# Image shows 'This image could not be loaded. Try again shortly.'

**What you are seeing**

An image shows 'This image could not be loaded. Try again shortly.'.

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## Why it happens

A transient server error or rate limit while fetching the image.

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## What to do

Reload the page. If it persists, check whether the underlying space or attachment is still reachable.

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## Settings involved

| **Setting**                              | **Where**                                                   | **What it does** |
| ---------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| Global settings → Capabilities           | Confluence admin → Apps → Capable → Settings → Capabilities | \-               |
| Global settings → Asset access (Permissi | Capable settings → Asset access                             | \-               |
| Global settings → Egress                 | Capable settings → Egress                                   | \-               |

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**                                  | **Value**                                | **What happens**                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Upload. Drag and drop accepted extensions. | Bmp, gif, ico, jfif, jpeg, jpg, png, svg | Anything else raises 'Invalid file type. Only image files are allowed'.                                                                                                                                 |
| General image compression target           | 5 MB and 2500 px on the longest side     | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Editor / attachment-import fetch ceiling   | 3 MB                                     | An attachment loaded for editing or importing into the library is capped at 3 MB of raw bytes. Larger files are auto-resized to PNG to fit; only if that still fails does it error 'Image too large for |

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[Everything elseThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/images/everything-else.html)

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