# Oneboxing large images fails with no visual cue

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-large-images-fails-with-no-visual-cue/259377>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** onebox\
**Created:** [March 25, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-large-images-fails-with-no-visual-cue/259377 "2023-03-25T09:25:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![nbianca](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nbianca/32/157984_2.png) [@nbianca](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nbianca)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oneboxing-large-images-fails-with-no-visual-cue/259377/52 "2023-04-25T14:48:22Z")

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> [@Arkshine](#):
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> The previous behavior always displayed a placeholder with text saying the image was too large.  
> Now, because the onebox contains a link, it’s always removed.

There are two ways images can be oneboxed and unfortunately, only one was handled correctly. This should be fixed in:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/21237](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/21237)

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