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Filesystem long initialisation can cause issues accessing the files modal early

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Start by tracing microbit-fs initialization and the files modal and drag-and-drop entry points described in the issue. Reproduce opening the modal or dropping a file immediately after page load; done means these actions work reliably while the filesystem is still initializing.

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Description

The long load times of the microbit-fs library and the processing of hex files on page load means it could take several seconds for the filesystem to be ready.
If the files modal is opened before this, it will not show any files, be able to load any files and could throw some errors.
This can also be noticeable if the user drag&drops a file into the editor as soon as it is loaded.

Dominant language
JavaScript
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Forks
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