[Bug]: Profile picture next to hearted icon isnt showing within the comments of a post

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• I have encountered this bug in the latest release of FreeTube.
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• I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the bug report I want to file, without success.
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Describe the bug

1. Go to https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxBR17mS798vtpQ3d5pm9gPWPkf0arjSah
2. Load comments
3. See that hearted comment doesnt contain profile picture from channel's author

Expected Behavior

Should contarin profile picture

Issue Labels

inconsistent behavior

FreeTube Version

v0.23.12-nightly-6586 Beta

Operating System Version

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2

Installation Method

.exe

Primary API used

Local API

Last Known Working FreeTube Version (If Any)

No response

Additional Information

No response

Nightly Build

• I have encountered this bug in the latest nightly build.

[SHUBHANSHU602]

Hey ! I would love to take this issue and work on the fix . Could u please assign it to me?

[SHUBHANSHU602]

Working on it !

[SHUBHANSHU602]

I tested the issue on the latest FreeTube development build (Electron + Web).

Here is what I found:

1. Community posts load correctly, but the comments always fail to load.
2. In the DevTools console, every request to:
   /api/v1/post//comments
   returns either:
   • Failed to fetch
   • ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
   • CORS error
3. I tested multiple public Invidious instances (via FreeTube settings).
   All of them returned the same error, so the issue is not specific to the app or my environment.
4. This suggests the Invidious backend endpoint for community post comments may no longer be supported or is currently unstable.

So it seems the failure is happening upstream (Invidious API), not inside FreeTube’s UI logic.

A graceful fallback (e.g., showing “Unable to load comments due to instance error”) might help the user experience.