JSF input file tag + ajax - ajax

I lost whole day on this issue and got nothing. I know that the question was asked but it was never answered. BalusC said that this issue is fixed in JSF 2.2.5 but either it is not or i do something wrong.
I use h:inputFile tag with ajax to render choosen image in preview div after chosing one from disk. However it's rendered only once and i have to reload page to see next chosen image. It causes more errors. For example when I use SUBMIT button to send chosen image to DB, ajax from commandLink is not executed (image is saved and rendered after page after refresh).
It looks to me like ajax is broken after chosing an image from disk and followed ajax actions are not executed, even they dont belong to h:inputfile.
This is my JSF form (one of its versions because i tried so many tricks)
<h:panelGroup class="photo-update" rendered="#{profileBean.page eq 'photo'}">
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<h:form enctype="multipart/form-data">
<h:panelGroup id="form-content">
<h:panelGroup id="current-image" class="current-image">
<p:graphicImage value="#{imageBean.getUserImage()}"/>
</h:panelGroup>
<h:panelGroup id="accept-container-ajax">
<h:panelGroup id="accept-container" class="accept-container"
rendered="true">
<div class="arrow">
<img src="resources/images/arrow.png"/>
<div class="change-text">Zamień na</div>
</div>
<h:panelGroup id="new-image" class="new-image">
<p:graphicImage value="#{profileBean.getConvertedImage()}"/>
</h:panelGroup>
<h:commandLink class="btn btn-default ok-button" value="zatwierdź"
action="#{profileBean.uploadPhoto}">
<f:ajax render="accept-container-ajax current-image"
execute="#form"/>
</h:commandLink>
</h:panelGroup>
</h:panelGroup>
<div class="btn btn-default change-image-container">
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<h:inputFile immediate="true" id="change-image"
class="change-image" value="#{profileBean.image}">
<f:ajax render="accept-container-ajax" execute="#form"/>
</h:inputFile>
</div>
</h:panelGroup>
</h:form>
</h:panelGroup>
This is fragment of the bean:
public StreamedContent getConvertedImage() throws IOException {
return userBo.convertPartToStream(image);
}
public void uploadPhoto() {
this.renderChangeContainer = false;
if (userBo.addImage(this)) {
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(
null, new FacesMessage(
FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO, "...", null));
} else {
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(
null, new FacesMessage(
FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR, "...", null));
}
}
injected BO methods are OK.
Please give me a clue what is going on.
EDIT:
I also see ugly iframe with some response content i guess.

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