Broken images with <pictures> tag

[jocmp]

Discussed in #692

^{Originally posted by Offerel January 7, 2025}
Im using FreshRSS as backend. When i try to read some articles, i miss the pictures in this article. The pictures are displayed, when i click the icon for broken pictures and also, when i switch to the browser view, but not in the reader view.

If i look in to the html source in FreshRSS, this is the case for images with tag. Im not sure, if this is the real issue, but i assume so.

[Offerel]

Hi there. First of all, I would like to say thank you. I didn't have the app on my radar before, probably because FreshRSS support was only recently added. But I have to say, the app has almost immediately become my no.1 app for RSS. It's really fast and has almost all the features I use. And your support is mega. Great! Many thanks for that.

What I could also think of regarding this issue: I use the image proxy plugin for FreshRSS. If I understand correctly, the image is loaded into the proxy's cache when the article is accessed via ActivityPub ( i have to ask Alexx, if this is correct). I could imagine that it was not yet there when Capy Reader loaded the article. Can I somehow force it to load the article again later when I am sure that the images have also been cached?

[jocmp]

Hey @Offerel. I set up the ImageProxy on an instance of FreshRSS with the same configuration that you mentioned in FreshRSS/Extensions#268 (pic below). I wasn't able to reproduce this problem on the Android Central feed (link).

Which version of the app are you on? I can see if it's version specific. Any luck on your end with further testing? Lastly, does this affect just Android Central or consistently with some feeds?

Config

Working Demo

[Offerel]

Currently its only on the Android Central feed. I have nearby 200 other feeds in my FreshRSS, but no one with this special problem. I have found that other images in an articles from Android Central are displayed fine. It seems to be only the "first image" or "teaser image", or what this is called.

On the other hand, it may also be due to how I extract this feed. I try to remove advertising and unwanted items and use various CSS selectors for this:

I'll look at it again today, maybe I'm removing too much or the wrong elements. If I look at your screenshots, this could be the reason.

[Offerel]

I can confirm, without the filtering and CSS selectors, its working and no broken pictures are visible in Capy Reader.

Now I have to choose a better filter for this feed. But from my point of view, we can close this issue. For some reason, I can't from my side.

[jocmp]

sounds good!