PDF Text is rendered as transparent

[tclain-pillar]

Attach (recommended) or Link to PDF file here: example-malformed.pdf

Configuration:

• Web browser and its version: Chrome
• Operating system and its version: MacOS Ventura 3.0 (22A380)
• PDF.js version: used the viewer (https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/web/viewer.html) : PDF.js: 4.4.97
• Is a browser extension: no

Steps to reproduce the problem:

1. open the pdf with https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/web/viewer.html
2. most of the text will be transparent

What is the expected behavior? (add screenshot)

What went wrong? (add screenshot)

The following warnings are displayed in the js console:

Warning: getOperatorList - ignoring XObject: "FormatError: Bad encoding in flate stream".
VM31 jam-console-devtools.js:1 Warning: Knockout groups not supported.
util.js:373 Warning: getTextContent - ignoring XObject: "FormatError: Bad encoding in flate stream".
util.js:373 Warning: getOperatorList - ignoring XObject: "FormatError: Bad encoding in flate stream".
VM31 jam-console-devtools.js:1 Warning: Knockout groups not supported.

Link to a viewer (if hosted on a site other than mozilla.github.io/pdf.js or as Firefox/Chrome extension):

[tclain-pillar]

Thanks for the prompt fix.

I am not used by the release process of pdf.js,

What's the usual timeline for a fix to drip down in the npm package ?

Thanks again :-)

[timvandermeij]

We usually make a release at the end of every month, unless release blockers are identified before that time.