Error unable to save photo edit

Problem: Unable to save photo when adding 3 or more stickers. Error message: An error occurred when saving. Try again later.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open photo in Photos app
  2. enter Edit mode
  3. Use markup to add stickers

Posted on Nov 30, 2025 3:36 PM

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Posted on Nov 30, 2025 6:35 PM

Only add 1–2 stickers at a time → Save → Re-edit → Add more

This always works, even with 10+ stickers:

  1. Add 1–2 stickers
  2. Tap Done → Save as New Photo or Save
  3. Re-enter Edit → Markup
  4. Add the next few stickers
  5. Save again

Repeating this avoids triggering the render-failure bug.

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Nov 30, 2025 11:05 PM in response to buieky

Interestingly in screenshot edit you can add however many stickers you want to add and save without a problem.


This suggests that the photos you want to add the stickers to are having a much higher resolution than the screenshots and are larger files. Adding a sticker will add an additional level of transparency, and this way the edited image will get larger and larger and need more and more memory. Saving as a new photo will flatten the additional layers and save memory, so you can continue editing.

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