From edfe23d88cec31a11ed79d170183a2af42268e7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elian Doran <contact@eliandoran.me>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:58:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(server): server-side images not served in dev mode

---
 apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts b/apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts
index cc8847db1..7e543f503 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,15 @@ async function register(app: express.Application) {
             root: clientDir,
             css: { devSourcemap: true }
         });
-        app.use(`/${assetUrlFragment}/`, vite.middlewares);
+        app.use(`/${assetUrlFragment}/`, (req, res, next) => {
+            if (req.url.startsWith("/images/")) {
+                // Images are served as static assets from the server.
+                next();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            vite.middlewares(req, res, next);
+        });
         app.get(`/`, [ rootLimiter, auth.checkAuth, csrfMiddleware ], (req, res, next) => {
             req.url = `/${assetUrlFragment}/src/index.html`;
             vite.middlewares(req, res, next);