Problem with 'disappearing images'

[Mauro]

It has happened to me a couple of times that an image 'disappeared' from a post, leaving only a file name, ie.:

It's, sigh, a bit annoying when this happens.

Just to report the bug (if even it is a bug and not me pressing some key or clicking somewhere where I shouldn't have).

 

[Mendel]

It looks like a caching issue, especially if it happens shortly after you've submitted the post.
Reloading the page after a short wait should fix it.

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/could-the-gimbal-video-show-an-atlas-v-launch.12078/post-261250

P.S.: When you submit a bug report, it usually helps if you link to one or more occurrences of the problem, in addition to the screenshot (which was helpful). It's also good to describe what you did that led up to the problem.

 

[Mendel]

@Mick West
I've had this happen several times recently, the latest is at https://www.metabunk.org/threads/wo...-alone-without-plane-impact.12533/post-275195

it looks fine at first, then when I come back later, the image fails to display.

this suggests to me some server-side processing issues, possibly generating a cached version? does the server have sufficient space?

thie above example is notable in that the 3 images were created identically, and are all fairly small.
It has happened with bigger images from different sources, and a re-upload typically fixes it.

 

[FatPhil]

@Mick West
I've had this happen several times recently, the latest is at https://www.metabunk.org/threads/wo...-alone-without-plane-impact.12533/post-275195

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it looks fine at first, then when I come back later, the image fails to display.

this suggests to me some server-side processing issues, possibly generating a cached version? does the server have sufficient space?

thie above example is notable in that the 3 images were created identically, and are all fairly small.
It has happened with bigger images from different sources, and a re-upload typically fixes it.

I noticed the same problem with other posts in that thread. While going back to find my example, I scrolled past yours, which just a couple of hours back rendered all 3 fine, but now showed the image you don't get, but failed to show the two that you do. Nondeterminism abounds. (Looking at the HTML implied there's some lazy loading going on, but I don't enable JS, so we might be experiencing different things just because of that.)

 

[Mick West]

It's like a Skinwalker bug, never there when you look for it.

It might be that some plugin is out-of-date, or that the Cloudflare caching is borked. I'll check the plugins.

If you see an example of a currently broken image, please post a link

 

[Mick West]

So it seems to be a Cloudflare-related issue.

One image vanished from the Hairdryer thread. I cleared the cache for that one URL in Cloudflare, and it came back.

 

[FatPhil]

Just noticed the image missing in:
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/un...ower-fell-at-65-or-2-3-of-g.12525/post-276148
"""
shown bt this graphic:
003c350.jpg
"""

 

[Mick West]

Just noticed the image missing in:
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/un...ower-fell-at-65-or-2-3-of-g.12525/post-276148
"""
shown bt this graphic:
003c350.jpg
"""

I purged that image from Cloudflare, and it popped right back.

Very annoying. Possibly something to do with banned users or bots trying to access an image, and Cloudflare caching the error. That would go away after a couple of hours though.

If someone spots another, please let me know.

 

[Mick West]

I've disabled this setting, which is something CF recommends you do if some images are not loading. Fingers crossed!