Bug 513373 - Very slow to render PDF (>1 minute versus 7 seconds elsewhere)
Summary: Very slow to render PDF (>1 minute versus 7 seconds elsewhere)
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: okular
Classification: Applications
Component: PDF backend (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.12.0
Platform: NixOS Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Okular developers
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Reported: 2025-12-14 18:38 UTC by Philip
Modified: 2025-12-14 18:38 UTC (History)
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Description Philip 2025-12-14 18:38:55 UTC
SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Download https://methowtrails.org/assets/wintertrails_winthroptobrownsfarm_2026.pdf (I am not attaching it to this ticket because it's larger than the bug platform upload limit)
2. Open this PDF in Okular

OBSERVED RESULT

It takes about 1 minute 3 seconds on my machine to render this PDF.
When I open the same PDF (from the local filesystem) in Firefox, it takes 7 seconds.
When I open the same PDF on my iPhone 12 Pro, it likewise takes less than 10 seconds.

EXPECTED RESULT

Okular should take about as long as Firefox does to render the PDF.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: NixOS 26.05
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.0 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 22 × Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 155H
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.0 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® Arc

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