Images are broken, missing or stuck loading
Placeholder boxes, permanently loading images and images that vanish after export.
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An image sits on a loading placeholder forever
Sometimes an image finishes generating but the card keeps showing a placeholder. The image itself is usually fine.
Fix: reload the project. If the image appears, it was a display problem, not a generation one. If it's still a placeholder after a reload, ask for it to be regenerated.
A broken-image icon
The image reference exists but the file doesn't resolve. Ask for it to be regenerated:
The hero image on the landing page is broken — regenerate it.
An uploaded image won't read
If you gave the AI an image URL and it says it can't read it, the URL must be publicly accessible. Links behind a login, in a private bucket, or expired share links can't be fetched. Upload the file directly instead of pasting a link.
Images disappear after exporting code
Expected, and important to plan for: exported code references images by URL from your project's asset storage. Download the assets into your repo before you ship — otherwise your production site depends on URLs you don't control. See Export code.
Images look wrong after a theme change
Generated imagery doesn't automatically follow a new palette. Ask for it to be recoloured in place rather than regenerated — that keeps everything else about the image identical. See Images in your designs.
The same wrong logo everywhere
Use the replace-everywhere path rather than editing screens one at a time:
Replace the logo on every screen with the one I just uploaded.
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