Serve and accept JPEG XL as an image format (part of #222)

A JPEG XL source is accepted, and orig of one is JPEG XL. The format
jxl works in plain and encrypted URLs and on the generator page,
served as image/jxl; auto chooses it first when Accept names
image/jxl.

govips sends libvips a JPEG XL distance, which overrides the quality,
so q is turned into a distance, keeping 100 lossy. govips cannot have
libvips strip metadata from JPEG XL, so it is removed from the image
before saving; libvips 8.16 and later still add an EXIF block of their
own, with nothing from the source. The conversion to sRGB moved ahead
of the format switch, and a CMYK image with no ICC profile is
converted to sRGB too, as libvips cannot save CMYK as JPEG XL.

Model: opus-5-5

README.md

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ A request whose query string cannot be decoded, or gives any parameter more than
 once, is refused with 400.
 
 - `<format>`: one of `orig` (or `original`), `jpeg` (or `jpg`), `png`, `webp`,
-  `avif`, `gif`, or `auto` (below)
+  `avif`, `jxl` (JPEG XL), `gif`, or `auto` (below)
 - `<size>`: `orig` or `<width>x<height>` (e.g. `800x600`)
 - `sig` and `exp`: the signature and its expiry, needed unless the host is
   allowlisted (see Signature Specification)
@@ -253,23 +253,29 @@ once, is refused with 400.
   both optional (values under Signature Specification). Both are part of what is
   cached, so each value of either is a separate cached image.
 
+The source image may be JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF, JPEG XL or SVG. The
+upstream's `Content-Type` must name its format, and the image's first bytes must
+match it.
+
 With the format `auto`, pixa chooses the format for each request from its
 `Accept` header, in this order:
 
-1. AVIF, when the header names `image/avif`;
+1. JPEG XL, when the header names `image/jxl`;
-2. WebP, when it names `image/webp`;
+2. AVIF, when it names `image/avif`;
-3. JPEG, when the first of `image/jpeg`, `image/*` and `*/*` that it names
+3. WebP, when it names `image/webp`;
+4. JPEG, when the first of `image/jpeg`, `image/*` and `*/*` that it names
    allows it, or when there is no `Accept` header or it is empty.
 
 An entry with `q=0` refuses its format; other `q` values do not change the
-order. AVIF and WebP must be named, as clients that cannot show them also send
+order. JPEG XL, AVIF and WebP must be named, as clients that cannot show them
-`image/*` and `*/*`. pixa never sends a format the client refused: when the
+also send `image/*` and `*/*`. pixa never sends a format the client refused:
-header allows none of the three, the answer is 406, and a header that does not
+when the header allows none of the four, the answer is 406, and a header that
-parse, or has a `q` that is not a number from 0 to 1, is refused with 400. The
+does not parse, or has a `q` that is not a number from 0 to 1, is refused
-signature, or the token of an encrypted URL, covers `auto` itself, so one URL
+with 400. The signature, or the token of an encrypted URL, covers `auto` itself,
-serves every client. Each format chosen is cached as a separate image, and every
+so one URL serves every client. Each format chosen is cached as a separate
-answer that depends on `Accept` (the image, a 304, and the 400 and 406 above)
+image, and every answer that depends on `Accept` (the image, a 304, and the 400
-carries `Vary: Accept`, so a shared cache keeps the formats apart too.
+and 406 above) carries `Vary: Accept`, so a shared cache keeps the formats apart
+too.
 
 An image is served with `Cache-Control: public, max-age=<seconds>, immutable`.
 When the URL has an expiry (an `exp`, or the TTL of an encrypted URL), `max-age`
@@ -350,6 +356,10 @@ turned off.
 - An image with an ICC profile is converted to sRGB first, since clients show an
   image with no profile as sRGB. Colours outside sRGB, such as the most
   saturated ones in a Display P3 photo, are clipped.
+- The one exception is JPEG XL with libvips 8.16 and later: libvips then writes
+  an EXIF block of its own into the image, with its orientation, resolution,
+  size and colour space and fixed defaults, but nothing from the source's EXIF,
+  as govips cannot ask libvips to leave it out.
 
