# Update Avatar Image Serving - Remove Proxy Method

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-avatar-image-serving-remove-proxy-method/350715
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 5, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-avatar-image-serving-remove-proxy-method/350715 "2025-02-05T20:05:27Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-avatar-image-serving-remove-proxy-method/350715/2 "2025-02-05T21:29:30Z")

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This is indeed a very convoluted part of the app @LotusJeff.

To address some of it’s shortcomings, we recently developed a way to reduce those round trips in our hosting, but I don’t think we ever documented it here. Is there any public docs about it @david ?

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