Auto-Resize Lazy Images (Beta) enabled sets "like" on posts to "loading"

[jobthomas]

Impacted plugin

Boost

Quick summary

When enabling "Auto-Resize Lazy Images" - currently in beta, the like button added to the post template in Twenty Twenty-Five stays as "loading ...".

When disabling it, it shows up as expected:

Note: It doesn't happen straight away, I need to use an incognito window and do a hard refresh.

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to Jetpack > Boost
2. Enable Auto-resize beta - test if the like button is showing on a post
3. Disable - test if it's showing now

A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

Always show the like button.

What actually happened

Not showing the like button

Impact

One

Available workarounds?

Yes, easy to implement

If the above answer is "Yes...", outline the workaround.

Disable the feature

Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)

No response

Logs or notes

Browser: Brave
Jetpack: Latest version
Host: WordPress.com (Atomic)
Theme: Twenty Twenty-Five

[github-actions]

OpenAI suggested the following labels for this issue:

• [Feature Group] User Interaction & Engagement: The issue pertains to how users can interact with posts, specifically regarding the like button functionality.
• [Boost Feature] Lazy Images: The problem arises from enabling the 'Auto-Resize Lazy Images' feature, which directly causes the like button to malfunction.
• [Feature] Likes: The issue affects the display of the like button, which is relevant to user engagement and interaction.

[jobthomas]

@jeherve I actually think it is now not connected but just a random coincidental test. Can be done on job.blog, whenever opening a post, the Like button loads fairly randomly. A hard refresh mostly does the trick, but not sure what the origin is.