Preview disappears

Poor ol' bridge gets tired easily these days. It's all too much to display the preview for more than a few seconds before the preview entirely disappears.

13.0.3.693
click on a PSD thumbnail and wait.

Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K 3.40 GHz
Installed RAM 64.0 GB (63.8 GB usable)
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 22H2
Installed on ‎22/‎02/‎2023
OS build 22621.1992
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22644.1000.0

expected result: for the preview to persist.
to get it back you have to click on another thumbnail and then back to the first.

a picture of a blank space where there should be a preview...