Can't browse image files without waiting between each one

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Viewing a small .png file in Cursor takes too long.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Disable all extensions.
  2. View a small .png file in Cursor.

Expected Behavior

Viewing a small .png file should be fast enough to browse through images without waiting.

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.3.30
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 3dc559280adc5f931ade8e25c7b85393842acf30
Date: 2026-05-09T18:28:42.332Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.4.0

Additional Information

A closed duplicate: Opening images in preview browser is super slow

GIF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rfBbVAVNmJXzGtm3RtUpl-9gSo7ETvDv

VS Code does not have this problem.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

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Hey, thanks for the report and for the link to the old thread. This is a known issue: the webview that shows the image preview loads with a noticeable delay because of an upstream Chromium bug in the VS Code version Cursor is currently based on. Newer VS Code versions fixed this upstream, so there’s no delay in vanilla VS Code.

We’ve reported the issue internally, but I can’t share a fix timeline yet since it depends on bumping the base VS Code version.