 ### Source Hosts
 

TODO.md

@@ -30,6 +30,22 @@ P2: security: per-IP rate limiting on the image routes
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-08 JPEG XL as an input and output format (part of #222): a source
+  whose bytes start with either JPEG XL signature, the bare codestream's `FF 0A`
+  or the container's, is detected as `image/jxl`, which the upstream fetch
+  accepts; `orig` of such a source is JPEG XL. The format `jxl` works in plain
+  and encrypted URLs and on the generator page, served as `image/jxl` and cached
+  like the other formats. `auto` chooses JPEG XL first when `Accept` names
+  `image/jxl`. govips sends libvips a JPEG XL distance with every save, so
+  libvips ignores the quality: pixa turns `q` into a distance with libvips' own
+  formula, keeping 100 lossy, and removes the metadata from the image before
+  saving, as govips cannot have libvips strip it from JPEG XL. libvips 8.16 and
+  later still write an EXIF block of their own into JPEG XL (orientation,
+  resolution, size, colour space, fixed defaults), with nothing from the source.
+  An image with an ICC profile is converted to sRGB before the JPEG XL save too,
+  and a CMYK image with none is converted to sRGB, as libvips cannot save CMYK
+  as JPEG XL. libvips' default effort, 7, is kept. JPEG XL is not yet the
+  default output.
 - 2026-10-08 requests no longer wait behind eviction queries that read a whole
   table (closes #227): the new `cache_usage` table holds the total cache usage,
   kept up to date by triggers on `source_content` and `variant_content` in the

internal/handlers/format_auto.go

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import (
 // Errors for an Accept header that an auto URL cannot be served for.
 var (
 	errInvalidAccept = errors.New("invalid Accept header")
-	errNotAcceptable = errors.New(
+	errNotAcceptable = errors.New("not acceptable: auto serves " +
-		"not acceptable: auto serves image/avif, image/webp or image/jpeg")
+		"image/jxl, image/avif, image/webp or image/jpeg")
 )
 
 // chooseAutoFormat replaces the format auto in req with the format
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ func (s *Handlers) chooseAutoFormat(
 }
 
 // formatForAccept returns the format an auto URL is served in for the Accept
-// header accept: AVIF when it names image/avif, else WebP when it names
+// header accept: JPEG XL when it names image/jxl, else AVIF when it names
-// image/webp, else JPEG when its most specific entry of image/jpeg, image/*
+// image/avif, else WebP when it names image/webp, else JPEG when its most
-// and */* allows it, or when it names nothing. A q of 0 refuses a format.
+// specific entry of image/jpeg, image/* and */* allows it, or when it names
-// AVIF and WebP must be named, as clients that cannot show them send image/*
+// nothing. A q of 0 refuses a format. JPEG XL, AVIF and WebP must be named, as
-// and */* too.
+// clients that cannot show them send image/* and */* too.
 func formatForAccept(accept string) (imgcache.ImageFormat, error) {
 	qualities, err := parseAccept(accept)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ func formatForAccept(accept string) (imgcache.ImageFormat, error) {
 		return imgcache.FormatJPEG, nil
 	}
 
+	if qualities["image/jxl"] > 0 {
+		return imgcache.FormatJXL, nil
+	}
+
 	if qualities["image/avif"] > 0 {
 		return imgcache.FormatAVIF, nil
 	}

