Avatars broken on this forum since two days ago

Frode789

Frode789

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So the last few days I've noticed LOTS of avatars that have the "broken URL" image, such as Chris D:
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And many more.
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I noticed the same thing on theadminzone! Is this a CDN issue?
 
Best guess would be an issue with Gravatar. Not noticed it myself though so may be a localised issue.
 
I'm seeing it today too.

Can confirm it's a Gravatar issue, as I said before. Nothing we can do, it'll be something they fix eventually.
 
Chris D said:
I'm seeing it today too.

Can confirm it's a Gravatar issue, as I said before. Nothing we can do, it'll be something they fix eventually.
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What about allowing XF users to utilize possible external Gravatar CDN server through their AdminCP?
In Mainland China, even if Gravatar gets firewalled, one can use Gravatar accelerated CDN servers:

Code: 
From: https://github.com/kraity/typecho-gravatar

'https://gravatar.loli.net/avatar' => 'Gravatar loli Mirror ( https://gravatar.loli.net )',
'https://gravatar.cat.net/avatar' => 'Gravatar cat Mirror ( https://gravatar.cat.net )',
'https://cdn.v2ex.com/gravatar' => 'Gravatar v2ex Mirror ( https://cdn.v2ex.com )',
'https://dn-qiniu-avatar.qbox.me/avatar/' => 'Gravatar qiniu Mirror ( https://dn-qiniu-avatar.qbox.me )',
'https://sdn.geekzu.org/avatar/' => 'Gravatar Geekzu Mirror ( https://sdn.geekzu.org )',

The following two are official alternative CDN servers:
'http://cn.gravatar.com/avatar' => 'Gravatar CN ( http://cn.gravatar.com )',
'https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar' => 'Gravatar Secure ( https://secure.gravatar.com )'
 
Chris D said:
I'm seeing it today too.

Can confirm it's a Gravatar issue, as I said before. Nothing we can do, it'll be something they fix eventually.
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Seems they're very slow at fixing things! Lol been broken for months for me.
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If the issue is still occurring it's more likely to be on your end than anything else.

You'd have to start looking into the status code and reply returned by the request loading the images. They're served directly from Gravatar, not from the software, so nothing to do with XF or our server but hopefully looking into the browser console / network tab should shed some light.
 
Chris D said:
If the issue is still occurring it's more likely to be on your end than anything else.

You'd have to start looking into the status code and reply returned by the request loading the images. They're served directly from Gravatar, not from the software, so nothing to do with XF or our server but hopefully looking into the browser console / network tab should shed some light.
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I can load the avatar in a new tab from the source but I do get this status - blocked:other

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