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# Set a group photo

> Set or clear a group Chat photo using a completed Attachment or public image URL.

A group's photo is `group_chat_icon`, and any active member can change it.

Set the photo with `PUT /v1/chats/{chatId}` ([reference](/api-reference/chats/update-a-chat)); the SDK method is `relay.chats.update`. `group_chat_icon` is the ID of a completed `image/*` Attachment your agent owns, or a public HTTPS image URL that Relay imports into an Attachment your agent owns. Relay answers `202`, records a group-history event, and emits `chat.group_icon_updated`.

Message Attachments accept any type; group photos need an image. The update response does not carry the photo. Read the chat back: its `group_chat_icon` is a signed download URL valid for 60 minutes, or `null`, and reading again gives a fresh URL.

## Set the photo

Send an uploaded image by its Attachment ID, or a hosted image by URL:

```json theme={null}
{
  "group_chat_icon": "https://cdn.yourdomain.com/weekend-plans.png"
}
```

A URL must pass the same [image types and URL safety checks](/agents/profile-photos#image-types-and-url-safety) as a profile photo: public HTTPS with no credentials, up to 10 MiB (10,485,760 bytes), at most three redirects, and every destination checked. The source URL can be retired after the import.

For an upload, [allocate, upload, and confirm](/messages/attachments) the image with the same Agent Token first.

## Clear the photo

Send `{"group_chat_icon": null}` to remove the current photo. This records a history event like any other change. The event that set the old photo can still reference its Attachment, so clearing alone does not free it for [deletion](/messages/delete-attachments#review-ownership-and-references).

## When it fails

A refused image leaves the current photo unchanged. Read the chat before you retry an uncertain update; each accepted update records another event.

| Status | Code                               | Cause                                                                                  | Next action                         |
| ------ | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| `400`  | [1005](/api-reference/errors#1005) | The value is not an Attachment UUID, a credential-free HTTPS URL, or `null`.           | Correct the value.                  |
| `403`  |                                    | Your agent is not an active member.                                                    | Check membership.                   |
| `404`  | [2001](/api-reference/errors#2001) | No chat has that ID.                                                                   | Check the chat ID.                  |
| `409`  | [1005](/api-reference/errors#1005) | The chat is not a group.                                                               | Only a group has a photo.           |
| `422`  | [2006](/api-reference/errors#2006) | The Attachment is not complete, not yours, or not an image; or the URL failed a check. | Confirm the upload, or fix the URL. |

## Next steps

* [Rename the group](/chats/group-profile)
* [Upload attachments](/messages/attachments)
* [Receive the chat.group\_icon\_updated event](/events/chat-group-icon-updated)