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Published 2 weeks ago • verified publisher icon gitroomhq

Mastodon Provider fails to implement Alt Text to Media Item

Open patach opened this issue 5 months ago • 4 comments

📜 Description

When adding alt text to the image, the Mastodon Provider does not seem to include it when posted. Image still shows as "No Alt Text", which may hurt its spread in certain communities.

👟 Reproduction steps

  1. Create Post
  2. Attach Image
  3. Click on Gear and add Alt Text
  4. Post through the Mastodon Provider
  5. Check Image for Alt Text

👍 Expected behavior

Image should have Alt Text on it and be seen through any Mastodon Client that allows the viewing of Alt Text.

👎 Actual Behavior with Screenshots

Image shows no Alt Text when it was provided on Postiz.

Image

💻 Operating system

Linux

🤖 Node Version

v2.5.3

📃 Provide any additional context for the Bug.

No response

👀 Have you spent some time to check if this bug has been raised before?

  • [x] I checked and didn't find similar issue

Are you willing to submit PR?

None

patach avatar Aug 14 '25 23:08 patach

hi! i have a fix for this: https://github.com/gitroomhq/postiz-app/pull/962 Please let me know if this makes sense!

sginji avatar Aug 30 '25 23:08 sginji

hi! i have a fix for this: #962 Please let me know if this makes sense!

Were you able to implement a more compliant solution on your fix?

patach avatar Sep 29 '25 21:09 patach

@patach I was successful: #993 I'm not sure if @nevo-david is available to take a look, but I'm not in a hurry

tcarreira avatar Oct 13 '25 12:10 tcarreira