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fast crestBOT Apr 28, 2026, 7:30 AM

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Reported by @peak hornet

Bug Report: Fake transparent backgrounds

`Steps to Reproduce`

Ask Chat to make an image, of any kind, with a transparent background.

`Expected Result`

The background should actually be a transparent alpha channel. (Like it used to be.)

`Actual Result`

You get a fake transparent background with a white and gray checker pattern.

`Environment`

ChatGPT, any

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peak hornet Apr 28, 2026, 4:28 PM

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It's self explanatory.

peak hornet Apr 29, 2026, 1:46 AM

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I had it do deep research. This is what it thought. It still didn't work.

📎 alpha-channel-deep-research-report.md

peak hornet Apr 29, 2026, 2:06 AM

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Hacking kind of works. But this is the wrong image now. 🤦‍♀️

torn salmon Apr 29, 2026, 3:56 AM

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yeah known issue

peak hornet Apr 30, 2026, 12:19 AM

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Just out of curiosity, do we have any information on a fix being worked on?

torn salmon Apr 30, 2026, 1:08 AM

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Fix is being worked on :) as a workaround for the time being you can use the codex app with it's built in image gen skill

peak hornet May 25, 2026, 6:11 PM

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Here is a ChatGPT workaround! I was also thinking codex could automate making an alpha channel 😄

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