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September 6, 2026

P: Previews fail to render for Lightroom cloud assets searchable through Adobe/ChatGPT integration

  • September 6, 2026
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I am using the Adobe integration within ChatGPT with my Adobe Lightroom cloud catalogue.

ChatGPT can successfully search my Lightroom catalogue and Adobe returns the expected assets, including filenames, asset IDs, file types, dates, orientation information and Adobe rendition URLs.

The Adobe search-result interface can also display thumbnails of the Lightroom images to me.

However, when ChatGPT attempts to obtain a model-readable preview of any Lightroom asset through the Adobe integration, the preview-resolution step fails.

Adobe returns:

  • previewUrl: null

  • renditionUrl: null

  • downloadUrl: null

As a result, ChatGPT can search and identify photographs in my Lightroom catalogue but cannot actually inspect or analyse the image pixels.

File formats tested

This has been reproduced with both:

  • Fujifilm .RAF RAW files

  • Standard .JPG / image/jpeg files

Therefore, this does not appear to be related specifically to Fujifilm RAW support.

For example, Lightroom successfully returned JPEG assets including:

  • DSCF8305.JPG

  • DSCF8288.JPG

  • DSCF8322.JPG

  • DSCF8325.JPG

  • DSCF8313.JPG

These are correctly identified as image/jpeg.

The catalogue search found 691 JPEG assets.

However, requesting accessible previews for five of these JPEGs resulted in null preview, rendition and download URLs for all five.

The same behaviour occurs with RAF files.

Authentication troubleshooting

I disconnected/re-authorised my Adobe connection and repeated the test.

After re-authentication:

  1. Lightroom catalogue searching continued to work.

  2. Fresh Lightroom asset IDs and rendition links were returned.

  3. Adobe search-result thumbnails remained visible to me.

  4. Resolving those assets into model-readable previews still returned null URLs.

Therefore re-authenticating the Adobe account did not resolve the issue.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Connect an Adobe account containing a Lightroom cloud catalogue to ChatGPT.

  2. Ask ChatGPT to search Lightroom for photographs.

  3. Lightroom catalogue search succeeds.

  4. Select one or more returned Lightroom assets.

  5. Have the Adobe integration resolve the authenticated Lightroom rendition into a preview that ChatGPT can inspect.

  6. The preview resolution returns null URLs.

  7. ChatGPT therefore cannot visually analyse the photograph despite the asset appearing successfully in Lightroom search results.

Expected result

A Lightroom asset returned through catalogue search should provide an authenticated/presigned image preview that the ChatGPT Adobe integration can retrieve.

This would allow ChatGPT to visually analyse the selected Lightroom photograph.

Actual result

Catalogue metadata and user-facing thumbnails are available, but the model-readable image preview cannot be obtained.

The Adobe preview-resolution response contains null preview, rendition and download URLs.

Important distinction

The photograph thumbnail is visible to me in the Adobe search-results interface inside ChatGPT.

The problem is specifically that the image cannot subsequently be handed to the model for visual analysis.

This suggests the Lightroom search/thumbnail functionality itself is working, while the authenticated rendition/presigned-preview handoff is failing.

Impact

This prevents workflows such as:

  • asking ChatGPT to assess Lightroom photographs for sharpness or composition;

  • comparing several Lightroom images;

  • selecting the best photographs from a shoot;

  • assessing photographs for competitions or stock photography;

  • providing editing recommendations based on the actual image;

  • performing AI-assisted workflows on photographs discovered directly through the Lightroom catalogue.

The Lightroom catalogue/search integration is otherwise working correctly.

Please investigate the Lightroom asset preview/rendition authentication or presigned-URL handoff used by the Adobe integration with ChatGPT.

Pinned Reply By Sameer K

Thanks for bringing this up. The team has been aware of this for some time. I've added this post and the details to the investigation.


Thanks!
Sameer K
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6 replies

Participant
October 1, 2026

just checking back in, 24 days later and this is still an issue. thanks. 

Sameer K
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 29, 2026

Hey, ​@None_obviously, ​@yu-liangl1860188 & ​@defaultmym733u9u1ws. Just checking in to know if you still see this. This issue got resolved a few days ago. 

Thanks!
Sameer K

Participant
October 1, 2026

still failing. 

 

 

Sameer K
Community Manager
Sameer KCommunity ManagerPinned
Community Manager
September 10, 2026

Thanks for bringing this up. The team has been aware of this for some time. I've added this post and the details to the investigation.


Thanks!
Sameer K
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Participant
September 14, 2026

Hi Sameer K,

I’m experiencing the same issue using the Adobe plugin in Codex on my Mac with Lightroom cloud photos.

The plugin successfully finds my Canon .CR3 files and returns filenames, asset IDs, create/modify dates, and rendition links. However, resolving those links returns null for all three fields: previewUrl, renditionUrl, and downloadUrl.

We tested a batch of 18 photos and repeated single-photo requests using fresh search results. Every attempt failed to provide a usable preview, so Codex could identify the photos but couldn’t visually review them.

I can view the pictures on the webpage and in Lightroom on my Mac. Codex also successfully reviewed and rated 20 photos by controlling Lightroom directly. The problem appears to be getting the images through the plugin for visual review.

Is there an update on the investigation, an estimated fix date, or a supported workaround we can use in the meantime?

Thank you!

Participant
September 8, 2026

I can reproduce the same issue on September 9, 2026.

Lightroom asset search works correctly through the Adobe integration in ChatGPT. I can find photos by filename and retrieve metadata such as asset ID, media type, create/modify date, and orientation.

However, when ChatGPT tries to resolve the Lightroom asset for preview or editing, the result is always:

  • previewUrl: null
  • renditionUrl: null
  • downloadUrl: null

I tested both RAW and JPEG files, including:

  • DSC00941.ARW
  • IMG_5629.jpeg

Both fail in the same way, so this does not appear to be a RAW-format issue.

I also tested Creative Cloud assets using the same Adobe connection, and those assets return valid preview/rendition URLs correctly.

This suggests the problem is isolated to the Lightroom asset rendition/preview resolution path in the Adobe/ChatGPT integration.

I also re-authorized the Adobe connection, but the issue remained.

At the moment, ChatGPT can search and identify Lightroom photos, but it cannot actually view or edit them because no usable preview URL is returned.