{"version":"2.1.265","anchor":"image-handling-specific-decode-failure-diagnostics-for-cmyk","canonical_anchor":"image-handling-specific-decode-failure-diagnostics-for-cmyk","heading":"Image handling: specific decode-failure diagnostics for CMYK JPEGs and animated WebP","tier":"notice","area":"Images","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.265\/e\/image-handling-specific-decode-failure-diagnostics-for-cmyk","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.265","markdown":"### Image handling: specific decode-failure diagnostics for CMYK JPEGs and animated WebP\n\nClaude Code now gives specific error messages for CMYK JPEGs and animated WebP images it can't decode\n\n**What**\n\nWhen an image fails to decode, Claude Code now checks for two specific cases and reports a tailored reason instead of a generic failure message:\n\n- a CMYK JPEG (a JPEG using a four-color printing color model instead of the usual RGB), reported as \"it is a CMYK JPEG, which Claude Code cannot decode\"\n\n- an animated WebP file, reported as \"it is an animated WebP whose first frame Claude Code cannot decode\"\n\n**Why**\n\nThis makes it clear why a particular image failed to load, so a user can tell the problem is a specific unsupported format rather than a generic error, and can convert the image accordingly.\n\n- Area: Images\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}