gatsbyjs/gatsby · error

Error processing image ${file.relativePath}. ${e.message}

Error message

Error processing image ${file.relativePath}. 
${e.message}

What it means

Catch-all in writeImage: generateImageData (or writing its result to the cache JSON) threw, and the exception message is appended to the warning naming file.relativePath. The build continues; only this image is affected.

Source

Thrown at packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/node-apis/image-processing.ts:219

  }
  try {
    const options = { file, args, pathPrefix, reporter, cache }

    if (!generateImageData) {
      reporter.warn(`Please upgrade gatsby-plugin-sharp`)
      return
    }
    // get standard set of fields from sharp
    const sharpData = await generateImageData(options)

    if (sharpData) {
      // Write the image properties to the cache
      await fs.writeJSON(filename, sharpData)
    } else {
      reporter.warn(`Could not process image ${file.relativePath}`)
    }
  } catch (e) {
    reporter.warn(`Error processing image ${file.relativePath}. \n${e.message}`)
  }
}

View on GitHub (pinned to e85d62f177)

Solutions

1. Inspect the appended error message (often a corrupt/unsupported image or sharp limit)
2. Replace or fix the failing image file

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/node-apis/image-processing.ts:219 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of gatsbyjs/gatsby@e85d62f177 (2026-08-26). Data as JSON: /api/errors/a0ba45c203a93a29. Report an issue: GitHub.