# PDFs rendering as thumbnail images on Chrome & Edge

- Provider: [DatoCMS](https://down.guide/datocms)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Degraded
- lasted 0m
- started 2025-03-20 03:22 UTC
- id: DWN-3706cc3e56
- Official page: https://status.datocms.com/incidents/2025-03-19-pdfs-rendering-as-thumbnail-images-on-chrome-edge/

## Updates from DatoCMS
### 2025-03-20 03:22 UTC: resolved
Resolved — The issue has been resolved.
 Investigating — PDFs served from datocms-assets.com are currently showing up as image thumbnails rather than PDF files for Chromium-based browsers (Chrome and Edge). Firefox and Safari are not affected.
 A current workaround is to append ?skip-default-optimizations to the end of the URL, like:
 https://www.datocms-assets.com/123456/123456789-your-file.pdf?skip-default-optimizations 
 That should allow the PDF to load normally.
 We are working on a permanent resolution and will update here as soon as we can.

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