# My gigantic avatars are not working!
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [5 ביולי, 2016, 7:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839 "2016-07-05T07:45:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Rainbowresidue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rainbowresidue)
#### Post date: [5 ביולי, 2016, 7:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839/1 "2016-07-05T07:45:23Z")
Dear Gentleman, @codinghorror @sam
We are having an issue on iPads too. The avatars won’t show on iPads, but show everywhere else (phones, laptops, PCs).
Here’s a snapshot from my iPad Air 2. (My friend also can’t see avatars on his iPad either, so it’s not just me)
Thanks in advance for looking into this.
Have a pleasant day,
Trish
Edit to add: Before the last update, I used my iPad and the avatars showed just fine, if that helps.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [5 ביולי, 2016, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839/2 "2016-07-05T08:50:26Z")
Yeah, you have a site customization there that is asking for gigantic avatars.
[https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user\_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/360/5243\_1.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/360/5243_1.png)
works but
[https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user\_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/600/5243\_1.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/600/5243_1.png)
@zogstrip there is a hardcoded
in avatars controller, perhaps we should allow up to 1000 ? It just results in a redirect anyway
```plaintext
return render_blank if size < 8 || size > 500
```
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [5 ביולי, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839/3 "2016-07-05T09:00:35Z")
@Rainbowresidue one easy fix on your side would be to stop asking for 600px sized avatars :), I doubt anyone is uploading that resolution.
Also, when you ask for an avatar in an unsupported size you get a redirect, which hurts perf.
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### Author:  [@Rainbowresidue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rainbowresidue)
#### Post date: [5 ביולי, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839/4 "2016-07-05T09:03:28Z")
Thanks Sam,
But the avatars were requested by members. Lots of forums use this size. (We have to keep up with the competition.)
Quite frankly, it worked before without any issues, only stopped showing on iPads after the last update.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [5 ביולי, 2016, 9:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839/5 "2016-07-05T09:07:38Z")
I am fine to lift the 500px restriction
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### Author:  [@Rainbowresidue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rainbowresidue)
#### Post date: [5 ביולי, 2016, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839/6 "2016-07-05T09:08:21Z")
Thank you very much, I think that would help our I.T. gents. 🙂
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [5 ביולי, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839/7 "2016-07-05T16:49:58Z")
Just pushed a fix 🚀
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c104e4c0225b15b09fd9dfd49c6f27bb7f11e763](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c104e4c0225b15b09fd9dfd49c6f27bb7f11e763)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5 ביולי, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-gigantic-avatars-are-not-working/46839/8 "2016-07-05T19:33:55Z")