internal/handlers/jpegxl_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+)
+
+// jxlType is the content type of JPEG XL.
+const jxlType = "image/jxl"
+
+// TestFormatForAccept_JPEGXL verifies that the format auto chooses JPEG XL
+// when Accept names image/jxl, ahead of AVIF whatever their q, and AVIF when
+// Accept refuses JPEG XL with q=0.
+func TestFormatForAccept_JPEGXL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		accept string
+		want   imgcache.ImageFormat
+	}{
+		{"JPEG XL-capable browser",
+			"image/jxl,image/avif,image/webp,image/*,*/*;q=0.8", imgcache.FormatJXL},
+		{"JPEG XL only", jxlType, imgcache.FormatJXL},
+		{"JPEG XL with a lower q than AVIF", "image/avif,image/jxl;q=0.5",
+			imgcache.FormatJXL},
+		{"q=0 on JPEG XL", "image/jxl;q=0,image/avif,*/*", imgcache.FormatAVIF},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			got, err := formatForAccept(tt.accept)
+			if got != tt.want || err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("formatForAccept(%q) = %q, %v, want %q",
+					tt.accept, got, err, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestFormatAuto_JPEGXL requests an auto URL on each image route with an
+// Accept header that names image/jxl, and checks that the answer is a JPEG XL
+// image.
+func TestFormatAuto_JPEGXL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	h, srv := newSignedHostServer(t, slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler))
+	signedURL, encryptedURL := autoPhotoURLs(t, h)
+
+	for _, target := range []string{signedURL, encryptedURL} {
+		rec := requestImage(t, srv, http.MethodGet, target,
+			"image/jxl,image/avif,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8")
+		gotType := rec.Header().Get("Content-Type")
+
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusOK || gotType != jxlType {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %d %s, want 200 %s; body %s",
+				target, rec.Code, gotType, jxlType, rec.Body)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if got := vips.DetermineImageType(rec.Body.Bytes()); got != vips.ImageTypeJXL {
+			t.Errorf("%s: body is %s, want jxl", target, vips.ImageTypes[got])
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/httpfetcher/httpfetcher.go

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const (
 	contentTypeGIF         = "image/gif"
 	contentTypeWebP        = "image/webp"
 	contentTypeAVIF        = "image/avif"
+	contentTypeJXL         = "image/jxl"
 	contentTypeSVG         = "image/svg+xml"
 	contentTypeOctetStream = "application/octet-stream"
 )
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 			contentTypeGIF,
 			contentTypeWebP,
 			contentTypeAVIF,
+			contentTypeJXL,
 			contentTypeSVG,
 		},
 		AllowHTTP:             false,

internal/httpfetcher/jpegxl_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package httpfetcher
+
+import "testing"
+
+// TestJPEGXLContentType verifies that the fetcher accepts an upstream answer
+// of type image/jxl by default, and that the mock fetcher serves a .jxl file
+// as image/jxl.
+func TestJPEGXLContentType(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const jxlType = "image/jxl"
+
+	if !New(DefaultConfig()).isAllowedContentType(jxlType) {
+		t.Errorf("isAllowedContentType(%q) = false, want true", jxlType)
+	}
+
+	if got := detectContentTypeFromPath("images/photo.jxl"); got != jxlType {
+		t.Errorf("detectContentTypeFromPath(photo.jxl) = %q, want %q", got, jxlType)
+	}
+}

internal/httpfetcher/mock.go

@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ func detectContentTypeFromPath(path string) string {
 		return contentTypeWebP
 	case strings.HasSuffix(path, ".avif"):
 		return contentTypeAVIF
+	case strings.HasSuffix(path, ".jxl"):
+		return contentTypeJXL
 	case strings.HasSuffix(path, ".svg"):
 		return contentTypeSVG
 	default:

internal/imageprocessor/imageprocessor.go

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ const (
 	FormatPNG      Format = "png"
 	FormatWebP     Format = "webp"
 	FormatAVIF     Format = "avif"
+	FormatJXL      Format = "jxl"
 	FormatGIF      Format = "gif"
 )
 
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ const (
 	mimeGIF  = "image/gif"
 	mimeWebP = "image/webp"
 	mimeAVIF = "image/avif"
+	mimeJXL  = "image/jxl"
 )
 
