# In Theme Creator, exporting themes results in a white screen

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-theme-creator-exporting-themes-results-in-a-white-screen/403108
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** mobile, theme-creator
**Created:** [15 במאי,‏ 2026,‏ 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-theme-creator-exporting-themes-results-in-a-white-screen/403108 "2026-05-15T21:40:09Z")
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### Author: ![tannerabread](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tannerabread/32/526153_2.png) [@tannerabread](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tannerabread)
#### Post date: [10 באוגוסט,‏ 2026,‏ 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-theme-creator-exporting-themes-results-in-a-white-screen/403108/8 "2026-08-10T15:49:12Z")

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I did a bit of work here, and was able to fix the problem for the PWA. Will be merging soon after all the tests on CI pass.

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42454>
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> Previously, the download for exporting themes was broken in the PWA app (it is a…lso broken in Discourse Hub but that needs its own change).
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> This commit uses the blob pattern used for emoji exports, as that allows the PWA to show a download page that has controls to get out of it. This fixes the white screen that previously displayed and would get stuck in the PWA.
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> It also applies the blob pattern to watched words exports, which also failed in the PWA.

I could not reproduce the issue on Safari on iOS, only the PWA and Hub. The Hub will need a little additional work on the Hub itself — I will do a follow-up to try to fix it there.

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