submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Teknevra@lemm.ee to c/summit@lemmy.world

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Whenever I attempt to upload a photo, I always get this message:

UNABLE TO UPLOAD IMAGE DUE TO AN UNKOWN ISSUE

Server error. Code: 500

No matter if I attempt it via URL, via the post itself, etc.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

If it's via URL then you are not uploading anything so that shouldn't fail with an upload error. If you are seeing that error with a URL please report that because that's a bug.

That being said because this is a 500 it's hard to tell what the issue is. I have found that the Lemmy servers are picky with images and will fail for some reasons such as:

image format is not supported (eg. trying to upload a heif image)
image resolution not supported (either the width or height of your image is too large)

As a potential workaround you can try upload images to imgur. To enable this go to Settings > Misc > Use Imgur.

this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2025

7 points (100.0% liked)

Summit

903 readers

2 users here now

Community to discuss Summit, a Lemmy reader for Android.

App (Play Store): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idunnololz.summit

APK: https://github.com/idunnololz/summit-for-lemmy/releases

Support the app

Website: https://summit.idunnololz.com/

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

idunnololz@lemmy.world