From d28184af1a3e74b40cfd4ac626340481822ef902 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thorsten Sommer <SommerEngineering@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 13:50:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed PDFium initialization logic (#771)

---
 runtime/src/pdfium.rs | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runtime/src/pdfium.rs b/runtime/src/pdfium.rs
index 017958c3..98ba4046 100644
--- a/runtime/src/pdfium.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/pdfium.rs
@@ -1,47 +1,65 @@
+use std::error::Error;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use pdfium_render::prelude::Pdfium;
 use log::{error, warn};
 
 pub static PDFIUM_LIB_PATH: Lazy<Mutex<Option<String>>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(None));
+static PDFIUM: Lazy<Mutex<Option<Pdfium>>> = Lazy::new(|| Mutex::new(None));
 
 pub trait PdfiumInit {
-    fn ai_studio_init() -> Result<Pdfium, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>;
+    fn ai_studio_init() -> Result<Pdfium, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>;
 }
 
 impl PdfiumInit for Pdfium {
 
     /// Initializes the PDFium library for AI Studio.
-    fn ai_studio_init() -> Result<Pdfium, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
-        let lib_path = PDFIUM_LIB_PATH.lock().unwrap();
-        if let Some(path) = lib_path.as_ref() {
-            return match Pdfium::bind_to_library(Pdfium::pdfium_platform_library_name_at_path(path)) {
-                Ok(binding) => Ok(Pdfium::new(binding)),
-                Err(library_error) => {
-                    match Pdfium::bind_to_system_library() {
-                        Ok(binding) => Ok(Pdfium::new(binding)),
-                        Err(system_error) => {
-                            error!(
-                                "Failed to load PDFium from '{path}' and the system library. Developer action (from repo root): run the build script once to download the required PDFium version: `cd app/Build` and `dotnet run build`. Details: library error: '{library_error}'; system error: '{system_error}'."
-                            );
+    fn ai_studio_init() -> Result<Pdfium, Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+        let mut pdfium = PDFIUM.lock().unwrap();
+        if let Some(pdfium) = pdfium.as_ref() {
+            return Ok(pdfium.clone());
+        }
 
-                            Err(Box::new(system_error))
-                        }
+        let loaded_pdfium = load_pdfium().map_err(|error| {
+            Box::new(std::io::Error::other(error)) as Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>
+        })?;
+        *pdfium = Some(loaded_pdfium.clone());
+
+        Ok(loaded_pdfium)
+    }
+}
+
+fn load_pdfium() -> Result<Pdfium, String> {
+    let lib_path = PDFIUM_LIB_PATH.lock().unwrap().clone();
+    if let Some(path) = lib_path.as_ref() {
+        return match Pdfium::bind_to_library(Pdfium::pdfium_platform_library_name_at_path(path)) {
+            Ok(binding) => Ok(Pdfium::new(binding)),
+            Err(library_error) => {
+                match Pdfium::bind_to_system_library() {
+                    Ok(binding) => Ok(Pdfium::new(binding)),
+                    Err(system_error) => {
+                        let error_message = format!(
+                            "Failed to load PDFium from '{path}' and the system library. Developer action (from repo root): run the build script once to download the required PDFium version: `cd app/Build` and `dotnet run build`. Details: library error: '{library_error}'; system error: '{system_error}'."
+                        );
+
+                        error!("{error_message}");
+                        Err(error_message)
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
+    }
 
-        warn!("No custom PDFium library path set; trying to load PDFium from the system library.");
-        match Pdfium::bind_to_system_library() {
-            Ok(binding) => Ok(Pdfium::new(binding)),
-            Err(system_error) => {
-                error!(
-                    "Failed to load PDFium from the system library. Developer action (from repo root): run the build script once to download the required PDFium version: `cd app/Build` and `dotnet run build`. Details: '{system_error}'."
-                );
+    warn!("No custom PDFium library path set; trying to load PDFium from the system library.");
+    match Pdfium::bind_to_system_library() {
+        Ok(binding) => Ok(Pdfium::new(binding)),
+        Err(system_error) => {
+            let error_message = format!(
+                "Failed to load PDFium from the system library. Developer action (from repo root): run the build script once to download the required PDFium version: `cd app/Build` and `dotnet run build`. Details: '{system_error}'."
+            );
 
-                Err(Box::new(system_error))
-            }
+            error!("{error_message}");
+            Err(error_message)
         }
     }
-}
+}
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