cheeaun
Avatars (profile pictures) don't load unless I clear cache
Describe the bug A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
- phanpy.social
- Which site version: 2024.06.03.0a6030c
- Which instance: inductive.space
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Go to Phanpy
- Avatars will not load, reloading normally will not fix this
- Reloading and clearing cache (cmd + shift + r) will fix this
Expected behavior Avatars should load on the first try
Screenshots https://github.com/cheeaun/phanpy/assets/2727095/d0b6ca4a-a1fb-4c84-9fb5-aa2f01625fb1
Desktop (please complete the following information):
- OS: macOS, Linux
- Browser Arc (Chrome 125 engine), Firefox 126
Hey, I'm the owner of the instance (inductive.space). It seems the problem was not on phanpy's site, but rather two separate issues on our site.
I was serving the /system/ subpath without CORS headers (Access-Control-Allow-Origin) headers. 3rd-party avatars are served from that path. If I'm not mistaken, this would mean that phanpy can't load them. I've added Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * now.
Interestingly enough, Mastodon's default nginx config doesn't include those headers as well, so I'd have thought more people would've run into this problem by now?
Also, there seems to be a buggy filter in the EasyList ad blocker list that specifically caused these requests to fail when using instance with certain TLDs, such as .space. See https://github.com/easylist/easylist/issues/19302
