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Fixes #1576

Description

This PR introduces end-to-end support for modern and mobile image formats: .heic, .heif, and .avif.
iPhone/iPad backups and modern web downloads using these formats are now properly recognized, validated, and indexed instead of being silently skipped during folder scanning.

Key Changes

  1. Dependencies:

    • Added pillow-heif>=0.18.0 and pillow-avif-plugin>=1.4.3 to backend/requirements.txt.
    • Registered plugins in backend/app/utils/images.py and backend/main.py.
  2. Validation & Indexing:

    • Updated IMAGE_EXTENSIONS in backend/app/utils/images.py to include .heic, .heif, .avif.
    • Normalized thumbnail generation color mode (if img.mode != "RGB": img = img.convert("RGB")) to safely save 10-bit HDR / CMYK HEIC photos as JPEG thumbnails without runtime errors.
  3. OpenCV Fallback for AI/ML Pipelines:

    • Added image_util_load_cv2_image() helper to bridge Pillow decoding to OpenCV BGR arrays for formats not natively supported by cv2.imread().
    • Integrated this into FaceDetector.py, ObjectClassifier.py, and face_clusters.py.
  4. Frontend:

    • Added modern extensions (webp, heic, heif, avif, tiff, tif) to frontend/src/hooks/selectFile.ts dialog filters.
  5. Unit Tests:

    • Added HEIC, HEIF, and AVIF test cases to backend/tests/test_image_formats.py.
    • Added unit tests for thumbnail generation and OpenCV fallback array generation.

Testing Done

  • Ran pytest backend/tests/test_image_formats.py (17/17 passed).
  • Ran full backend test suite (pytest backend/tests/) (1,077 passed, 0 failures).
  • Ran full frontend test suite (npm test) (385 passed, 0 failures).

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  • New Features
    • Image uploads and processing support WebP, BMP, TIFF, GIF, HEIC, HEIF, and AVIF, alongside JPEG and PNG.
    • Images with EXIF orientation metadata are displayed in the correct orientation when loaded through the fallback image-loading path.
  • Improvements
    • Thumbnails are converted to RGB before being saved as JPEG, improving compatibility with images that use other color modes.

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The change expands backend image format validation and loading, updates thumbnail processing, and adds HEIF and AVIF plugin support. The frontend image picker accepts additional formats. Backend image-loading callers use a shared OpenCV-first loader with a Pillow fallback.

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Image format support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Format registration and validation
backend/app/utils/images.py, backend/main.py, backend/requirements.txt, backend/tests/test_image_formats.py
The backend expands the shared image extension allowlist and optionally registers HEIF and AVIF support. Requirements add pillow-heif and pillow-avif-plugin. Tests cover supported extensions and rejection of unsupported or corrupt files.
Image loading and processing
backend/app/utils/images.py, backend/app/models/FaceDetector.py, backend/app/models/ObjectClassifier.py, backend/app/utils/face_clusters.py, backend/tests/test_image_formats.py
The shared loader tries OpenCV, then uses Pillow, applies EXIF orientation, and converts the result to BGR. Face detection, object classification, and face-cluster image generation use the loader. Thumbnail generation converts non-RGB images to RGB. Face-cluster result handling and related type annotations are also updated. Tests cover thumbnail output and fallback loading.
Frontend file selection
frontend/src/hooks/selectFile.ts
The image picker adds WebP, HEIC, HEIF, AVIF, TIFF, and TIF extensions.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant FaceDetector
  participant image_util_load_cv2_image
  participant OpenCV
  participant Pillow
  FaceDetector->>image_util_load_cv2_image: Request image load
  image_util_load_cv2_image->>OpenCV: Try cv2.imread
  alt OpenCV returns an image
    OpenCV-->>image_util_load_cv2_image: Return image
  else OpenCV returns no image
    image_util_load_cv2_image->>Pillow: Open image, apply EXIF orientation, convert to BGR
    Pillow-->>image_util_load_cv2_image: Return converted image
  end
  image_util_load_cv2_image-->>FaceDetector: Return image or None
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Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 35338

A file that cannot be decoded during AI tagging can now be marked as processed without classification or face detection. That prevents the normal tagging pass from retrying it. The impact is limited to images in folders configured for AI tagging; no broader security bypass was established.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · reliability · observed: A decoder failure now permits an image to enter the persistent “tagged” state without classification or face detection, removing it from the normal retry queue.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The independently demonstrated input scope is files in scanned folders, with AI processing further limited to folders configured for tagging. The available evidence does not establish an unauthenticated network entrypoint or cross-tenant exposure.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Extension filtering is paired with Pillow verification before a scanned file is admitted; model consumers also stop when the shared loader returns None. Those controls do not prevent the later tagging caller from recording completion after a None classification result.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — A file that becomes undecodable after indexing, or cannot be decoded in the tagging environment, can lose its automatic retry opportunity. No authorization bypass or broader security consequence is established by this path.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Keep an image eligible for retry when loading or classification fails, distinguishing a None failure result from a successful classification with no detected classes.
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* feat: add support for WebP, BMP, TIFF, and GIF image formats

* style: format with black and add .jpeg/.tif test cases

* docs: mention TIF in test module docstring

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Force the Pillow path in the fallback test.

If OpenCV reads AVIF on the test machine, this test passes without exercising Image.open or RGB-to-BGR conversion. Mock cv2.imread to return None, then assert channel values as well as shape. This makes a broken fallback detectable on either OpenCV build.

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Review comment at @backend/tests/test_image_formats.py at line 87:
Update the fallback test around image_util_load_cv2_image to mock cv2.imread
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