 // SupportedInputFormats returns MIME types this processor can read.
@@ -315,6 +317,7 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) SupportedInputFormats() []string {
 		mimeGIF,
 		mimeWebP,
 		mimeAVIF,
+		mimeJXL,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -326,6 +329,7 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) SupportedOutputFormats() []Format {
 		FormatGIF,
 		FormatWebP,
 		FormatAVIF,
+		FormatJXL,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -342,6 +346,8 @@ func FormatToMIME(format Format) string {
 		return mimeGIF
 	case FormatAVIF:
 		return mimeAVIF
+	case FormatJXL:
+		return mimeJXL
 	case FormatOriginal:
 		return "application/octet-stream"
 	default:
@@ -411,9 +417,11 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) detectFormat(img *vips.ImageRef) string {
 		return "webp"
 	case vips.ImageTypeAVIF, vips.ImageTypeHEIF:
 		return string(FormatAVIF)
+	case vips.ImageTypeJXL:
+		return string(FormatJXL)
 	case vips.ImageTypeUnknown, vips.ImageTypeMagick, vips.ImageTypePDF,
 		vips.ImageTypeSVG, vips.ImageTypeTIFF, vips.ImageTypeBMP,
-		vips.ImageTypeJP2K, vips.ImageTypeJXL:
+		vips.ImageTypeJP2K:
 		return "unknown"
 	default:
 		return "unknown"
@@ -485,6 +493,17 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) encode(
 		quality = defaultQuality
 	}
 
+	// Stripping drops the ICC profile as well, and clients show an image
+	// with no profile as sRGB, so convert to sRGB first. "srgb" names
+	// libvips' built-in profile; govips' own sRGB path variable is set on
+	// first use but read without a lock, so concurrent requests race on it.
+	if img.HasICCProfile() {
+		err := img.TransformICCProfileWithFallback("srgb", "srgb")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert to sRGB: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	var params vips.ExportParams
 
 	switch format {
@@ -516,6 +535,9 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) encode(
 			Quality: quality,
 		}
 
+	case FormatJXL:
+		return exportJXL(img, quality)
+
 	case FormatOriginal:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrUnsupportedOutputFormat, format)
 
@@ -523,17 +545,6 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) encode(
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrUnsupportedOutputFormat, format)
 	}
 
-	// Stripping drops the ICC profile as well, and clients show an image
-	// with no profile as sRGB, so convert to sRGB first. "srgb" names
-	// libvips' built-in profile; govips' own sRGB path variable is set on
-	// first use but read without a lock, so concurrent requests race on it.
-	if img.HasICCProfile() {
-		err := img.TransformICCProfileWithFallback("srgb", "srgb")
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert to sRGB: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Drop EXIF, XMP, IPTC and the ICC profile. govips ignores this for
 	// GIF, which carries none of them.
 	params.StripMetadata = true
@@ -546,6 +557,64 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) encode(
 	return output, nil
 }
 
+// exportJXL encodes img as JPEG XL at quality, with libvips' default effort
+// and without metadata. govips sends libvips a distance, the JPEG XL
+// encoder's own measure of quality, along with the quality, and libvips then
+// uses the distance alone, so the quality is also given as a distance.
+func exportJXL(img *vips.ImageRef, quality int) ([]byte, error) {
+	// libvips converts a CMYK image to sRGB before it saves WebP, AVIF or
+	// PNG, but cannot save one as JPEG XL. encode has already converted
+	// any image with an ICC profile to sRGB, so this is CMYK with none.
+	if img.Interpretation() == vips.InterpretationCMYK {
+		err := img.ToColorSpace(vips.InterpretationSRGB)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to convert CMYK to sRGB: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// govips cannot make libvips strip metadata from JPEG XL, so it is
+	// removed from the image itself. RemoveMetadata removes EXIF, XMP and
+	// IPTC but keeps the ICC profile. libvips 8.16 and later still write an
+	// EXIF block of their own: orientation, resolution, size, colour space
+	// and fixed defaults.
+	err := img.RemoveMetadata()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = img.RemoveICCProfile()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	params := vips.NewJxlExportParams()
+	params.Quality = quality
+	params.Distance = jxlDistance(quality)
+
+	output, _, err := img.ExportJxl(params)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return output, nil
+}
+
+// jxlDistance turns a quality from 1 to 100 into the JPEG XL encoder's
+// distance, with the formula libvips and libjxl use for their own quality
+// setting, except that 100 stays lossy (distance 0.1) where libjxl makes it
+// lossless.
+//
+//nolint:mnd // the constants of that formula
+func jxlDistance(quality int) float64 {
+	q := float64(quality)
+
+	if quality >= 30 {
+		return 0.1 + (100-q)*0.09
+	}
+
+	return 53.0/3000.0*q*q - 23.0/20.0*q + 25.0
+}
+
 // formatFromString converts a format string to Format.
 func (p *ImageProcessor) formatFromString(format string) Format {
 	switch format {
@@ -559,6 +628,8 @@ func (p *ImageProcessor) formatFromString(format string) Format {
 		return FormatWebP
 	case string(FormatAVIF):
 		return FormatAVIF
+	case string(FormatJXL):
+		return FormatJXL
 	default:
 		return FormatJPEG
 	}

