WP 6.6 RC 1: Image cropping fails in the block editor

[andrewserong]

Description

When going to crop an image in the block editor while running WP 6.6 RC 1, the image is not cropped after applying a crop.

The issue appears to be caused by something in core, and not in the Gutenberg plugin, as the values being sent to the media/edit endpoint have not changed.

Related issues:

• Revert "Skip failing image block test (#62781)" #62854 — the attempt to reinstate the e2e test for image cropping
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/32282#comment:28 — trac ticket related to recent changes to image cropping in core
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59782 — a similar trac ticket related to recent changes to image cropping. Reverting the changes in that trac ticket appear to get the cropping tools working again.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

1. Run WP 6.6 RC 1
2. Add an image block to a post
3. Click on the Crop tool in the block toolbar
4. Select a Crop from the aspect ratio dropdown
5. Click Apply
6. Note that the Crop has not applied

Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

In the below screenshot, an aspect ratio of 1:1 is selected and should be applied, but the returned image from the API endpoint does not include any cropping:

2024-06-26.13.50.32.mp4

Environment info

• WP 6.6 RC 1
• Gutenberg not active

Please confirm that you have searched existing issues in the repo.

Yes

Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

Yes

[andrewserong]

Update: reverting WordPress/wordpress-develop#6876 locally appears to get the image cropping working again for me. I'll comment over on the related trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59782

[andrewserong]

A potential fix: WordPress/wordpress-develop#6909