fix: cache issue for first example load

app.py

@@ -449,8 +449,17 @@ def run_identification(
         else selected_body_parts
     )
 
+    # Debug logging for cache check
+    logger.info(f"Cache check: example_path={example_path}, extractor={extractor}")
+    if example_path:
+        cache_exists = is_cached(example_path, extractor)
+        logger.info(f"is_cached() returned: {cache_exists}")
+    else:
+        cache_exists = False
+        logger.info("No example_path provided, skipping cache")
+
     # Check cache for example images (v2.0 cache supports filtering)
-    if example_path and is_cached(example_path, extractor):
+    if example_path and cache_exists:
         logger.info(f"Cache hit for {example_path} with {extractor}")
         if filter_locations or filter_body_parts_parsed:
             logger.info(
@@ -1546,17 +1555,22 @@ Click a row to view detailed feature matching visualization and all reference im
 
         # Load first example image on startup
         def load_first_example():
-            """Load the first example image when the app starts."""
+            """Load the first example image when the app starts.
+
+            Returns both the image AND the path so the cache can be used
+            when the user clicks Identify without selecting a new example.
+            """
             if example_images:
                 try:
                     first_image = Image.open(example_images[0])
-                    return first_image
+                    first_path = str(example_images[0])
+                    return first_image, first_path
                 except Exception as e:
                     logger.error(f"Error loading first example image: {e}")
-                    return None
-            return None
+                    return None, None
+            return None, None
 
-        app.load(fn=load_first_example, outputs=[image_input])
+        app.load(fn=load_first_example, outputs=[image_input, selected_example_state])
 
     return app