iOS 18.5 Mail app stuck on loading screen when forwarding or replying to emails with images in Microsoft 365 accounts

Hello. Ever since iOS 18.5 has come out those users in my environment are complaining that when they forward or reply to an email, it is stuck on the compose screen showing "LOADING" for a very long time. This seems to only be happening with emails that have images in it. The email accounts in question in their mail app are Microsoft 365. Is anyone else seeing this? Our users who have not yet updated to iOS 18.5 do not seem to be complaining about this issue and if I open and forward the same email on their devices, it loads right away whereas those on 18.5 are sitting on the loading screen.


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Posted on May 22, 2025 6:48 AM

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Jun 4, 2025 3:57 AM in response to bloody_x

This is really getting ridiculous. Yesterday, I had to restart my phone four times because my Mail app was stuck and blank but I had four badges. When it does show unread messages and it looks normal per se, when I go to open an unread message it says “no message selected” and the screen is blank. If anyone has figured out any potential fixes besides restarting the phone four times a day, it would be much appreciated. Thank you. And, yes, this only started after upgrading to 18.5.

Jun 4, 2025 11:02 PM in response to bloody_x

I started to experience this issue today. I am on iOS 18.5 on an iPhone 13 Pro. Sometimes when I open the Mail app, the screen shows all my emails. But if I try to open one of them, it says No Message Selected. On other occasions the screen is completely blank when I open the app.

My wife had the same issue occur today on her Xs.

Doing a hard reset fixed the issue.

Not sure if the issue will reoccur.

Jun 5, 2025 6:07 AM in response to bloody_x

Having similar issue. Mine is not for mail with images, it’s all mail. I have several email accounts. When going into one of the accounts (doesn’t matter which one), the screen freezes. Closing app and going back in to mail, all accounts are blank with no number of emails indicated. Hard reboot of phone may get me back into my emails very temporarily and then it freezes again. Very frustrating to have to keep rebooting phone. Started yesterday. iOS 18.5, 13 Pro

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