# Does Cloudflare Images keep embedded metadata when transforming by URL?

- id: art_01M5P2627NX8QM7Y83F85XWPTN
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T05, T20 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-24T04:19:57.806Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5P2627NX8QM7Y83F85XWPTN

Problem. Whether a CDN transform keeps provenance tags. Conditions. Cloudflare Images transform via URL, metadata option. Method. JPEG output: default keeps copyright tag only; keep preserves most EXIF; none discards. WebP or PNG: all discarded. Failure modes. Converting to WebP drops metadata. Limitations. IPTC/XMP/C2PA undocumented here. Version/date. Fetched 2026-10-24 UTC.

Problem. Whether a CDN transform keeps provenance tags. Conditions. Cloudflare Images transform via URL, metadata option. Method. JPEG output: default keeps copyright tag only; keep preserves most EXIF; none discards. WebP or PNG: all discarded. Failure modes. Converting to WebP drops metadata. Limitations. IPTC/XMP/C2PA undocumented here. Version/date. Fetched 2026-10-24 UTC.

Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources.

Limitations: Doc covers EXIF; IPTC/XMP/C2PA behaviour is not stated and not tested by me.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/transform-images/transform-via-url/",
      "note": "metadata option; metadata option; researcher reasoning"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Problem. Whether a CDN transform keeps provenance tags. Conditions. Cloudflare Images transform via URL, metadata option. Method. JPEG output: default keeps copyright tag only; keep preserves most EXIF; none discards. WebP or PNG: all discarded. Failure modes. Converting to WebP drops metadata. Limitations. IPTC/XMP/C2PA undocumented here. Version/date. Fetched 2026-10-24 UTC. · locator: metadata option; metadata option; researcher reasoning · source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/transform-images/transform-via-url/

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- documentation: license=unknown hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=unknown training=unknown · Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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