Wrong avatars showing in iOS app

Question

Today I found this bug (or Jon Skeet changed his avatar ;) ).

When loading the list of users in the iOS app the images shown next to the users are different then expected. This in an example from meta.

A possible cause can be the slow internet connection.

Faulting avatars

And another one for Martijn Pieters:

Faulting avatars 2

I can't reproduce this, but I don't have a slow connection either. — Martijn Pieters, Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 14:50
So, what avatar did I get? Scroll down another 3 names or so... :-) — Martijn Pieters, Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 14:52
I just reproduced this while going through a tunnel. After a second or two, the icons updated. Seems like there are cached icons from a different listing (different site maybe?) that are shown before the correct one is downloaded. Sorry @Martijn, you still had your own for me too. — mhlester, Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 15:02
I think I can reproduce this with some fast scrolling; the avatars flash from a wrong one to the correct one in a fraction of a second. Most likely the iOS widget doesn't use placeholders but previously loaded images while loading the actual images over the network. — Martijn Pieters, Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 15:07

Arie Litovsky · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-10 14:24:09Z

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You are indeed correct: looking at the user listing on a very slow connection was causing this issue to show.

Will be fixed on 0.1.47.

answered Apr 10, 2014 at 14:24

Arie LitovskyMod

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Okay. I will retest.
– Patrick Hofman
Commented Apr 10, 2014 at 14:39
@PatrickHofman 0.1.47 is out you can retest.
– Shadow Wizard
Commented Apr 10, 2014 at 22:11

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