The `og:image` tag for the wikipedia.org portal leads to a broken image thumbnail
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	A_smart_kitten
	Apr 29 2026, 2:27 PM

Description

Steps to replicate the issue

Visit the URL listed in the og:image <meta> tag for https://www.wikipedia.org/:
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/2244px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png

What happens?
The URL errors with:

Error
Use thumbnail steps listed on https://w.wiki/GHai. Please contact noc@wikimedia.org for further information (a765913)

What should have happened instead?
The og:image URL for https://www.wikipedia.org/ should be accessible.

Other information/Notes

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Fix broken opengraph image in shared links to Wikipedia portal	wikimedia/portals	master	+1 -1

		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		MatthewVernon	T414805 FY 25/26 WE 5.4.10 Standard Thumbnail Sizes Only
		Resolved	BUG REPORT	Krinkle	T424859 The `og:image` tag for the wikipedia.org portal leads to a broken image thumbnail

(working on this)

Change #1279434 had a related patch set uploaded (by Krinkle; author: Krinkle):

[wikimedia/portals@master] Fix broken opengraph image in shared links to Wikipedia portal

Change #1279434 merged by jenkins-bot:

[wikimedia/portals@master] Fix broken opengraph image in shared links to Wikipedia portal

I believe this got deployed in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/operations/mediawiki-config/+/1284014 on 2026-05-07. From checking just now, the issue reported in this task seems to be resolved :)