#6232·readest

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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