From c65f4d25427b9f9f284a57cf099b9ac1eabf2ddc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CHANDRAMOHANNEGI <cmsingh1721997@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:20:21 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(iOS): reuse prefetched images

---
 .../react-native/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm  | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm
index 39cf942fe09..089f32ae619 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm
@@ -666,6 +666,14 @@ - (RCTImageURLLoaderRequest *)_loadImageOrDataWithURLRequest:(NSURLRequest *)req
                                                 size:size
                                                scale:scale
                                           resizeMode:resizeMode];
+        if (!image) {
+          // Prefetched images are cached at their original size. Reuse that
+          // entry for subsequent requests, which may specify a concrete size.
+          image = [[strongSelf imageCache] imageForUrl:request.URL.absoluteString
+                                                  size:CGSizeZero
+                                                 scale:1
+                                            resizeMode:RCTResizeModeStretch];
+        }
       }
 
       if (image) {
@@ -1133,6 +1141,11 @@ - (NSDictionary *)getImageCacheStatus:(NSArray *)requests
         } else {
           results[urlRequest.URL.absoluteString] = @"disk/memory";
         }
+      } else if ([[self imageCache] imageForUrl:urlRequest.URL.absoluteString
+                                           size:CGSizeZero
+                                          scale:1
+                                     resizeMode:RCTResizeModeStretch]) {
+        results[urlRequest.URL.absoluteString] = @"memory";
       }
     }
   }