Web Component and Verify website display different information in case the last file was edited without content credentials

[francesco-smartframe]

Hi!
I’m not sure if this is an issue, but I found the following a bit confusing from the user's perspective: it looks like the Web Component and the Verify website react in different ways in case the file was exported without content credentials and the previous content ingredient contains content credentials.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Export an image with content credentials
2. Open the same image again with content credentials
   1. Make some changes
   2. Export it again without content credentials
3. Use the Web Component and Verify website to display the content credentials of the last exported image

Expected behavior:
The Web Component and Verify websites should display the same CAI metadata (if any).

Actual behavior:
The Verify website displays “This file was edited without content credentials” but the Web Component displays the CAI metadata from the image with content credentials.

Additional information:

• I used Photoshop 24.4.1 to edit the image(s).
• I have attached two screenshots and the image used for testing here.

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Test image: https://github.com/contentauth/c2pa-js/files/11295944/image.zip

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[img width="100%" alt="verify website" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/80907601/233642933-01b2cc17-2f78-4628-a34b-8d083e500949.png"]

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[img width="100%" alt="web component" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/80907601/233643041-0afe7c53-81c5-4bdf-8fd5-30166f4122a7.png">

[dkozma]

Thanks for brining this up @francesco-smartframe - this is definitely not intended and we prioritize fixing this with the proper user experience. Also appreciate the test image as that is very helpful.

[github-jira-sync-bot]

✅ Jira issue https://jira.corp.adobe.com/browse/CAI-3943 is successfully created for this GitHub issue.