Error rendering embedded code - Invalid PDF - FYI

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I was/am getting inconsistencies with trying to load/render a PDF file contained within a GitHub repository which appears to be a browser rendering issue as it pertained to issue #5 and this error was indicated by the following:

Error rendering embedded code - Invalid PDF

The following is a screenshot of this error:

Note

Although an error is indicated, the PDF can still be downloaded via the download button. However, this is a situation that should be avoided.

In this specific case, the file is a PDF that is used to provide a vector version of a logotype BuddyPress Logo (Vector PDF) and this issue appears to related to the browser version and for Linux the browser versions will depend on the release channel (distribution respositories), in most cases, the standard/default repositories. Additionally, this appears to only be related to GitHub because the browser versions that fail to render via GitHub, don't exhibit this issue rendering via http:// or https:// or file:///, i.e., served up by a Web server or as a local file. The following are the results of some tests I performed:

Linux - Centos based - 64bit

Browser	Version	PDF Renders
Chromium	127.0.6533.88	✔️
Google Chrome	127.0.6533.99	✔️
Firefox	115.13.0esr	❌

Linux - Debian based (WSL2) - 64bit

Browser	Version	PDF Renders
Chromium	123.0.6312.105	✔️
Firefox	115.8.0esr	❌

Linux - Ubuntu based - 64bit

Browser	Version	PDF Renders
Chromium	127.0.6533.99	✔️
Google Chrome	127.0.6533.99	✔️
Firefox	129.0	✔️

Window 10 - 64biit

Browser	Version	PDF Renders
Chromium	111.0.5563.111	❌
Chromium	127.0.6533.100	✔️
Google Chrome	127.0.6533.100	✔️
Firefox	129.0	✔️
Brave	127.0.6533.100	✔️
Microsoft Edge	127.0.2651.98	✔️
Opera	126.0.6478.183	✔️
Comodo Dragon	125.0.6422.142	✔️

Linux - Debian based - 32bit

Browser	Version	PDF Renders
Chromium	120.0.6099.224	✔️
Firefox	129.0	✔️

Linux - Ubuntu based - 32bit

Browser	Version	PDF Renders
Chromium	112.0.5615.49	❌
Firefox	113.0.2	❌

Files that would normally not be rendered, e.g., Microsoft Word or Excel (or their open source equivalents), at least the examples given, seem to display as:

Note

In this case, the file was a Microsoft Word document, the "view raw" when clicked will download the file or the download button can be used.

In conclusion, I opted to convert the PDF to SVG, since the PDF was being used to supply a vector graphic and thus end of this story, see the following:

Create the Official BuddyPress Logo document