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Jimp crashes when reading large files (Greater than 1MB) on firefox (mobile device)

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#937 opened on Sep 2, 2020

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Description

Expected Behavior

Jimp should read the file successfully and return an object

Current Behavior

The catch block is called. Note that it works perfectly well on chrome browser

Failure Information (for bugs)

On firefox (on mobile devices), reading a large file (Above 1MB) causes Jimp to crash

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Read a large image on firefox (on a mobile device) Jimp.read(image)
  2. The catch block will be called

Context

  • Jimp Version: 0.16.1
  • Operating System: Android
  • Node version:10.6.2

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Research direction
Investigate the file reading implementation in Jimp and check for differences in blob handling or memory limits on Firefox mobile compared to Chrome.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
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