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WebP images uploaded to issues and comments are treated as attachments

Problem to solve

WebP is a modern image format that is now supported by all modern web browsers. It provides superior compression to PNG and JPEG and is being used increasingly. When I try to share a WebP image in an issue description or comment, it is treated as an attachment - not an image.

Example: 2021-01-05T11.18.46.webp

If I edit the markdown by hand to add a leading ! it renders as an image.

2021-01-05T11.18.46.webp

Proposal

Treat WebP as image and use markdown image syntax