Glitchy loading circles

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App version number, if a mobile app issue (shown under About in the side menu): 0.59.12 (155)

Operating System / Device (e.g. iOS 18.2, iPhone SE): ios 18.3.2; iphone 12

Screenshots of what you are seeing (instructions for taking a screenshot on computers and mobile devices: https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/): https://share.icloud.com/photos/0abIDmqxTxO4AfgjPjRJfnSIg

Description of problem (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):

Step 1: Force close app; open app on low-bandwidth connection; go to notifications tab

Step 2: The loading circle icon (shown while the notification list is loading) is very glitchy. See video.

Step 3:

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I realized notification loading takes a long time even on a good connection. Does the app re-download all notifications in your account’s history every time you open (when it’s not already in the background) the app?