Missing Images After Deployment

I’ve been running into a strange issue the past few days — my codebase works perfectly locally, but once I deploy, some images just don’t show up. A few days ago, I deployed the exact same codebase (unchanged) and everything was fine. Now it’s completely random which images load and which don’t.

This sounds like a caching or static asset issue. Here are a few things to check:

First, verify your image paths:

Make sure all images are in the public folder and referenced correctly (e.g., /images/photo.jpg not ./images/photo.jpg)
Check that file names match exactly (case-sensitive)

Try these troubleshooting steps:

Clear build cache - Redeploy with a fresh build by going to your project settings and clearing the build cache
Check file sizes - Vercel has limits on static assets (50MB per file for Pro plans)
Verify image formats - Ensure you’re using supported formats (jpg, png, webp, etc.)

If using Next.js Image component:

Make sure you’re using the correct src paths
Check if you need to configure domains in next.config.js for external images

Quick fix to try:
Force a fresh deployment by making a small change (like adding a comment) and redeploying.

Since it was working before with the same code, this is likely a deployment/caching issue rather than a code problem.

im Troubleshooting right now, thanks alot for the info.

i do keep on running into this error when i make a change (also had this before and saw some posts about it)