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…otate() Add .rotate() before .resize() in all thumbnail generation paths so that EXIF Orientation metadata is respected. This fixes rotated thumbnails for smartphone photos in Gallery View and attachment previews. Closes #2854
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[WIP] Fix thumbnail generation to respect EXIF Orientation tag
fix: apply EXIF orientation during thumbnail generation
Jul 8, 2026
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Thumbnails generated for smartphone photos ignore the EXIF Orientation tag, causing images to appear rotated 90° in Gallery View and attachment previews.
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.rotate()(no-arg, EXIF-based auto-rotation) to the sharp pipeline before.resize()in all four thumbnail generation paths:attachments-storage.service.ts— buffer-based thumbnail upload pathplugins/local.ts— local storagecropImageplugins/minio.ts— MinIO storagecropImageplugins/s3.ts— S3 storagecropImageSharp's
.rotate()without arguments reads the EXIF Orientation tag and applies the corresponding transformation to pixel data before any subsequent operations.