diff --git a/__tests__/lib/images.test.ts b/__tests__/lib/images.test.ts
index f0f948365c..0ba18ecc0e 100644
--- a/__tests__/lib/images.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/lib/images.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-import {createDownloadResumable, deleteAsync} from 'expo-file-system/legacy'
-import {manipulateAsync, SaveFormat} from 'expo-image-manipulator'
+import {
+  createDownloadResumable,
+  deleteAsync,
+  getInfoAsync,
+} from 'expo-file-system/legacy'
+import {ImageManipulator, SaveFormat} from 'expo-image-manipulator'
 
 import {IMAGE_SIZE_CONFIG_2K_1MB} from '../../src/lib/constants'
 import {
@@ -9,7 +13,6 @@ import {
 import {getResizedDimensions} from '../../src/lib/media/util'
 
 const mockResizedImage = {
-  path: 'file://resized-image.jpg',
   size: 100,
   width: 100,
   height: 100,
@@ -20,10 +23,26 @@ describe('downloadAndResize', () => {
   const errorSpy = jest.spyOn(global.console, 'error')
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    const mockedCreateResizedImage = manipulateAsync as jest.Mock
-    mockedCreateResizedImage.mockResolvedValue({
-      uri: 'file://resized-image.jpg',
-      ...mockResizedImage,
+    let savedImageCount = 0
+    const mockedManipulate = ImageManipulator.manipulate as jest.Mock
+    mockedManipulate.mockImplementation(() => {
+      const image = {
+        ...mockResizedImage,
+        release: jest.fn(),
+        uri: 'file://rendered-image.jpg',
+        saveAsync: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
+          savedImageCount += 1
+          return Promise.resolve({
+            uri: `file://resized-image-${savedImageCount}.jpg`,
+            ...mockResizedImage,
+          })
+        }),
+      }
+      return {
+        release: jest.fn(),
+        renderAsync: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(image),
+        resize: jest.fn(),
+      }
     })
   })
 
@@ -48,7 +67,10 @@ describe('downloadAndResize', () => {
     }
 
     const result = await downloadAndResize(opts)
-    expect(result).toEqual(mockResizedImage)
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      ...mockResizedImage,
+      path: 'file://resized-image-7.jpg',
+    })
     expect(createDownloadResumable).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       opts.uri,
       expect.anything(),
@@ -57,20 +79,98 @@ describe('downloadAndResize', () => {
       },
     )
 
-    // First time it gets called is to get dimensions
-    expect(manipulateAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(String), [], {})
+    // First time it gets called is to get dimensions.
+    expect(ImageManipulator.manipulate).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      1,
+      expect.any(String),
+    )
+    const firstContext = (ImageManipulator.manipulate as jest.Mock).mock
+      .results[0].value
+    expect(firstContext.resize).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
     // The mocked source image is 100x100, below maxDimension, so it is not
     // downsized.
-    expect(manipulateAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      expect.any(String),
-      [{resize: {height: 100, width: 100}}],
-      {format: SaveFormat.JPEG, compress: 1.0},
+    const secondContext = (ImageManipulator.manipulate as jest.Mock).mock
+      .results[1].value
+    expect(secondContext.resize).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      height: 100,
+      width: 100,
+    })
+    const lastContext = (
+      ImageManipulator.manipulate as jest.Mock
+    ).mock.results.at(-1)!.value
+    const resizedImage = await lastContext.renderAsync.mock.results[0].value
+    expect(resizedImage.saveAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({format: SaveFormat.JPEG, compress: 1.0}),
     )
-    expect(deleteAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(String), {
+    const deletedPaths = (deleteAsync as jest.Mock).mock.calls.map(
+      ([path]) => path,
+    )
+    expect(deletedPaths).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        'file://resized-image-1.jpg',
+        'file://resized-image-2.jpg',
+        'file://resized-image-3.jpg',
+        'file://resized-image-4.jpg',
+        'file://resized-image-5.jpg',
+        'file://resized-image-6.jpg',
+      ]),
+    )
+    expect(deletedPaths).not.toContain('file://resized-image-7.jpg')
+  })
+
+  it('deletes a partial download when downloading fails', async () => {
+    const mockedFetch = createDownloadResumable as jest.Mock
+    mockedFetch.mockReturnValue({
+      cancelAsync: jest.fn(),
+      downloadAsync: jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('download failed')),
+    })
+
+    const opts: DownloadAndResizeOpts = {
+      uri: 'https://example.com/image.jpg',
+      maxDimension: 2000,
+      maxSize: 500000,
+      timeout: 10000,
+    }
+
+    await expect(downloadAndResize(opts)).rejects.toThrow('download failed')
+    expect(deleteAsync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringMatching(/\.bin$/), {
       idempotent: true,
     })
   })
 
