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We're in the process of switching images to a new host, as our old one is shutting down.

I got most images transferred over (we have > 150 GB of images), but they pulled the old image host a month before I was expecting it. I don't know if (or how long) it will take to restore the old one and transfer the rest of the images.

If your profile pictures or other important images are missing, re-upload them for the time being, since I don't know if our old host will accomodate us.

Sorry about this everyone.

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I was wondering why Stalin abandoned me...

Good luck and patience with your work.

[โ€“] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Re-uploading the profile picture is not working for me ๐Ÿ˜” It still shows the broken-image-fallback.png

[โ€“] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seems like you maybe got it working, sry about that.

[โ€“] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I had to upload a different picture. Not sure why it didn't work with my old profile picture.

[โ€“] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago

The image uploading service (pictrs) has some deduplication feature. I am assuming it saw that the checksum of your image already exists in the database and just gave you an alias instead of storing the image your uploaded. Uploading a new image with a new checksum bypassed this feature.

[โ€“] Coco0330@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago

Yeah something wrong

[โ€“] Luca@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago

Thank you for your work and dedication in managing this service.

[โ€“] lelkins@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

helloite

is there a way to basically replace the files easier due to the most likely 3 image file rate limit? the rate limit never shows up with a sort of timer or anything so i never have a proper time posting images

is the host change affecting the very long rate limit that i usually get since i post many many images? i understand the change, don't get me wrong :thumbs up:

[โ€“] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Its 3 per hour, it wouldn't be a good idea to change because image spam is a problem.

[โ€“] lelkins@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago

understandable reason, my gripe was that the rate limit never showed up nor with a timer. i do not have a github account (and frankly never will) so i cannot report this

this is genuinely good info to have, thanks a lot. i find it funny that i guessed the rate limit half-way

[โ€“] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Rate limits are independent of the image storage backend. The rate limit for uploading images are probably a bit conservative.

[โ€“] lelkins@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago

ahh, so it's lemmygrad's config then. thanks

[โ€“] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thats unfortunate, I realise I no longer have my original profile image anywhere, guys I'll have to set aside some time to make a new one

[โ€“] Marasenna@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The wolf with the hammer and sickle over it? Sometimes federation isn't super fast so I checked your user page via lemmy.ml and it's still visible there: https://lemmy.ml/u/commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml

[โ€“] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

On my end I can't see it. I use Lemmy off my phone, I wonder if there's got something to do with it.

[โ€“] GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Other instances have local copies of profile pictures, so anyone who hasn't changed theirs since the image issues began should be able to access it through lemmy.ml. You might need to edit the image slightly to prevent the de-duplication feature from triggering

[โ€“] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago

Much appreciated

[โ€“] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago
[โ€“] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago

Hey, no sorries, comrade! This instance is an oasis in the desert, we are grateful.

[โ€“] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I was gonna ask why images weren't showing and now I know. I wish you success in your administrative endeavors!

[โ€“] NotMushroomForDebate@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are there any updates on how progress is going? I'm not exactly sure what the issue is, but I still see a bunch of missing images even from other instances, such as Hexbear emojis, for example. I'm not sure if they're cached, and the cached image is not available or what exactly.

Would appreciate a clarification :)

[โ€“] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The old service let me know that there's no chance of re-opening it back up, so we're stuck with what we have unfortunately.

I'm not sure how to handle missing images, other than them needing to get re-uploaded.

[โ€“] NotMushroomForDebate@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's unfortunate. But then what about the images from federated instances?

This is a screenshot of the !communism@lemmy.ml community from lemmygrad's side on a private session, so it's not browser cache on my side. These images should already be hosted on their side, no?