# Imgur images not embedding with 429 error

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/imgur-images-not-embedding-with-429-error/263131
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 27, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imgur-images-not-embedding-with-429-error/263131 "2023-04-27T23:09:52Z")
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### Author: ![rahim123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/imgur-images-not-embedding-with-429-error/263131/34 "2023-07-31T15:18:50Z")

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Thanks @Canapin .

> [@Onebox fail with 429 error should still create valid \<img\> tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-fail-with-429-error-should-still-create-valid-img-tags/273362):
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> On my Discourse forum users are encouraged to use external image hosting services when possible. The most common is Imgur, which after a while starts rate-limiting the Discourse server with a 429 error. While this is an unsolvable problem with Imgur, Discourse also doesn’t handle it optimally. Currently when Imgur throws a 429 error Discourse interprets it as if it were an invalid image link and it just displays the image URL with \<a\> tags. But there is nothing preventing individual users from v…

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