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I've tried to post image directly via the integrated stuff, and was told, that it's not an image.

After trying to post the link I've mentioned above, it says: "Error: the link is broken, has expired or timed out (try again), or image is invalid"

Seems like there's a bug in the thumbnail generator.

I've tried to post [this](https://pic8.co/sh/3i7e6k.jpg) image directly via the integrated stuff, and was told, that it's not an image. After trying to post the link I've mentioned above, it says: "Error: the link is broken, has expired or timed out (try again), or image is invalid" Seems like there's a bug in the thumbnail generator.

(post is archived)

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Besides, it takes forever, until the post fails. I assume, that the thumbnail generator silently fails and the event handler times out.

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Of course it could be something else. I just assume, that it's the thumbnail generator cuz I don't know what I'm talking about.

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Besides, it takes forever, until the post fails.

If your connection is slow, it will have a higher chance to time out and throw an error.

Image files submitted on poal are directly uploaded to pic8 without passing through poal before the thumbnail is generated (based on pic8 shortlink).

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This can't be the reason. Posting the pic8 link as the image source also fails.

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You should have mentioned it then.

Some images have the wrong extension and will confuse poal's detection code.

Does it work if you try to upload an image file or link (that fails on poal) on pic8.co?