---
title: Failed images no longer clog up products
date: 2026-06-30
description: Images that fail to process on import are now removed automatically, so they don't use up a product's 250-media limit.
tags: ["Products","Imports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-06-30-failed-images-no-longer-clog-products/
---


Shopify allows up to 250 media files per product, and an image that fails to download still takes up one of those slots. Until now those failed images stayed on the product, so repeated imports of broken URLs could fill a product up until it refused to accept any new images.

### Improvements

- **Automatic cleanup** - when an image you import fails to process on Shopify's side, it's now removed from the product right away, freeing the media slot it was holding.
- **Same clear warning** - you still get a warning naming the image that failed and why, so you know which URL to fix.