Images

[SLOom]

Hello,

This is an update on image not showing anymore on xat.

As you may have noticed, most of the images are not working anymore. The problem is NOT on our side but on weserv's side (imgur fault).

 

Affected by the issue: avatars, chat background, group background.

Weserv has been blocked on IP-level by Imgur which makes all new imgur images not showing anymore on xat (most of cached ones are not affected by this issue). An issue has been opened on their github, and they are actively looking for an option to solve this issue.

Example: https://images.weserv.nl/?h=80&url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FIaKLOZ5.png

Reminder: We are using weserv to cache and resize your images, so they are loading better in chat.

If you are using imgur, we suggest you to switch on another image provider (whitelisted by xat) until Imgur has un-blocked Weserv. You can find a list of whitelisted images providers here: https://xat.wiki/images

 

Edited November 21, 2020 by SLOom

[SLOom]

Another update on images from weserv owner:

 

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There is a new hotlink protection on imgur it seems. Meanwhile, we have indeed confirmed that the IP's and user-agents we use have been blocked too. So this is multiple levels of complexity, I would suggest everyone to seek different services for hosting the origin images.

 

Unless they find a solution to be unblocked (we hope so), xat users definitely need to use another image provider as mentioned before if they want their images to work on xat.

 

I'll continue to post if we have more updates about this.

[R0B]

Hi. Since I realized this problem, I started using "Postimage", and although it doesn't always require an account, when uploading an outer bg for example of 2560x1440, when using it in chat it resizes to a size of 1280x720. This happens in imgur "only when you don't have an account" which lowers the quality and size of the image due to imgur limits, however in postimage, when using it with or without an account it happens anyway. I don't know if there is some way that I don't know that this doesn't happen in postimage.

[SLOom]

Another and good update:

 

Weserv is currently testing a fix and it seems Imgur is working again (for now). Please try it and tell us if it's working for you or not!

[DonQuijote]

@SLOom, im gif maker and i have over 6k imgur links, and in this moment nobody told me that imgur links for gif not working, i think everything is ok , i hope