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Bad images found

Error message

Bad images found

What it means

Raised by read_images() when any extracted image URL matches a entry in the module-level BAD_IMAGES list. Bing serves known placeholder/error thumbnails (data-href style blank images) when individual generations fail while the page still renders; the library detects these and rejects the whole batch rather than returning broken URLs.

Source

Thrown at g4f/Provider/needs_auth/bing/create_images.py:161

def read_images(html_content: str) -> List[str]:
    """
    Extracts image URLs from the HTML content.

    Args:
        html_content (str): HTML content containing image URLs.

    Returns:
        List[str]: A list of image URLs.
    """
    soup = BeautifulSoup(html_content, "html.parser")
    tags = soup.find_all("img", class_="mimg")
    if not tags:
        tags = soup.find_all("img", class_="gir_mmimg")
    images = [img["src"].split("?w=")[0] for img in tags]
    if any(im in BAD_IMAGES for im in images):
        raise RuntimeError("Bad images found")
    if not images:
        raise RuntimeError("No images found")
    return images

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Solutions

1. Rephrase the prompt — one or more of the four generated images likely failed moderation
2. Retry the generation request; partial failures are often non-deterministic
3. Update g4f — new BAD_IMAGES entries are added as Bing introduces new placeholders
4. Use a different image provider if it fails consistently for the same prompt

for attempt in range(3):
    try:
        images = await create_images(client, prompt)
        break
    except RuntimeError as e:
        if "Bad images found" in str(e) and attempt < 2:
            continue  # partial generation failure is often non-deterministic
        raise

When it happens

Trigger: Bing returns a results page whose <img class="mimg"> or <img class="gir_mmimg"> src attributes include one of the hardcoded BAD_IMAGES placeholder URLs.

Common situations: Some images in a multi-image batch were blocked or failed server-side; Bing UI changes adding new placeholder URLs not yet in BAD_IMAGES; partial moderation of a prompt.

Related errors

• Prompt is been blocked
• No media files provided for image generation.
• Missing "_U" cookie
• No coins left. Log in with a different account or wait a whi
• Create images failed: {error}

AI-assisted analysis of xtekky/gpt4free@973504e177 (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/d9c7eeb95482bf9d. Report an issue: GitHub.