Certain PDF file may not open and crash the app on iOS
Author: smarliecyCreated Sep 16, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
Bug Description
Crashing on opening the book and auto reopen to the cover to an infinity loop. The file open fine in both windows and macOS
Steps to Reproduce
A 50+mb PDF, when opening the book (with latest iOS and latest version of the app) it keeps crashing to black screen and auto reopen to the cover, then it goes on an infinity loop. manually restart the app doesn’t help the issue. The same file open in both Windows and macOS without issue.
Expected Behavior
Function normally
Reproduction File
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Operating System
iOS/iPadOS
OS Version
26
Readest Version
latest
Custom CSS
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Source: readest/readest