Intervention/image · error · Intervention\Image\Exceptions\DriverException

Failed to get current frame data

Error message

Failed to get current frame data

What it means

Core::get() (reached via at()) first calls setIteratorIndex($key); if that fails it quietly returns $default. Only when the index sets but Imagick::current() then throws does this DriverException fire — meaning the frame container acknowledges the index yet cannot materialize the current frame. That indicates an internally inconsistent or corrupted image list inside Imagick.

Solutions

1. Guard the access with the container's own check: $image->core()->has($key) or count() > $key before at().
2. Re-read the image from the original bytes and retry once; persistent failure marks the file as corrupt.
3. Avoid mixing raw removeImage()/addImage() calls with the Core API — rebuild the image instead.

Example fix

// before
$frame = $image->core()->at(2);

// after
$frame = $image->core()->has(2)
    ? $image->core()->at(2)
    : $image->core()->first(); // or handle the missing-frame case explicitly

// guard frame access with the container's own capability check
$core = $image->core();
$frame = $core->has($index) ? $core->at($index) : $core->first();

try { $frame = $image->core()->at($index); } catch (DriverException $e) { /* inconsistent frame list: re-read from original bytes and retry once */ }

When it happens

Trigger: at()/get() on a GIF whose frame list is internally inconsistent (corrupt file); calling get() after manual Imagick list surgery (removeImage/addImage) left the iterator between valid states; per-frame lazy decode failing only for the requested frame.

Common situations: Animated GIF processing after custom frame manipulation; partially written multi-frame files from interrupted uploads; cores mutated by both raw Imagick calls and the library.

Related errors

• Failed to slice image
• Failed to apply , unable to re-apply image frame
• Given color space must implement…
• Offset is not in the range of frames
• Failed to add image frame

AI-assisted analysis of Intervention/image@5598b9e397 (2026-08-23). Data as JSON: /api/errors/da1fd7bda3e362fd. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at src/Drivers/Imagick/Core.php:105

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     *
     * @see CollectionInterface::get()
     *
     * @throws DriverException
     */
    public function get(int|string $key, mixed $default = null): mixed
    {
        try {
            $this->imagick->setIteratorIndex((int) $key);
        } catch (ImagickException) {
            return $default;
        }

        try {
            return new Frame($this->imagick->current());
        } catch (ImagickException | RuntimeException $e) {
            throw new DriverException('Failed to get current frame data', previous: $e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     *
     * @see CollectionInterface::set()
     *
     * @throws DriverException
     */
    public function set(int|string $key, mixed $item): CollectionInterface
    {
        return $this->add($item);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     *

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