+  it('deletes every intermediate image when resizing fails', async () => {
+    const mockedFetch = createDownloadResumable as jest.Mock
+    mockedFetch.mockReturnValue({
+      cancelAsync: jest.fn(),
+      downloadAsync: jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue({uri: 'file://downloaded-image.jpg'}),
+    })
+    ;(getInfoAsync as jest.Mock)
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce({exists: true, size: 100})
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('stat failed'))
+
+    const opts: DownloadAndResizeOpts = {
+      uri: 'https://example.com/image.jpg',
+      maxDimension: 2000,
+      maxSize: 500000,
+      timeout: 10000,
+    }
+
+    await expect(downloadAndResize(opts)).rejects.toThrow('stat failed')
+    const deletedPaths = (deleteAsync as jest.Mock).mock.calls.map(
+      ([path]) => path,
+    )
+    expect(deletedPaths).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        'file://resized-image-1.jpg',
+        'file://resized-image-2.jpg',
+        'file://resized-image-3.jpg',
+      ]),
+    )
+  })
+
   it('should return undefined for invalid URI', async () => {
     const opts: DownloadAndResizeOpts = {
       uri: 'invalid-uri',
diff --git a/jest/jestSetup.js b/jest/jestSetup.js
index 44a2c985f5..562c1063c7 100644
--- a/jest/jestSetup.js
+++ b/jest/jestSetup.js
@@ -36,15 +36,36 @@ jest.mock('expo-file-system/legacy', () => ({
   createDownloadResumable: jest.fn(),
 }))
 
-jest.mock('expo-image-manipulator', () => ({
-  manipulateAsync: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-    uri: 'file://resized-image',
-  }),
-  SaveFormat: {
-    JPEG: 'jpeg',
-    WEBP: 'webp',
-  },
-}))
+jest.mock('expo-image-manipulator', () => {
+  const createContext = () => {
+    const image = {
+      height: 100,
+      release: jest.fn(),
+      saveAsync: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        height: 100,
+        uri: 'file://resized-image',
+        width: 100,
+      }),
+      width: 100,
+    }
+    return {
+      crop: jest.fn(),
+      release: jest.fn(),
+      renderAsync: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(image),
+      resize: jest.fn(),
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ImageManipulator: {
+      manipulate: jest.fn(createContext),
+    },
+    SaveFormat: {
+      JPEG: 'jpeg',
+      WEBP: 'webp',
+    },
+  }
+})
 
 jest.mock('expo-camera', () => ({
   Camera: {
diff --git a/oxlint-suppressions.json b/oxlint-suppressions.json
index 5dc218ca4b..e0435c5a4c 100644
--- a/oxlint-suppressions.json
+++ b/oxlint-suppressions.json
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@
       "count": 1
     },
     "typescript/no-floating-promises": {
-      "count": 5
+      "count": 3
     }
   },
   "src/lib/media/manip.web.ts": {
diff --git a/src/lib/media/image-manipulator.ts b/src/lib/media/image-manipulator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41fde37c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/media/image-manipulator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import {
+  ImageManipulator,
+  type ImageManipulatorContext,
+  type ImageResult,
+  type SaveOptions,
+} from 'expo-image-manipulator'
+
+export async function renderImage(
+  source: string,
+  manipulate?: (context: ImageManipulatorContext) => void,
+  saveOptions?: SaveOptions,
+): Promise<ImageResult> {
+  const context = ImageManipulator.manipulate(source)
+
+  try {
+    manipulate?.(context)
+    const image = await context.renderAsync()
+
+    try {
+      return await image.saveAsync(saveOptions)
+    } finally {
+      image.release()
+    }
+  } finally {
+    context.release()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/media/manip.ts b/src/lib/media/manip.ts
index 904e3c48ca..3977a861e3 100644
--- a/src/lib/media/manip.ts
+++ b/src/lib/media/manip.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ import {
   StorageAccessFramework,
   writeAsStringAsync,
 } from 'expo-file-system/legacy'
-import {manipulateAsync, SaveFormat} from 'expo-image-manipulator'
+import {SaveFormat} from 'expo-image-manipulator'
 import * as MediaLibrary from 'expo-media-library/legacy'
 import * as Sharing from 'expo-sharing'
 
