Cannot open a PDF file in a new tab

mjthoraval · 2025-08-01T14:12:22+00:00

After making annotations and deleting them, I cannot open a PDF file in a new tab.
I can still open it in a new window.

I do not know how to reproduce yet.
But I have seen this problem several times already when making annotations in the Zotero PDF Reader.

Hopefully the Debug ID for trying to open in a new tab and in a new window can give some clues on the problem:
Debug ID: D146028271

Zotero 8.0-beta.2+2bff6541f (64-bit)
Windows 10

mjthoraval · 2025-08-04T15:42:44+00:00

Another case:
Debug ID D964522664

I observe this when it is syncing, but I cannot make it reproducible enough to verify.

Zotero 8.0-beta.3+8355a9540 (64-bit)

mjthoraval · 2025-08-04T15:54:15+00:00

This time I think that the problem was triggered during the Debug ID:
Debug ID: D2077536625
Debug ID: D209526769

Steps to reproduce:
1) While Zotero is syncing, make an annotation to the PDF file.
2) Quickly close the PDF tab
3) Try to reopen it
-> Nothing happens.

mjthoraval · 2025-08-04T16:11:21+00:00

It seems that the last annotation made before closing the tab did not have time to be saved properly.

Debug ID is D388856573

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u265723/8oib4ul1vo0x5h472sq7.png

It sounds related to this previous problem:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/113628/zotero-7-beta-incomplete-deletion-of-annotations-when-closing-a-pdf-tab