Image styles break with use_imagecache_root and webp
Image style derivatives break after upgrades and when use_imagecache_root is on, including webp styles.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 27 November 2024 · last reported 17 June 2025
What's going wrong
Image style derivatives stop generating in several cases: webp conversions fail when use_imagecache_root is enabled, a newer release points the source to a local path that does not exist, and enabling hotlinking bypasses the root setting altogether.
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