Tab bar text not aligned

[twstokes]

Description

Observe the tab bar and misaligned text.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

Running 27.3.0.34369, observe the "My Site" view

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Environment info

iOS 26.6.1 / iPhone 15 Pro

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[dangermattic]

Thanks for reporting! 👍

[Vivek09Chahal]

hey @twstokes I can't reproduce this issue. Can you tell me steps to reproduce this issue?

[twstokes]

hey @twstokes I can't reproduce this issue. Can you tell me steps to reproduce this issue?

Hi @Vivek09Chahal - unfortunately I can't reproduce it consistently. It appeared like that when I brought the app to the foreground after being suspended. If I restart the app everything looks OK.

[dcalhoun]

I encounter this occasionally. It happens more frequently on my older iPhone SE (which also exhibits other, unrelated SwiftUI oddities). It remains unclear to me how to reproduce it, but does seem to occur after a period of not using the app (long suspension).

Navigating between the tabs causes the tabs to re-render with the correct styling and without truncation.

[Vivek09Chahal]

I wasn't able to find the problem, but I asked from Claude, it said

The Me icon starts at 32×32 (the `tab-bar-me` placeholder) and is **replaced asynchronously** with a 26×26 circle once the Gravatar download finishes:

Logged out / self‑hosted only / no account.email → downloadImage returns early, placeholder stays at 32 pt → tabs look aligned.

• Avatar already cached → swaps to 26 pt almost immediately (looks "always wrong").
• Avatar downloads later, or a Gravatar/account notification fires after layout → the icon shrinks and the bar re‑lays‑out mid‑session → it "suddenly" goes misaligned.
• Selecting/deselecting the Me tab swaps image ↔ selectedImage, and on iOS < 26 those are produced by two different render paths (blackAndWhite?.withAlpha(0.36) vs the raw gravatarIcon), each an extra UIGraphicsImageRenderer / CoreImage round‑trip that can shift the content within the 26 pt box.**