My Stack Overflow imgur images are disappearing

Question

A while back I answered this question and used the official Stack Overflow image uploader:

Using ServerManager to create Application within Application

I just noticed that some of the images I had in my answer seem to be no longer available from imgur and look like this:

enter image description here

These images use the original i.imgur.com url.

Update:

Just found this:

Any details about stack.imgur.com?

There's also this post where Jeff also says to use i.stack.imgur.com:

The image you are requesting does not exist or is no longer available

This seems to work and the image I uploaded above uses i.stack.imgur.com.

That is strange. I see it too. Can you replace it with stack.imgur.com instead of i? — Engineer2021, Commented Jun 13, 2011 at 20:27
I've just updated the answer replacing i.imgur with stack.imgur and that seems to have done the trick. Perhaps a general trawl the database is called for. — ChrisF, Commented Jun 13, 2011 at 20:30
There is a report about this on the TeX meta: meta.tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1409/… — Mad Scientist, Commented Jun 13, 2011 at 20:31
Possibly related to meta.stackexchange.com/questions/94959/… — squillman, Commented Jun 13, 2011 at 20:37
@ChrisF that might not be a wise thing - I've been using imgur before Stack Exchange brought in the image uploader - updating i.imgur to stack.imgur might result in images uploaded to imgur before introduction of Stack Exchange's image uploader to go dead. Do correct me if I'm wrong — Sathyajith Bhat, Commented Jun 14, 2011 at 5:39
Another user on EE complained about a missing image, but I could still see it. I assumed that I just had it in my cache, so I saved and downloaded it, then re-uploaded it. Conclusion: It bugs out for some users for some pictures, but isn't universal. Steps to reproduce unknown. — Kevin Vermeer, Commented Jun 14, 2011 at 15:57

Jeff Atwood · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-22 08:44:22Z

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I have noticed the same thing. It started some time yesterday.

The workaround seems to be to replace

i.imgur.com

by

i.stack.imgur.com

I would fix the images in that question of yours, but I'm scared of heights!

Jeff Atwood

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answered Jun 13, 2011 at 20:27

Pekka

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Ah ha! That's done the trick. When did this change happen?
– Kev Mod
Commented Jun 13, 2011 at 20:31
I fixed my broken imgurs by re-uploading instead. Silly me...
– BoltClock's a Unicorn
Commented Jun 14, 2011 at 20:36

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squillman · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-13 20:27:58Z

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Are you behind a proxy / firewall / web filter? If so, they could be blocking imgur.com.

answered Jun 13, 2011 at 20:27

squillman

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No firewalls. However see Pekka's answer.
– Kev Mod
Commented Jun 13, 2011 at 20:32

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