diff --git a/static/ui.js b/static/ui.js
index 278cda1..3eb479c 100644
--- a/static/ui.js
+++ b/static/ui.js
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ function renderMd(raw){
   // Autolink: convert plain URLs to clickable links.
   // Stash existing <a> tags first so we never re-link a URL already inside href="...".
   const _al_stash=[];
-  s=s.replace(/(<a\b[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/a>)/g,m=>{_al_stash.push(m);return `\x00B${_al_stash.length-1}\x00`;});
+  s=s.replace(/(<a\b[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/a>|<img\b[^>]*>)/g,m=>{_al_stash.push(m);return `\x00B${_al_stash.length-1}\x00`;});
   s=s.replace(/(https?:\/\/[^\s<>"'\)\]]+)/g,(url)=>{
     // Strip trailing punctuation that was likely not part of the URL
     const trail=url.match(/[.,;:!?)]$/)?url.slice(-1):'';
diff --git a/tests/test_issue487b.py b/tests/test_issue487b.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..097f043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_issue487b.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+"""
+Regression test for image src URL corruption by the autolink pass.
+
+Bug: the _al_stash before the autolink pass only stashed <a> tags.
+<img> tags produced by the ![alt](url) image pass were NOT stashed,
+so the autolink regex matched the URL inside src="..." and wrapped it
+in <a href="...">url</a>, producing src="<a href="...">url</a>" —
+a completely broken image source.
+
+Fix: extend _al_stash regex to also stash <img> tags:
+  (<a\b[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/a>|<img\b[^>]*>)
+"""
+import pathlib
+import re
+
+REPO_ROOT = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent
+UI_JS = (REPO_ROOT / "static" / "ui.js").read_text()
+
+
+# ── Source-level check ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_al_stash_includes_img_tags():
+    """_al_stash regex must stash both <a> and <img> tags to protect src= from autolink."""
+    assert '<img\\b[^>]*>' in UI_JS or '<img\\\\b[^>]*>' in UI_JS, (
+        "_al_stash should include <img> tag pattern to prevent autolink mangling src= URLs"
+    )
+
+
+# ── Behaviour tests (Python mirror of fixed pipeline) ─────────────────────────
+
+import html as _html
+def esc(s): return _html.escape(str(s), quote=True)
+
+SAFE_TAGS = re.compile(
+    r'^</?(strong|em|code|pre|h[1-6]|ul|ol|li|table|thead|tbody|tr|th|td'
+    r'|hr|blockquote|p|br|a|img|div|span)([\s>]|$)', re.I
+)
+
+
+def render_with_image_and_autolink(raw):
+    """Simulate the image pass + SAFE_TAGS + _al_stash + autolink pipeline."""
+    s = raw
+    # Image pass
+    s = re.sub(
+        r'!\[([^\]]*)\]\((https?://[^\)]+)\)',
+        lambda m: (
+            f'<img src="{m.group(2).replace(chr(34), "%22")}" '
+            f'alt="{esc(m.group(1))}" class="msg-media-img" loading="lazy">'
+        ),
+        s,
+    )
+    # SAFE_TAGS
+    s = re.sub(
+        r'</?[a-zA-Z][^>]*>',
+        lambda m: m.group() if SAFE_TAGS.match(m.group()) else esc(m.group()),
+        s,
+    )
+    # _al_stash (fixed: stashes both <a> and <img>)
+    al_stash = []
+    s = re.sub(
+        r'(<a\b[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/a>|<img\b[^>]*>)',
+        lambda m: (al_stash.append(m.group(1)) or f'\x00B{len(al_stash)-1}\x00'),
+        s,
+    )
+    # Autolink
+    def autolink(m):
+        url = m.group(1)
+        trail = url[-1] if url[-1] in '.,;:!?)' else ''
+        clean = url[:-1] if trail else url
+        return f'<a href="{clean}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{esc(clean)}</a>{trail}'
+    s = re.sub(r'(https?://[^\s<>"\')\]]+)', autolink, s)
+    # Restore
+    s = re.sub(r'\x00B(\d+)\x00', lambda m: al_stash[int(m.group(1))], s)
+    return s
+
+
+def test_image_src_not_mangled_by_autolink():
+    """The URL inside src= of a rendered <img> must not be wrapped in <a> by autolink."""
+    url = 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/PNG_transparency_demonstration_1.png/280px-PNG_transparency_demonstration_1.png'
+    result = render_with_image_and_autolink(f'![alt]({url})')
+    assert f'src="{url}"' in result, f"src= URL should be intact, got: {result[:200]}"
+    # The URL inside src= must NOT be wrapped in <a>
+    src_part = result.split('src="')[1].split('"')[0]
+    assert '<a ' not in src_part, f"src= must not contain <a> tag, got: {src_part}"
+    assert src_part == url, f"src= URL mangled: expected {url}, got {src_part}"
+
+
+def test_image_tag_renders_as_img():
+    """![alt](url) must produce an <img> tag, not a plain link."""
+    result = render_with_image_and_autolink('![Test image](https://example.com/img.png)')
+    assert '<img ' in result, f"Expected <img> tag, got: {result}"
+    assert 'src="https://example.com/img.png"' in result
+    assert '<a ' not in result  # no spurious link wrapper
+
+
+def test_image_and_link_in_same_paragraph():
+    """Image and link in same paragraph must each render correctly without interference."""
+    result = render_with_image_and_autolink(
+        'See ![logo](https://example.com/logo.png) and visit https://example.com'
+    )
+    assert '<img ' in result, "Image should render"
+    assert '<a ' in result, "Bare URL should autolink"
+    # img src must not contain <a>
+    src_part = result.split('src="')[1].split('"')[0]
+    assert '<a' not in src_part, f"src= mangled: {src_part}"
+
+
+def test_image_count_is_one():
+    """One ![alt](url) should produce exactly one <img> tag."""
+    result = render_with_image_and_autolink('![test](https://example.com/x.png)')
+    assert result.count('<img ') == 1, f"Expected 1 <img>, got {result.count('<img ')}: {result}"
+
+
+def test_multiple_images_not_mangled():
+    """Multiple images in one message each get clean src= values."""
+    urls = [
+        'https://example.com/a.png',
+        'https://example.com/b.png',
+    ]
+    raw = '\n\n'.join(f'![img{i}]({url})' for i, url in enumerate(urls))
+    result = render_with_image_and_autolink(raw)
+    for url in urls:
+        assert f'src="{url}"' in result, f"src= for {url} mangled in: {result[:300]}"
+
+
+def test_image_with_query_string_src_intact():
+    """Image URL with & in query string must have & (not &amp;) in src."""
+    url = 'https://example.com/img?w=100&h=200&fmt=png'
+    result = render_with_image_and_autolink(f'![img]({url})')
+    assert f'src="{url}"' in result, f"Query string URL mangled: {result[:200]}"
+    assert '&amp;' not in result.split('src="')[1].split('"')[0]