Why does the icon in AO3 account links on DW look weird? Or is it just me?

[brightknightie]

For some time now, it has seemed to me that AO3 account links on DW -- that is, < user name=brightknightie site=archiveofourown.org > -- either fail to display the icon entirely, display just the bottom right corner of it, or replace it with alt-text about the user profile. Compare:

DW: brightknightie
AO3: brightknightie

Do you see it, too, or is it just me? Do you know how to fix it? The relevant DW FAQ entry, last updated in 2023, doesn't seem to me to suggest I'm doing something wrong. (I've tried with and without quotation marks with no change.)

Perhaps relatedly, for a while, the YouTube account links (e.g. overlysarcasticproductions) didn't work, but that seemed to match up with a change in YouTube's account system and seems to be fixed now. AO3, though, I would expect DW to be pretty on top of...?

Comments

[estirose]

I noticed that when I wrote my Yuletide letter last year! I ended up having to create a standard link. Somehow, the AO3 icon on DW is broken.

[brightknightie]

kalloway (below) kindly identified it as a known issue with http v https proxying that is on their list to fix with the next (?) code update:
https://www.dreamwidth.org/support/see_request?id=50559
https://github.com/dreamwidth/dreamwidth/pull/3506

[kalloway]

I can't find the exact report but that's been a known issue for a couple of months and it's scheduled for a fix at some point.

[kalloway]

https://github.com/dreamwidth/dreamwidth/pull/3506

Okay, it's apparently an https proxy issue.

[brightknightie]

Thank you! I feel better knowing that it is real and that it is on their list. :-) I will be patient.