Profile picture uploads broken when "Convert profile image uploads to PNG" is enabled

[3ldor]

NodeBB version

v4.10.0

NodeBB git hash

5b70310

NodeJS version

v22.21.0

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Database type

MongoDB

Database version

8.0.17

Exact steps to cause this issue

1. Enable Convert profile image uploads to PNG in /admin/settings/uploads
2. Upload new profile picture
3. Click "Crop and upload"

What you expected

The image to be uploaded.

What happened instead

An error popup:

Error
Input file is missing: C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\db655cf03fd4cc78a91b3f6fbdf9aaaf.png

When looking in C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\, a file called db655cf03fd4cc78a91b3f6fbdf9aaaf.png.png exists (note the additional .png) , and in logs I see

2026-03-24T16:18:55.519Z [4567/35212] - verbose: [file] Attempted to delete non-existent file: C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\db655cf03fd4cc78a91b3f6fbdf9aaaf.png

This became apparent after an update to v4.10.0 (from v4.7.x or so).

Anything else?

Encountered this on a production instance running Linux, but reproduced locally on Windows.

[barisusakli]

@3ldor thanks for reporting we will release this fix tomorrow with 4.10.1

[3ldor]

Great, thanks for the speedy fix!