimelinePhotos.ts`	Month keys are sorted newest-first, and the filters expose all months for the selected devices. The new timeline hook loads photos by month, tracks failures, and supports retries, replacing the previous month-loading hook.
Timeline rows and status display `src/views/Photos/components/PhotosTimeline.tsx`, `src/app/i18n/locales/*.json`	The timeline displays month error rows with retry actions and loading indicators. It also updates scroll-position tracking and adds localized month error messages.
Gallery integration and loading tests `src/views/Photos/components/PhotosGallery.tsx`, `src/views/Photos/PhotosView.test.tsx`	The gallery connects timeline data and callbacks to the timeline UI. Tests cover progressive loading, folder failures, retry behavior, and changes to the requested months.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PhotosGallery
  participant useTimelinePhotos
  participant PhotosTimeline
  PhotosGallery->>useTimelinePhotos: Request shown months
  useTimelinePhotos-->>PhotosGallery: Return photos, failures, and loading callbacks
  PhotosGallery->>PhotosTimeline: Pass photos and timeline callbacks
  PhotosTimeline->>PhotosGallery: Signal end reached or month retry
  PhotosGallery->>useTimelinePhotos: Call loadNextMonth or retryMonths

Possibly related PRs

internxt/drive-web#2283: Adds the photo month filtering and shownMonths data that this change uses to load selected-device months.
internxt/drive-web#2288: Adds the earlier month-loading hook and timeline that this change replaces and extends.
internxt/drive-web#2277: Creates the Photos route and page that this change extends with progressive gallery loading.

Suggested reviewers: sg-gs

Merge Risk: Low · up to 30c08

If the newest month fails to load entirely, users see an error with a retry option but cannot scroll to older photos until the retry succeeds. They can still pick an older month in the date filter. Retry buttons for several failed months are not distinguishable to screen-reader users. Both issues are bounded and can be addressed before or shortly after merge.

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larryrider · 2026-11-09T15:59:52Z

+
+      try {
+        const foldersOfMonth = months.filter((month) => month.key === monthToLoad);
+        const photosPerFolder = await Promise.all(


A month with folders from multiple devices loads with Promise.all. If one device's folder fetch fails, the already-fetched photos from the other device for that month are discarded too, the whole month is marked 'error', and retry re-fetches both device folders even though one had already succeeded

larryrider · 2026-11-09T16:00:00Z

+  const [retryCount, setRetryCount] = useState(0);
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState<TimelineStatus>('loading');
+  const [photosByMonth, setPhotosByMonth] = useState<Record<string, Photo[]>>({});
+  const monthToLoad = monthKeys[requestedMonthsCount - 1];


requestedMonthsCount and photosByMonth are never reset when the months prop's content changes. Correctness relies entirely on the sibling PhotosLibrary.tsx remounting PhotosGallery via key={galleryKey}, a contract this hook doesn't enforce itself. If that external remount is ever missing, switching to a narrower filter can leave monthToLoad undefined while stale photosByMonth entries from the previous selection keep rendering

larryrider · 2026-11-09T16:01:29Z

    listRef.current?.resetAfterIndex(0);
  }, [layout]);

+  const loadMoreIfNearEnd = useCallback(() => {


This hand-rolls a new "near end of list" scroll-detection heuristic (lastVisibleRowRef + NEAR_END_ROW_COUNT) instead of reusing the near-end pattern already used elsewhere in the codebase (e.g. src/components/ScrollableTable.tsx). Not a bug, but two independent "load more near the end" implementations now will need bug fixes applied twice 👀

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sonarqubecloud · 2026-11-11T17:59:25Z

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Review comments at @src/views/Photos/components/PhotosTimeline.tsx:
- Line 121: Update the retry Button rendered with onRetry so its accessible name
identifies the month being retried, using a localized name or associating it
with that month’s error text; preserve the existing retry behavior.

