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Fix the image proxy

Discussion in 'Suggestions & Bugs' started by macdjord, Jun 27, 2021.

  1. macdjord

    macdjord Well worn.

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    For some reason, every image which is embedded in a post using an [img] tag, rather than actually pointing at the source image, instead points at some sort of image proxy under the QQ domain. However, this proxy chokes on any image over a certain size (and possibly certain image formats), resulting in images that render fine in the editor (which doesn't use the proxy) but just shows a 'broken image' icon in the actual thread.

    Can we please fix the proxy so it can handle large images? Or at least have it automatically fail over to a direct embedding if it can't handle the image in question?
     
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  2. alethiophile

    alethiophile Shadowed Philosopher Administrator

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    Can you point to some examples of images that are broken?

    Some issues here are unavoidable, since if a site has hotlink protection or similar then the server won't be able to mirror it. But in those cases a direct embed wouldn't work either.
     
  3. macdjord

    macdjord Well worn.

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    This image, taken from here:
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    Just check any of the image threads, looking for people saying 'Pic broken outside reply'.
     
  4. alethiophile

    alethiophile Shadowed Philosopher Administrator

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    Okay, I've increased the size limit on the image proxy. Hopefully some of these problems should be fixed.
     
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