diff --git a/web/packages/gallery/components/viewer/FileViewer.tsx b/web/packages/gallery/components/viewer/FileViewer.tsx
index 0414ed582d..115ca4cbd2 100644
--- a/web/packages/gallery/components/viewer/FileViewer.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/gallery/components/viewer/FileViewer.tsx
@@ -120,11 +120,12 @@ export interface FileViewerFileAnnotation {
 }
 
 /**
- * A file and its annotation, in a nice cosy box.
+ * A file, its annotation, and its item data, in a nice cosy box.
  */
 export interface FileViewerAnnotatedFile {
     file: EnteFile;
     annotation: FileViewerFileAnnotation;
+    itemData: ItemData;
 }
 
 export type FileViewerProps = ModalVisibilityProps & {
@@ -309,12 +310,6 @@ const FileViewer: React.FC<FileViewerProps> = ({
         FileInfoExif | undefined
     >(undefined);
 
-    // With semantics similar to `activeAnnotatedFile`, this is the imageURL
-    // associated with the `activeAnnotatedFile`, if any.
-    const [activeImageURL, setActiveImageURL] = useState<string | undefined>(
-        undefined,
-    );
-
     const [openFileInfo, setOpenFileInfo] = useState(false);
     const [moreMenuAnchorEl, setMoreMenuAnchorEl] =
         useState<HTMLElement | null>(null);
@@ -448,20 +443,21 @@ const FileViewer: React.FC<FileViewerProps> = ({
         });
     };
 
-    // Not memoized since it uses the frequently changing `activeImageURL`.
+    // Not memoized since it uses the frequently changing `activeAnnotatedFile`.
     const handleCopyImage = useCallback(() => {
         handleMoreMenuCloseIfNeeded();
+        const imageURL = activeAnnotatedFile?.itemData.imageURL;
         // Safari does not copy if we do not call `navigator.clipboard.write`
         // synchronously within the click event handler, but it does supports
         // passing a promise in lieu of the blob.
         void window.navigator.clipboard
             .write([
                 new ClipboardItem({
-                    "image/png": createImagePNGBlob(activeImageURL!),
+                    "image/png": createImagePNGBlob(imageURL!),
                 }),
             ])
             .catch(onGenericError);
-    }, [onGenericError, handleMoreMenuCloseIfNeeded, activeImageURL]);
+    }, [onGenericError, handleMoreMenuCloseIfNeeded, activeAnnotatedFile]);
 
     const handleEditImage = useMemo(() => {
         return onSaveEditedImageCopy
@@ -486,7 +482,7 @@ const FileViewer: React.FC<FileViewerProps> = ({
     );
 
     const handleAnnotate = useCallback(
-        (file: EnteFile, itemData: ItemData): FileViewerFileAnnotation => {
+        (file: EnteFile, itemData: ItemData): FileViewerAnnotatedFile => {
             const fileID = file.id;
             const isOwnFile = file.ownerID == user?.id;
 
@@ -537,10 +533,9 @@ const FileViewer: React.FC<FileViewerProps> = ({
                 showEditImage,
             };
 
-            setActiveAnnotatedFile({ file, annotation });
-            setActiveImageURL(itemData.imageURL);
-
-            return annotation;
+            const annotatedFile = { file, annotation, itemData };
+            setActiveAnnotatedFile(annotatedFile);
+            return annotatedFile;
         },
         [
             user,
@@ -663,6 +658,7 @@ const FileViewer: React.FC<FileViewerProps> = ({
         },
         [
             handleConfirmDelete,
+            activeAnnotatedFile,
             activeImageURL,
             handleCopyImage,
             handleToggleFullscreen,
diff --git a/web/packages/gallery/components/viewer/photoswipe.ts b/web/packages/gallery/components/viewer/photoswipe.ts
index 97ab1801cc..9bb35a6380 100644
--- a/web/packages/gallery/components/viewer/photoswipe.ts
+++ b/web/packages/gallery/components/viewer/photoswipe.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ import {
     updateFileInfoExifIfNeeded,
     type ItemData,
 } from "./data-source";
-import {
-    type FileViewerAnnotatedFile,
-    type FileViewerFileAnnotation,
-} from "./FileViewer";
+import { type FileViewerAnnotatedFile } from "./FileViewer";
 import { createPSRegisterElementIconHTML } from "./icons";
 
 // TODO(PS): WIP gallery using upstream photoswipe
@@ -132,10 +129,7 @@ type FileViewerPhotoSwipeOptions = Pick<
      * @param itemData This is the best currently available {@link ItemData}
      * corresponding to the current file.
      */
-    onAnnotate: (
-        file: EnteFile,
-        itemData: ItemData,
-    ) => FileViewerFileAnnotation;
+    onAnnotate: (file: EnteFile, itemData: ItemData) => FileViewerAnnotatedFile;
     /**
      * Called when the user activates the info action on a file.
      */
@@ -216,17 +210,6 @@ export class FileViewerPhotoSwipe {
      * - "auto-hidden" if controls were hidden by us because of inactivity.
      */
     private lastActivityDate: Date | "auto-hidden" | "already-hidden";
-    /**
-     * Derived data about the currently displayed file.
-     *
-     * This is recomputed on-demand (by using the {@link onAnnotate} callback)
-     * each time the slide changes, and cached until the next slide change.
-     *
-     * Instead of accessing this property directly, code should funnel through
-     * the `currentAnnotatedFile` helper function defined in the constructor
-     * scope.
-     */
-    private activeFileAnnotation: FileViewerFileAnnotation | undefined;
     /**
      * IDs of files for which a there is a favorite update in progress.
      */
@@ -305,24 +288,28 @@ export class FileViewerPhotoSwipe {
 
         // Various helper routines to obtain the file at `currIndex`.
 
+        /**
+         * Derived data about the currently displayed file.
+         *
+         * This is recomputed on-demand (by using the {@link onAnnotate}
+         * callback) each time the slide changes, and cached until the next
+         * slide change.
+         *
+         * Instead of accessing this property directly, code should funnel
+         * through the `currentAnnotatedFile` helper function.
+         */
+        let _currentAnnotatedFile: FileViewerAnnotatedFile | undefined;
+
         const currentFile = () => delegate.getFiles()[pswp.currIndex]!;
 
         const currentAnnotatedFile = () => {
             const file = currentFile();
-            let annotation = this.activeFileAnnotation;
-            if (annotation?.fileID != file.id) {
-                annotation = onAnnotate(file, pswp.currSlide.content.data);
-                this.activeFileAnnotation = annotation;
+            const annotatedFile = _currentAnnotatedFile;
+            if (!annotatedFile || annotatedFile.file.fileID != file.id) {
+                annotatedFile = onAnnotate(file, pswp.currSlide.content.data);
+                _currentAnnotatedFile = annotatedFile;
             }
-            return {
-                file,
-                // The above condition implies that annotation can never be
-                // undefined, but it doesn't seem to be enough to convince
-                // TypeScript. Writing the condition in a more unnatural way
-                // `(!(annotation && annotation?.fileID == file.id))` works, but
-                // instead we use a non-null assertion here.
-                annotation: annotation!,
-            };
+            return annotatedFile;
         };
 
         const currentFileAnnotation = () => currentAnnotatedFile().annotation;