Handle 404 errors gracefully in AvatarsController#8346
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When a user's avatar_url points to a dead link, the open-uri fetch raises OpenURI::HTTPError. Previously this was caught by the broad StandardError rescue, reported to Bugsnag (noise), and returned a 500. Now we specifically rescue OpenURI::HTTPError and fall back to serving the placeholder avatar with a short cache TTL (5 minutes), so users still see an avatar and the error doesn't flood Bugsnag. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
avatar_urlpoints to a dead link (deleted GitHub avatar, etc.), theopen-urifetch raisesOpenURI::HTTPErrorStandardErrorrescue — reported to Bugsnag (noise) and returned HTTP 500 (broken image)OpenURI::HTTPErrorand falls back to serving the placeholder avatar with a short cache TTL (5 minutes)Test plan
app/controllers/avatars_controller.rb🤖 Generated with Claude Code