From b57561d39592ff02dfc38b502916f4dc673845fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Samy=20Pess=C3=A9?= <samypesse@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:42:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix rendering of images in reusable content from an external
 space (#3960)

---
 .changeset/smooth-glasses-see.md        | 5 +++++
 packages/gitbook/src/lib/references.tsx | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/smooth-glasses-see.md

diff --git a/.changeset/smooth-glasses-see.md b/.changeset/smooth-glasses-see.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25beaa9f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/smooth-glasses-see.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gitbook": patch
+---
+
+Fix rendering of images in reusable content from an external space with the new dereferencing in the API.
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/lib/references.tsx b/packages/gitbook/src/lib/references.tsx
index 322cadb23..bb820e47b 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/lib/references.tsx
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/lib/references.tsx
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ export async function resolveContentRef(
         }
 
         case 'file': {
+            if (isContentRefInDifferentSpace(contentRef, context)) {
+                return resolveContentRefInSpace(contentRef.space, context, contentRef, options);
+            }
+
             const file = getRevisionFile({ revision, fileId: contentRef.file });
             if (file) {
                 return {