Because there seem to be quite a few at the moment, a topic where posts with missing images are collected might be beneficial:
AI-generated summary
Users are reporting and tracking numerous instances of missing images on Meta.discourse.org. Moin initiates a collection of affected topics, providing links to various threads with broken uploads. Sam acknowledges the issue, and JammyDodger identifies the root cause as a problem with the secure uploads controller, expressing hope that a fix will resolve all cases. Martin confirms that he has manually fixed the initially reported issues and plans to implement a code fix soon.
Moin continues to post regular updates, adding more topics with missing images to the list. Other users, including RGJ, Ed_S, and Lilly, contribute additional broken links. Moin notes that some reported topics may be outdated and irrelevant. In post 28, Moin suggests that a custom flag type would improve the reporting process compared to current methods like bookmarking and commenting. Subsequent posts by Moin and Moin provide further dated lists of affected topics.
The issue appears to be resolved, as Lilly confirms in post 56 that “your magic worked,” joking about their own ability to only break things.
Thanks @Moin we are having a look
Something has gone awry with the secure uploads controller. Hopefully a fix will handle them all.
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Thanks for collecting these Moin; I’ve manually fixed the ones you referenced, and I will work on a fix in the actual code for this soon.
Should we still report all the topics with missing images and videos? When I was reading the new TOS, I noticed Flagging a post for moderator attention, but I thought I’d wait for the fix.
Also two missing images on this guide:
Some more topics with missing uploads
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And this one Masonry Image Gallery
Isn’t it time for a plugin that detects this kind of issues?
I fixed the images on the Masonry Image Gallery TC. Thanks for pointing it out!
How did this happen? Might it happen to my forum?
I looked at simon’s post and checked the first picture (upload://gzHZGGt5fnTVXIlXDYXwTnrYAtp.png).
It’s upload id 263815, is marked as secure, and the access control post is 1368579.
It’s a PM in which I link to Simon’s post and it gets oneboxed. My inference is that onebox causes the PM to to “take over” the uploads.
I don’t think this will happen unless you have secure uploads turned on, and I suspect the damage is historical (rather than a result of a current bug).
I still think it is a recent issue.
On March 7th I copied Editing and creating wiki posts into a PM. I’m sure the images were all visible at that time. Now all images in the public post are broken. But in my copy only the first two and the last one are broken.
I don’t think that images should disappear from public when I copy them to a message after they were published.
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