Platform: web/mobile i dont exactly recall where I IDed this observation App version number, if a mobile app issue: 1.36.8 android Browser, if a website issue: Vivaldi 7.6.3797.63 (Stable channel) stable (64-bit) URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages: https://www.inatur…

I have encountered a similar problem while IDing. I select the ID and immediately move to the next observation, but the new observation loads faster than the new photo, so I still see the old photo for a little while. Doing this a few times in a row, all within a few seconds, can result in seeing a …

I’ve seen this on the Android app (I’m on 1.36.8 (628)), but never the website. Sometimes if I scroll too quickly while looking at my obs (I’ve almost never used this app to browse obs more generally, so I dunno if it it happens elsewhere), the wrong cover pictures for my obs will be displayed. Sc…

Ok NVM it seems the observer lied that they havent edited the photo. this bug report can be closed https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/users-change-picture-after-the-first-id-is-made/77986/29

Is there a bug of inaturalist showing different photos for observation?

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peakaytea October 29, 2025, 8:13pm 4

It can happen to me on Android when low on memory.

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Is there a bug of inaturalist showing different photos for observation?

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