I did not actually know that copy-and-paste image was a feature of the Summernote rich-text editor that we use in Roller.
I think we can fix this by: - Turning copy-and-pasted images into media file uploads at entry save time - Adding an option to allow inline images in posts, for the case where uploads are disabled Tracking this as https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-2184 Dave On Fri, Oct 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM Richard via user <[email protected]> wrote: > Adding more observations. The issue seems to be due to how the images > were originally "pasted" into the Roller editor. Based on the Roller > editor's Code View </> button we can see that: > > Method 1. The user drags an image from another browser window into the > Roller editor. This creates an embedded remote URL which works fine > when the blog entry is published. > > Method 2. The user drags an image located on the local desktop into > the Roller editor. This creates a base64 version of the image which > does not render when published. > > When viewing the page source of the published blog entry using Method > 2, the image reference/data is simply no longer there -- it's been > stripped out. > > So one workaround would be to replace any base64 images with links but > that's not ideal. Is it possible that some of the latest security > enhancements are preventing base64 images from being published? > > > > On Thu, 2026-10-01 at 18:19 -0400, Richard via user wrote: > > Hello -- > > > > After an upgrade to 6.1.6, images that authors copy/pasted directly > > into the text of a blog entry (instead of embedding as a media > > resource) no longer display. Is this expected based on the latest > > changes and if so, is there any workaround? > > > > Images pasted in this way are still available when an author edits > > the > > post. > > > > Thanks, > > Richard >
