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web.run mode image no longer observed

observedstructure · web_run2026-09-12-web-run-image-removed

Instrument state: Schema 18 · v2 · Bookmarklet 2.7 · measure · gpt-5-6

Evidence

Before
{
  "query_modes": [
    "image"
  ]
}
Breadth
3/33 prompts · local
Modes
instant + thinking
Measuring days
12 Sept 2026 · 3 field diffs in events.jsonl
Raw data excerpt (K11-01__instant, 2026-09-12)
{
  "routing.query_modes": []
}

Daily data of 12 Sept 2026 →

Context

web-run/image

Impact

For tools: Shortest line: image|query, no window, usually English. Runs in addition to a fast line. Connects to images.openai.com thumbnails and turnXview citations in the HAR.

For visibility: The mode for visual results. Where it runs, ChatGPT shows images instead of text — visibility runs through the image and its source, not through text citations.

Status history

12 Sept 2026observed

Open

image appears only twice for us (K11-01 Allianz Arena, K11-02 tick bite), both with English query text. Is image search triggered on more topics than our prompt set shows?