 import {logger} from '#/logger'
 import {IS_ANDROID, IS_IOS} from '#/env'
+import {renderImage} from './image-manipulator'
 import {type PickerImage} from './picker.shared'
 import {type Dimensions} from './types'
 import {convertCdnPreset, getResizedDimensions} from './util'
@@ -78,16 +79,25 @@ export async function shareImageModal({uri}: {uri: string}) {
   }
 
   const downloadedPath = await downloadImage(uri, String(uuid.v4()), 15e3)
-  const {uri: jpegUri} = await manipulateAsync(downloadedPath, [], {
-    format: SaveFormat.JPEG,
-    compress: 1.0,
-  })
-  void safeDeleteAsync(downloadedPath)
-  const imagePath = await moveToPermanentPath(jpegUri, '.jpg')
-  await Sharing.shareAsync(imagePath, {
-    mimeType: 'image/jpeg',
-    UTI: 'image/jpeg',
-  })
+  let jpegUri: string | undefined
+  let imagePath: string | undefined
+
+  try {
+    const jpeg = await renderImage(downloadedPath, undefined, {
+      format: SaveFormat.JPEG,
+      compress: 1.0,
+    })
+    jpegUri = jpeg.uri
+    imagePath = await moveToPermanentPath(jpegUri, '.jpg')
+    await Sharing.shareAsync(imagePath, {
+      mimeType: 'image/jpeg',
+      UTI: 'image/jpeg',
+    })
+  } finally {
+    await safeDeleteAsync(downloadedPath)
+    if (jpegUri) await safeDeleteAsync(jpegUri)
+    if (imagePath) await safeDeleteAsync(imagePath)
+  }
 }
 
 const ALBUM_NAME = 'Bluesky'
@@ -199,7 +209,7 @@ async function doResize(
   // Now instead, we have to supply the final dimensions to the manipulation function instead.
   // Performing an "empty" manipulation lets us get the dimensions of the original image. React Native's Image.getSize()
   // does not work for local files...
-  const imageRes = await manipulateAsync(localUri, [], {})
+  const imageRes = await renderImage(localUri)
   const newDimensions = getResizedDimensions(
     {
       width: imageRes.width,
@@ -210,59 +220,64 @@ async function doResize(
 
   let minQualityPercentage = 0
   let maxQualityPercentage = 101 // exclusive
-  let newDataUri
+  let newDataUri: PickerImage | undefined
   const intermediateUris = []
 
-  while (maxQualityPercentage - minQualityPercentage > 1) {
-    const qualityPercentage = Math.round(
-      (maxQualityPercentage + minQualityPercentage) / 2,
-    )
-    const resizeRes = await manipulateAsync(
-      localUri,
-      [{resize: newDimensions}],
-      {
-        format: SaveFormat.JPEG,
-        compress: qualityPercentage / 100,
-      },
-    )
-
-    intermediateUris.push(resizeRes.uri)
-
-    const fileInfo = await getInfoAsync(resizeRes.uri)
-    if (!fileInfo.exists) {
-      throw new Error(
-        'The image manipulation library failed to create a new image.',
+  try {
+    while (maxQualityPercentage - minQualityPercentage > 1) {
+      const qualityPercentage = Math.round(
+        (maxQualityPercentage + minQualityPercentage) / 2,
+      )
+      const resizeRes = await renderImage(
+        localUri,
+        context => context.resize(newDimensions),
+        {
+          format: SaveFormat.JPEG,
+          compress: qualityPercentage / 100,
+        },
       )
-    }
 
