# Send a notification when system disables remote image downloading?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-a-notification-when-system-disables-remote-image-downloading/237080>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 24, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-a-notification-when-system-disables-remote-image-downloading/237080 "2022-08-24T18:45:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonathan5/32/197134_2.png) [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-a-notification-when-system-disables-remote-image-downloading/237080/4 "2023-05-22T16:54:36Z")

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> [@Canapin](#):
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> I noticed that **download\_remote\_images\_to\_local** was set to false for 3 months on my instance, but however, this time again, I don’t recall having seen a warning.

Perhaps it was similar for me and the message only got sent today because I’d updated to the latest version of Discourse. (Edit – just checked and the relevant log entry was made when upgrading today.)

> [@Canapin](#):
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> What is unclear in the message you had? It seems pretty straightforward to me. As well as for the solution: free some disk space.

I didn’t say it is unclear. I believe it could be improved. It could link to the documentation, if there is any, or to a forum topic.

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