Do sequential image processing/uploads on mobile

Uploading multiple large files at once can fail easily

app/components/place-photo-item.gjs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { task } from 'ember-concurrency';
 import Icon from '#components/icon';
 import { on } from '@ember/modifier';
 import { fn } from '@ember/helper';
+import { isMobile } from '../utils/device';
 
 const MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSION = 1920;
 const IMAGE_QUALITY = 0.94;
@@ -62,17 +63,29 @@ export default class PlacePhotoItem extends Component {
         false
       );
 
-      // 3. Upload main image (to all servers concurrently)
-      const mainUploadPromise = this.blossom.upload(mainData.blob);
+      // 3. Upload main image
+      // 4. Upload thumbnail
+      let mainResult, thumbResult;
+      const isMobileDevice = isMobile();
 
-      // 4. Upload thumbnail (to all servers concurrently)
-      const thumbUploadPromise = this.blossom.upload(thumbData.blob);
+      if (isMobileDevice) {
+        // Mobile: sequential uploads to preserve bandwidth and memory
+        mainResult = await this.blossom.upload(mainData.blob, {
+          sequential: true,
+        });
+        thumbResult = await this.blossom.upload(thumbData.blob, {
+          sequential: true,
+        });
+      } else {
+        // Desktop: concurrent uploads
+        const mainUploadPromise = this.blossom.upload(mainData.blob);
+        const thumbUploadPromise = this.blossom.upload(thumbData.blob);
 
-      // Await both uploads
-      const [mainResult, thumbResult] = await Promise.all([
-        mainUploadPromise,
-        thumbUploadPromise,
-      ]);
+        [mainResult, thumbResult] = await Promise.all([
+          mainUploadPromise,
+          thumbUploadPromise,
+        ]);
+      }
 
       this.isUploaded = true;
 

app/services/blossom.js

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export default class BlossomService extends Service {
     return response.json();
   }
 
-  async upload(file) {
+  async upload(file, options = { sequential: false }) {
     if (!this.nostrAuth.isConnected) throw new Error('Not connected');
 
     const buffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
@@ -97,28 +97,48 @@ export default class BlossomService extends Service {
     const mainServer = servers[0];
     const fallbackServers = servers.slice(1);
 
-    // Start all uploads concurrently
-    const mainPromise = this._uploadToServer(file, payloadHash, mainServer);
-    const fallbackPromises = fallbackServers.map((serverUrl) =>
-      this._uploadToServer(file, payloadHash, serverUrl)
-    );
-
-    // Main server MUST succeed
-    const mainResult = await mainPromise;
-
-    // Fallback servers can fail, but we log the warnings
-    const fallbackResults = await Promise.allSettled(fallbackPromises);
     const fallbackUrls = [];
+    let mainResult;
 
-    for (let i = 0; i < fallbackResults.length; i++) {
-      const result = fallbackResults[i];
-      if (result.status === 'fulfilled') {
-        fallbackUrls.push(result.value.url);
-      } else {
-        console.warn(
-          `Fallback upload to ${fallbackServers[i]} failed:`,
-          result.reason
-        );
+    if (options.sequential) {
+      // Sequential upload logic
+      mainResult = await this._uploadToServer(file, payloadHash, mainServer);
+
+      for (const serverUrl of fallbackServers) {
+        try {
+          const result = await this._uploadToServer(
+            file,
+            payloadHash,
+            serverUrl
+          );
+          fallbackUrls.push(result.url);
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.warn(`Fallback upload to ${serverUrl} failed:`, error);
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      // Concurrent upload logic
+      const mainPromise = this._uploadToServer(file, payloadHash, mainServer);
+      const fallbackPromises = fallbackServers.map((serverUrl) =>
+        this._uploadToServer(file, payloadHash, serverUrl)
+      );
+
+      // Main server MUST succeed
+      mainResult = await mainPromise;
+
+      // Fallback servers can fail, but we log the warnings
+      const fallbackResults = await Promise.allSettled(fallbackPromises);
+
+      for (let i = 0; i < fallbackResults.length; i++) {
+        const result = fallbackResults[i];
+        if (result.status === 'fulfilled') {
+          fallbackUrls.push(result.value.url);
+        } else {
+          console.warn(
+            `Fallback upload to ${fallbackServers[i]} failed:`,
+            result.reason
+          );
+        }
       }
     }
 

app/services/nostr-auth.js

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ const STORAGE_KEY_CONNECT_RELAY = 'marco:nostr_connect_relay';
 
 const DEFAULT_CONNECT_RELAY = 'wss://relay.nsec.app';
 
+import { isMobile } from '../utils/device';
+
 export default class NostrAuthService extends Service {
   @service nostrRelay;
   @service nostrData;
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ export default class NostrAuthService extends Service {
   }
 
   get isMobile() {
-    return /Mobi|Android|iPhone|iPad/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
+    return isMobile();
   }
 
   get isConnected() {

app/utils/device.js

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export function isMobile() {
+  if (typeof navigator === 'undefined') return false;
+  return /Mobi|Android|iPhone|iPad/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
+}