-    if (fileInfo.size < opts.maxSize) {
-      minQualityPercentage = qualityPercentage
-      newDataUri = {
-        path: normalizePath(resizeRes.uri),
-        mime: 'image/jpeg',
-        size: fileInfo.size,
-        width: resizeRes.width,
-        height: resizeRes.height,
+      intermediateUris.push(resizeRes.uri)
+
+      const fileInfo = await getInfoAsync(resizeRes.uri)
+      if (!fileInfo.exists) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'The image manipulation library failed to create a new image.',
+        )
+      }
+
+      if (fileInfo.size < opts.maxSize) {
+        minQualityPercentage = qualityPercentage
+        newDataUri = {
+          path: normalizePath(resizeRes.uri),
+          mime: 'image/jpeg',
+          size: fileInfo.size,
+          width: resizeRes.width,
+          height: resizeRes.height,
+        }
+      } else {
+        maxQualityPercentage = qualityPercentage
       }
-    } else {
-      maxQualityPercentage = qualityPercentage
     }
-  }
 
-  for (const intermediateUri of intermediateUris) {
-    if (newDataUri?.path !== normalizePath(intermediateUri)) {
-      safeDeleteAsync(intermediateUri)
+    if (newDataUri) {
+      return newDataUri
     }
-  }
 
-  if (newDataUri) {
-    safeDeleteAsync(imageRes.uri)
-    return newDataUri
+    throw new Error(
+      `This image is too big! We couldn't compress it down to ${opts.maxSize} bytes`,
+    )
+  } catch (err) {
+    newDataUri = undefined
+    throw err
+  } finally {
+    await safeDeleteAsync(imageRes.uri)
+    await Promise.all(
+      intermediateUris
+        .filter(uri => newDataUri?.path !== normalizePath(uri))
+        .map(safeDeleteAsync),
+    )
   }
-
-  throw new Error(
-    `This image is too big! We couldn't compress it down to ${opts.maxSize} bytes`,
-  )
 }
 
 async function moveToPermanentPath(path: string, ext: string): Promise<string> {
@@ -393,27 +408,43 @@ async function downloadImage(uri: string, destName: string, timeout: number) {
   const tempPath = `${cacheDirectory ?? ''}/${destName}.bin`
   const dlResumable = createDownloadResumable(uri, tempPath, {cache: true})
   let timedOut = false
+  let downloadedPath: string | undefined
+  let finalPath: string | undefined
   const to1 = setTimeout(() => {
     timedOut = true
-    void dlResumable.cancelAsync()
+    void dlResumable.cancelAsync().catch(() => undefined)
   }, timeout)
 
-  const dlRes = await dlResumable.downloadAsync()
-  clearTimeout(to1)
-
-  if (!dlRes?.uri) {
-    if (timedOut) {
-      throw new Error('Failed to download image - timed out')
-    } else {
-      throw new Error('Failed to download image - dlRes is undefined')
+  try {
+    let dlRes
+    try {
+      dlRes = await dlResumable.downloadAsync()
+    } finally {
+      clearTimeout(to1)
     }
+
+    if (!dlRes?.uri) {
+      if (timedOut) {
+        throw new Error('Failed to download image - timed out')
+      } else {
+        throw new Error('Failed to download image - dlRes is undefined')
+      }
+    }
+
+    downloadedPath = dlRes.uri
+    const ext = extFromMime(dlRes.mimeType)
+    finalPath = `${cacheDirectory ?? ''}/${destName}.${ext}`
+    await moveAsync({from: downloadedPath, to: finalPath})
+
+    return normalizePath(finalPath)
+  } catch (err) {
+    await Promise.all(
+      [...new Set([tempPath, downloadedPath, finalPath])]
+        .filter(path => path !== undefined)
+        .map(safeDeleteAsync),
+    )
+    throw err
   }
-
-  const ext = extFromMime(dlRes.mimeType)
-  const finalPath = `${cacheDirectory ?? ''}/${destName}.${ext}`
-  await moveAsync({from: dlRes.uri, to: finalPath})
-
-  return normalizePath(finalPath)
 }
 
