Audio Blocks not working correctly on Simple Sites

[ClassicRKR27]

Quick summary

A user reported that their audio blocks weren't working all of a sudden - I was able to replicate the issue across browsers and on a test site, but AT sites appear to be unaffected.

Steps to reproduce

1. Add an audio block to a page on a Simple Site (this also includes using the audio shortcodes while using the Classic Editor block)
2. Open the page and check to see if the audio will play

What you expected to happen

The audio should play

What actually happened

The block is unresponsive and doesn't play audio at all.

Impact

All

Available workarounds?

No but the platform is still usable

Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)

Simple

Logs or notes

No response

[ClassicRKR27]

Initial user report here: 8057759-zd-a8c

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Support References

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• 8057759-zen
• 8057900-zen
• 8057994-zen
• 8057999-zen

[tellisbethel]

Another report here: 8057900-zd-a8c (Edit: Not sure why this shorthand link isn't resolving properly.)
This user noted that the original file URL has the site.files.wordpress.com format, but now when they attempt to access that link directly, it redirects to a /wp-content/uploads/ link that 404s.

[ezebecke]

8057994-zd

[jp-imagines]

Escalating here: p1713377394024169-slack-C02FMH4G8

This user noted that the original file URL has the site.files.wordpress.com format, but now when they attempt to access that link directly, it redirects to a /wp-content/uploads/ link that 404s.

That is expected – see p58i-gPS-p2.

[upwardmomentum84]

Another report: 8057999-zd-a8c

[devicenull]

This has been fixed - was limited to just audio

[taipeicoder]

From the comment above, this seems to be fixed already.