attempt to fix blob mangement

src/state/drafts/storage.ts

@@ -50,13 +50,21 @@ export async function saveMediaToLocal(
 
   const destPath = getMediaPath(localRefPath)
 
+  // Ensure source path has file:// prefix for expo-file-system
+  let normalizedSource = sourcePath
+  if (!sourcePath.startsWith('file://') && sourcePath.startsWith('/')) {
+    normalizedSource = `file://${sourcePath}`
+  }
+
   try {
-    await copyAsync({from: sourcePath, to: destPath})
+    await copyAsync({from: normalizedSource, to: destPath})
+    // Update cache after successful save
+    mediaExistsCache.set(localRefPath, true)
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error('Failed to save media to drafts storage', {
       error,
       localRefPath,
-      sourcePath,
+      sourcePath: normalizedSource,
       destPath,
     })
     throw error

src/state/drafts/storage.web.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,31 @@ async function getDB(): Promise<IDBPDatabase<DraftMediaDB>> {
  * Convert a path/URL to a Blob
  */
 async function toBlob(sourcePath: string): Promise<Blob> {
+  // Handle data URIs directly
+  if (sourcePath.startsWith('data:')) {
+    const response = await fetch(sourcePath)
+    return response.blob()
+  }
+
+  // Handle blob URLs
+  if (sourcePath.startsWith('blob:')) {
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch(sourcePath)
+      return response.blob()
+    } catch (e) {
+      logger.error('Failed to fetch blob URL - it may have been revoked', {
+        error: e,
+        sourcePath,
+      })
+      throw e
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Handle regular URLs
   const response = await fetch(sourcePath)
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to fetch media: ${response.status}`)
+  }
   return response.blob()
 }
 
@@ -50,7 +74,18 @@ export async function saveMediaToLocal(
   sourcePath: string,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const db = await getDB()
-  const blob = await toBlob(sourcePath)
+
+  let blob: Blob
+  try {
+    blob = await toBlob(sourcePath)
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Failed to convert source to blob', {
+      error,
+      localRefPath,
+      sourcePath,
+    })
+    throw error
+  }
 
   try {
     await db.put(

src/state/gallery.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   cacheDirectory,
+  copyAsync,
   deleteAsync,
   makeDirectoryAsync,
   moveAsync,
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import {openCropper} from '#/lib/media/picker'
 import {type PickerImage} from '#/lib/media/picker.shared'
 import {getDataUriSize} from '#/lib/media/util'
 import {isCancelledError} from '#/lib/strings/errors'
-import {IS_NATIVE} from '#/env'
+import {IS_NATIVE, IS_WEB} from '#/env'
 
 export type ImageTransformation = {
   crop?: ActionCrop['crop']
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ export async function createComposerImage(
     alt: '',
     source: {
       id: nanoid(),
-      path: await moveIfNecessary(raw.path),
+      // Copy to cache to ensure file survives OS temporary file cleanup
+      path: await copyToCache(raw.path),
       width: raw.width,
       height: raw.height,
       mime: raw.mime,
@@ -258,6 +260,70 @@ async function moveIfNecessary(from: string) {
   return from
 }
 
+/**
+ * Copy a file from a potentially temporary location to our cache directory.
+ * This ensures picker files are available for draft saving even if the original
+ * temporary files are cleaned up by the OS.
+ *
+ * On web, converts blob URLs to data URIs immediately to prevent revocation issues.
+ */
+async function copyToCache(from: string): Promise<string> {
+  // Handle web blob URLs - convert to data URI immediately before they can be revoked
+  if (IS_WEB && from.startsWith('blob:')) {
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch(from)
+      const blob = await response.blob()
+      return await blobToDataUri(blob)
+    } catch (e) {
+      // If fetch fails, the blob URL was likely already revoked
+      // Return as-is and let downstream code handle the error
+      return from
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Data URIs don't need any conversion
+  if (from.startsWith('data:')) {
+    return from
+  }
+
+  const cacheDir = IS_WEB && getImageCacheDirectory()
+
+  // On web (non-blob URLs) or if already in cache dir, no need to copy
+  if (!cacheDir || from.startsWith(cacheDir)) {
+    return from
+  }
+
+  const to = joinPath(cacheDir, nanoid(36))
+  await makeDirectoryAsync(cacheDir, {intermediates: true})
+
+  // Normalize the source path for expo-file-system
+  let normalizedFrom = from
+  if (!from.startsWith('file://') && from.startsWith('/')) {
+    normalizedFrom = `file://${from}`
+  }
+
+  await copyAsync({from: normalizedFrom, to})
+  return to
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert a Blob to a data URI
+ */
+function blobToDataUri(blob: Blob): Promise<string> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const reader = new FileReader()
+    reader.onloadend = () => {
+      if (typeof reader.result === 'string') {
+        resolve(reader.result)
+      } else {
+        reject(new Error('Failed to convert blob to data URI'))
+      }
+    }
+    reader.onerror = () => reject(reader.error)
+    reader.readAsDataURL(blob)
+  })
+}
+
 /** Purge files that were created to accomodate image manipulation */
 export async function purgeTemporaryImageFiles() {
   const cacheDir = IS_NATIVE && getImageCacheDirectory()