internal/imageprocessor/jpegxl_output_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+package imageprocessor
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"math"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
+)
+
+// TestImageProcessor_EncodeJPEGXL converts a JPEG to a smaller JPEG XL and
+// checks the content type, and the format and size the output loads as.
+func TestImageProcessor_EncodeJPEGXL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	req := &Request{Size: Size{Width: 100, Height: 75}, Format: FormatJXL}
+
+	result, err := New(Params{}).Process(
+		t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(createTestJPEG(t, 200, 150)), req,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Process() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	defer func() { _ = result.Content.Close() }()
+
+	if result.ContentType != "image/jxl" {
+		t.Errorf("ContentType = %q, want image/jxl", result.ContentType)
+	}
+
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(result.Content)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to read result: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	output, err := vips.NewImageFromBuffer(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to load the output: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	defer output.Close()
+
+	if output.Format() != vips.ImageTypeJXL {
+		t.Errorf("output format = %s, want jxl", vips.ImageTypes[output.Format()])
+	}
+
+	if output.Width() != 100 || output.Height() != 75 {
+		t.Errorf("output size = %dx%d, want 100x75", output.Width(), output.Height())
+	}
+}
+
+// TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLQuality verifies that the quality reaches the JPEG
+// XL encoder: the same image comes out smaller at quality 30 than at 90.
+func TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLQuality(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	input := createTestJPEG(t, 400, 300)
+	outputBytes := make(map[int]int64)
+
+	for _, quality := range []int{30, 90} {
+		result, err := New(Params{}).Process(t.Context(),
+			bytes.NewReader(input), &Request{Format: FormatJXL, Quality: quality})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Process() at quality %d error = %v", quality, err)
+		}
+
+		_ = result.Content.Close()
+		outputBytes[quality] = result.ContentLength
+	}
+
+	if outputBytes[30] >= outputBytes[90] {
+		t.Errorf("%d bytes at quality 30, %d at 90, want fewer at 30",
+			outputBytes[30], outputBytes[90])
+	}
+}
+
+// TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLDropsSourceEXIF verifies that none of the source's
+// EXIF reaches a JPEG XL output. libvips 8.16 and later write an EXIF block of
+// their own into JPEG XL (orientation, resolution, size, colour space and
+// fixed defaults), and govips cannot ask them to leave it out, so the test
+// looks for the source's fields rather than for no EXIF at all.
+func TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLDropsSourceEXIF(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	input, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/gps-exif.jpg")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to read test JPEG: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exif := processAndDecode(t, input, &Request{Format: FormatJXL}).GetExif()
+
+	for _, field := range []string{
+		"exif-ifd0-Make", "exif-ifd0-Model", "exif-ifd2-BodySerialNumber",
+		"exif-ifd2-DateTimeOriginal", "exif-ifd3-GPSLatitude",
+		"exif-ifd3-GPSLongitude",
+	} {
+		if value, found := exif[field]; found {
+			t.Errorf("output has %s: %s", field, value)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLAppliesEXIFOrientation verifies that a JPEG XL
+// output is turned upright, as TestImageProcessor_AppliesEXIFOrientation does
+// for PNG.
+func TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLAppliesEXIFOrientation(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// orientation-6.jpg is stored 16x8, red on the left and blue on the
+	// right, with EXIF orientation 6 (turn 90 degrees clockwise to view).
+	// Upright it is 8x16, red on top and blue below.
+	input, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/orientation-6.jpg")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to read test JPEG: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	output := processAndDecode(t, input, &Request{Format: FormatJXL})
+
+	if output.Width() != 8 || output.Height() != 16 {
+		t.Fatalf("output is %dx%d, want 8x16", output.Width(), output.Height())
+	}
+
+	top, err := output.GetPoint(4, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetPoint() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	bottom, err := output.GetPoint(4, 15)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetPoint() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if top[0] <= top[2] || bottom[2] <= bottom[0] {
+		t.Errorf("top pixel = %v, bottom pixel = %v, want red above blue",
+			top, bottom)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLConvertsWideGamutToSRGB verifies that a JPEG XL
+// output is converted to sRGB, as TestImageProcessor_ConvertsWideGamutToSRGB
+// does for PNG. It does not check for an ICC profile, as libvips reports one
+// for every JPEG XL image it loads.
+func TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLConvertsWideGamutToSRGB(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// display-p3.jpg is a flat 8x8 image with the Display P3 profile
+	// embedded, filled with Display P3 (234, 51, 35), which is sRGB red.
+	input, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/display-p3.jpg")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to read test JPEG: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	output := processAndDecode(t, input, &Request{Format: FormatJXL})
+
+	pixel, err := output.GetPoint(4, 4)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetPoint() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	want := []float64{255, 0, 0}
+	for i := range want {
+		if math.Abs(pixel[i]-want[i]) > 5 {
+			t.Fatalf("pixel = %v, want within 5 of %v", pixel, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLFromCMYK verifies that a CMYK JPEG with no ICC
+// profile can be served as JPEG XL, in sRGB.
+func TestImageProcessor_JPEGXLFromCMYK(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// cmyk.jpg is a flat 8x8 CMYK image with no ICC profile, filled with
+	// full cyan and no magenta, yellow or black.
+	input, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/cmyk.jpg")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to read test JPEG: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	output := processAndDecode(t, input, &Request{Format: FormatJXL})
+
+	if output.Bands() != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("output has %d bands, want 3", output.Bands())
+	}
+
+	pixel, err := output.GetPoint(4, 4)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetPoint() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Cyan in sRGB: little red, much green and blue.
+	if pixel[0] > 50 || pixel[1] < 100 || pixel[2] < 200 {
+		t.Errorf("pixel = %v, want cyan", pixel)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestJXLDistance verifies the JPEG XL distance for a few qualities: 90 is
+// distance 1, the encoder's own default, and 100 stays lossy.
+func TestJXLDistance(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		quality int
+		want    float64
+	}{
+		{quality: 100, want: 0.1},
+		{quality: 90, want: 1},
+		{quality: 30, want: 6.4},
+		{quality: 20, want: 9.0667},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		got := jxlDistance(tt.quality)
+		if math.Abs(got-tt.want) > 0.0001 {
+			t.Errorf("jxlDistance(%d) = %v, want %v", tt.quality, got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/imgcache/imgcache.go

