Safari stopped showing avatars

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I assume the webkit bug applies to Ventura. I’m running Monterey.

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New info:

Fails: s=120 https://avatars.observableusercontent.com/avatar/82811927da99f8938001b2ef1f552ad2c47083e46ebc55a3a146a5a5848c4519?s=120&format=avif

Succeeds: s=119 https://avatars.observableusercontent.com/avatar/82811927da99f8938001b2ef1f552ad2c47083e46ebc55a3a146a5a5848c4519?s=119&format=avif

Any other value than s=120 succeeds. Weird.

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The avatars are marked as immutable for browser caching, so it’s possible that for a specific avatar you’ve got a bad copy cached. Maybe try emptying your cache and then reloading the page.

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Thanks, I tried that, but to no avail.

I can live with (or without) it, so I will leave it as it is.

Thanks to you, @mootari and @Cobus for all your attention.

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Martien, we will keep an eye out to see if others encounter the same problem. Really weird.

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Thanks!

Even weirder: same computer, different user: same symptoms.

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As I said before, this is likely a Safari bug that’s specific to your macOS version. Did you try what I suggested earlier?

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I certainly did, but you’re right, I got swamped by the flood of messages. Even when filtering for Safari and avatar and such it gave me no clue whatsoever. I leave it for what it is. I guess it will be gone when I upgrade to a new Mac with Ventura or Sonoma.

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It seems fixed?! Symptoms have magically disappeared. Don’t know why. Using same version of Safari Version 16.5 (17615.2.9.11.6, 17615).

Weird magic.

Case closed.

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