# How are avatars stored and accessed?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-avatars-stored-and-accessed/53065>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [Novembre 18, 2016, 6:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-avatars-stored-and-accessed/53065 "2016-11-18T06:55:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [Novembre 18, 2016, 5:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-avatars-stored-and-accessed/53065/2 "2016-11-18T17:17:40Z")

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> [@DanielMarquard](#):
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> With S3 uploads enabled, newly-uploaded avatars appear to be missing locally and remotely.

Are they any upload-related errors in the /logs?

Are you S3 settings correct?

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