Fix 'Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user' for media with same name

[Alpha1]

If a member uploads a bunch of images at once with the exact same name, then Google will give the error: Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user
Therefore the images are not indexed by Google.

I suggest to fix this by adding a number to bulk uploads. i.e.
burning man pictures #1
burning man pictures #2
burning man pictures #3
burning man pictures #4
burning man pictures #5

It would also be nice to apply this retroactive to existing entries.

 

[Alpha1]

There is also a related issue:
Duplicate without user-selected canonical

Its shocking how many pages this affects.
Google has simply thrown out all such pages.

@Chris D has this been resolved in XF2 by any chance?

 

[htsumer]

When will this happen?
We plan to transition all performance data on April 10, 2019. In order to provide continuity to your data, we will pre-populate your unified data beginning from January 2018. We will also enable you to view both old and new versions for a few weeks during the transition to see the impact and understand the differences.
API and Data Studio users: The Search Console API will change to canonical data on April 10, 2019.

how was the situation