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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.

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I've mentioned it:

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"

However, now I've tried it in my own test channel, and it worked. So it may be, that there is another bug with the form, which causes problems when you first wanted to upload some pic, and then changed your mind to specify a direct link to the image. But this may be just a UI issue. Not sure, if it qualifies as a bug.

Edit: wrong citation copypastat

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that there is another bug with the form

It's highly unlikely.

I as mentioned, if an image doesn't have the correct extension that matches its real format, it will most likely fail.

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That's not the case:

file german\ police\ kneels.jpg 

german police kneels.jpg: JPEG image data, JFIF standard 1.01, aspect ratio, density 72x72, segment length 16, baseline, precision 8, 741x911, components 3

The extension is .jpg and the filetype is jpeg. My connection is not so slow, that it needs over a minute for 132kb, so I doubt that it's too slow. but maybe it is, I'm using tor.

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I'm using tor.

That pretty much explains why it has a higher chance of timing out.

Try without it or with another proxy/vpn

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Kek. Plus I've just ruined your CSS, I think. Or my own custom CSS. In my browser the post below extends the width of the div of the message-field far above the size of the window.

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Plus I've just ruined your CSS, I think.

You can't ruin anything but the custom CSS settings of your browser or sub.

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You said:

You should use pic8 shortlink for it to work, not the link in your browser's address bar.

Maybe that's the case. I don't know. So you're saying, that the image upload took so long that it timed out?

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You deleted the post where I made that comment because you posted the link in your address bar that isn't the link to your image but pic8 UI. That's why it can't generate a thumbnail.

The thumbnail is only generated after pic8 returns the shortlink.