REST endpoint for getting media will return 401 if first post to use it as featured image is in the trash

[andregumieri]

Version:
5.2.4

Steps to reproduce:

• Create a post
• Upload a featured image to it
• Save the post and then send it to trash
• Create a second post
• Use the same featured image as the trashed post
• Save the post
• Try to access the media through /wp-json/wp/v2/media/<id>

The result will be
{"code":"rest_forbidden","message":"Sorry, you are not allowed to do that.","data":{"status":401}}

Expectation would be to have the featured image data

[kadamwhite]

Thank you for your error report, @andregumieri ! This ticket is a known issue, previously tracked in #41445 — because of that, I am going to close this as a duplicate. We do appreciate your calling this bug out, and we are discussing potentially making this one of our priorities for 5.4.

If you have any interest in collaborating on a solution, I'd welcome your participation on the thread in the other ticket!

[andregumieri]

Thank you @kadamwhite :) I searched in every way I could imagine and didn't find this ticket. :p

[kadamwhite]

@andregumieri No worries, that sounds like most of my interactions with Trac! 😁