Review comments at @src/views/Photos/hooks/useTimelinePhotos.ts:
- Line 63: Update the foundNoPhotos decision in useTimelinePhotos so a failed
first month does not block pagination to older months. Keep the failed month
available for retry, and add a test where the first month fails but the next
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`src/app/i18n/locales/de.json`

`src/app/i18n/locales/en.json`

`src/app/i18n/locales/es.json`

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`src/app/i18n/locales/it.json`

`src/app/i18n/locales/pt.json`

`src/app/i18n/locales/ru.json`

`src/app/i18n/locales/tw.json`

`src/app/i18n/locales/zh.json`

`src/views/Photos/PhotosView.test.tsx`

`src/views/Photos/components/PhotosGallery.tsx`

`src/views/Photos/components/PhotosTimeline.tsx`

`src/views/Photos/hooks/useMonthPhotos.ts`

`src/views/Photos/hooks/usePhotoFilters.ts`

`src/views/Photos/hooks/useTimelinePhotos.ts`

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-11T18:01:06Z

+      <span className="grow">
+        {translate('views.photos.timeline.monthError', { month: dateService.format(month, 'MMMM YYYY') })}
+      </span>
+      <Button variant="ghost" className="text-red" onClick={onRetry}>


Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Identify the month in each retry button’s accessible name.

If two months fail, both buttons announce only “Retry.” A screen-reader user navigating by buttons cannot tell which month each button retries. Include the month in a localized accessible name, or associate each button with its month-error text. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-11T18:01:06Z

+
+      setPhotosByFolder((current) => ({ ...current, ...loaded }));
+      setFailedFolders((current) => new Set([...current, ...failed]));
+      const foundNoPhotos = failed.length === 0 && Object.values(loaded).every((folderPhotos) => !folderPhotos.length);


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cat src/views/Photos/hooks/useTimelinePhotos.ts sed -n '1,80p' src/views/Photos/components/PhotosGallery.tsx rg -n 'fail|Failing|retry' src/views/Photos/PhotosView.test.tsx

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git diff 5e1a668272fda5614372f5253c733fb803ae0e6d 30c08d5825e6eed71e810ba52dc38db0c3425678 -- src/views/Photos/hooks/useTimelinePhotos.ts src/views/Photos/components/PhotosGallery.tsx cat -n src/views/Photos/hooks/useTimelinePhotos.ts cat -n src/views/Photos/components/PhotosGallery.tsx cat -n src/views/Photos/PhotosView.test.tsx | sed -n '35,100p;230,275p;380,430p;460,570p;590,660p' rg -n 'onEndReached|failedMonths|onRetryMonth|PhotoMonth|PhotosGallery' src/views/Photos/components/PhotosTimeline* src/views/Photos/components/PhotosLibrary* src/views/Photos/hooks src/views/Photos/types*

Repository: internxt/drive-web

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cat -n src/views/Photos/components/PhotosTimeline.tsx | sed -n '1,225p' cat -n src/views/Photos/hooks/usePhotoFilters.ts cat -n src/views/Photos/components/PhotosLibrary.tsx cat -n src/views/Photos/utils/monthKeys.ts cat -n src/views/Photos/services/photoFolders.service.ts | sed -n '1,240p' cat -n src/views/Photos/PhotosView.test.tsx | sed -n '130,180p;430,470p;560,591p;629,641p'

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Continue to older months when the first month fails.

If every folder in the first month fails, the all-dates gallery shows PhotosErrorState and cannot load older months until retry succeeds. Users can select an older month with the date filter, but cannot browse older months in the timeline.

Continue pagination while preserving a retry path for the failed month. Add a test with a failed first month and photos in the next month.

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feat(photos): load older months while scrolling

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xabg2 added the enhancement New feature or request label Nov 9, 2026

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fix(photos): keep loading when a device fails

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xabg2 added this pull request to stack #2324 November 11, 2026 16:35

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fix(photos): skip month errors without days

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