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canvas.toBlob() Silently Falls Back to PNG on Unsupported Formats

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

When using canvas.toBlob() to convert images to WebP or AVIF, the method may silently return a PNG if the requested format isn't supported by the browser. This bug can mislead developers into thinking the conversion succeeded, while the output file is actually in a different format. The issue stems from the API's fallback behavior, which doesn't throw an error or warning.

Meridian48 take
This is a classic silent failure that could cause subtle bugs in client-side image processing tools, but it's well-documented and easily mitigated by checking the blob's type.
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