img.src-missing
Images without a src attribute (usually lazy-loading via data-src without a fallback).
What to change
Use native loading="lazy" with a real src, or ensure the lazy-loader also works without JavaScript, so crawlers can discover the images.
The documentation on developers.google.comA finding of this rule on a page carries the exact edits for that page: the markup it quotes, and what to write instead.
When it runs
Runs on every SEO audit: of a page, a crawl, a build directory or HTML. Info is a best practice: worth doing, rarely urgent, and --no-info leaves it out. Each finding takes 1 point off the page's score.
The severity here is the rule's usual one: a finding can be raised or lowered when the page gives a reason.
Run it, or skip it
Check a page for this rule alone, after a fix for instance:
npx @rivi-software/agentic-seo-check audit https://example.com --rule img.src-missingOr from an assistant, with the MCP tool seo_audit_page:
{
"url": "https://example.com",
"rules": [
"img.src-missing"
]
}To leave it out of an audit, pass --disable img.src-missing on the command, or disableRules: ["img.src-missing"] to a tool.
More in Images
All 7 rules- Warning
img.alt-missingImages without an alt attribute. - Info
img.alt-filenameImage alt text looks like a filename (IMG_1234.jpg, screenshot.png). - Info
img.dimensions-missingImages without explicit width and height attributes, which causes layout shift (CLS) while they load. - Info
img.unsupported-formatImages in a format Google Images does not index (HEIC, HEIF, TIFF, JPEG XL, JPEG 2000, PSD). Most browsers cannot show them either. - Info
img.lazy-above-foldThe first large image on the page, likely in the first screen and often the Largest Contentful Paint, has loading="lazy", which delays it (info). An image with both fetchpriority="high" and loading="lazy" contradicts itself (warning). - Info
img.srcset-missingImages 640 pixels wide or more (by their width attribute) have no srcset or <picture>, so phones download the full-size file.