 const MIME_TO_EXT: Record<string, string> = {
diff --git a/src/platform/misc.web-check.d.ts b/src/platform/misc.web-check.d.ts
index d3eaf3e971..dfa41bf6a4 100644
--- a/src/platform/misc.web-check.d.ts
+++ b/src/platform/misc.web-check.d.ts
@@ -113,17 +113,8 @@ declare module 'expo-file-system' {
 declare module 'expo-image-manipulator' {
   import {type ImageManipulator as ImageManipulatorModule} from 'expo-image-manipulator/build/ImageManipulator.types'
   export const ImageManipulator: ImageManipulatorModule
+  export {useImageManipulator} from 'expo-image-manipulator/build/ImageManipulator'
   export {
-    manipulateAsync,
-    useImageManipulator,
-  } from 'expo-image-manipulator/build/ImageManipulator'
-  export {
-    type Action,
-    type ActionCrop,
-    type ActionExtent,
-    type ActionFlip,
-    type ActionResize,
-    type ActionRotate,
     FlipType,
     type ImageResult,
     SaveFormat,
diff --git a/src/state/gallery.ts b/src/state/gallery.ts
index fbb5edd4c2..15c3a9e5b6 100644
--- a/src/state/gallery.ts
+++ b/src/state/gallery.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,10 @@ import {
   makeDirectoryAsync,
   moveAsync,
 } from 'expo-file-system/legacy'
-import {
-  type Action,
-  type ActionCrop,
-  manipulateAsync,
-  SaveFormat,
-} from 'expo-image-manipulator'
+import {type ImageManipulatorContext, SaveFormat} from 'expo-image-manipulator'
 import {nanoid} from 'nanoid/non-secure'
 
+import {renderImage} from '#/lib/media/image-manipulator'
 import {getImageDim} from '#/lib/media/manip'
 import {openCropper} from '#/lib/media/picker'
 import {type PickerImage} from '#/lib/media/picker.shared'
@@ -22,7 +18,7 @@ import {logger} from '#/logger'
 import {IS_NATIVE, IS_WEB} from '#/env'
 
 export type ImageTransformation = {
-  crop?: ActionCrop['crop']
+  crop?: Parameters<ImageManipulatorContext['crop']>[0]
 }
 
 export type ImageMeta = {
@@ -160,11 +156,8 @@ export async function manipulateImage(
   img: ComposerImage,
   trans: ImageTransformation,
 ): Promise<ComposerImage> {
-  const rawActions: (Action | undefined)[] = [trans.crop && {crop: trans.crop}]
-
-  const actions = rawActions.filter((a): a is Action => a !== undefined)
-
-  if (actions.length === 0) {
+  const crop = trans.crop
+  if (!crop) {
     if (img.transformed === undefined) {
       return img
     }
@@ -173,7 +166,7 @@ export async function manipulateImage(
   }
 
   const source = img.source
-  const result = await manipulateAsync(source.path, actions, {
+  const result = await renderImage(source.path, context => context.crop(crop), {
     format: SaveFormat.PNG,
   })
 
@@ -244,9 +237,9 @@ export async function compressImage(
       continue
     }
 
-    const res = await manipulateAsync(
+    const res = await renderImage(
       source.path,
-      [{resize: {width: w, height: h}}],
+      context => context.resize({width: w, height: h}),
       {
         compress: qualityPercentage / 100,
         format: SaveFormat.JPEG,
@@ -362,8 +355,8 @@ function blobToDataUri(blob: Blob): Promise<string> {
  * media to a post. They live alongside our own `bsky-composer` dir under the OS
  * cache directory. expo-image-picker copies every originally selected photo and
  * video here, and expo-image-manipulator leaves intermediate full-resolution
- * outputs here (compressImage makes several manipulateAsync passes, only the
- * last of which gets moved into `bsky-composer`). Nothing else cleans these up,
+ * outputs here (compressImage makes several rendering passes, only the last of
+ * which gets moved into `bsky-composer`). Nothing else cleans these up,
  * so on iOS - where the OS exposes no "clear cache" - they accumulate
  * indefinitely, one full-resolution copy per attached item.
  */