@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ const (
 	FormatPNG      ImageFormat = "png"
 	FormatWebP     ImageFormat = "webp"
 	FormatAVIF     ImageFormat = "avif"
+	FormatJXL      ImageFormat = "jxl"
 	FormatGIF      ImageFormat = "gif"
 
-	// FormatAuto stands for AVIF, WebP or JPEG, chosen for each request
+	// FormatAuto stands for JPEG XL, AVIF, WebP or JPEG, chosen for each
-	// from its Accept header once the URL's signature or token has been
+	// request from its Accept header once the URL's signature or token has
-	// checked; it is never processed or cached as itself.
+	// been checked; it is never processed or cached as itself.
 	FormatAuto ImageFormat = "auto"
 )
 

internal/imgcache/urlparser.go

@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ func parseFormat(s string) (ImageFormat, error) {
 		return FormatWebP, nil
 	case "avif":
 		return FormatAVIF, nil
+	case "jxl":
+		return FormatJXL, nil
 	case "gif":
 		return FormatGIF, nil
 	case "auto":

internal/magic/jpegxl_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package magic
+
+import "testing"
+
+// testMIMEJXL is the MIME type of JPEG XL.
+const testMIMEJXL = "image/jxl"
+
+// TestDetectFormatJPEGXL verifies that both JPEG XL signatures, that of a
+// bare codestream and that of the container, are detected as image/jxl.
+func TestDetectFormatJPEGXL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		data []byte
+	}{
+		{"codestream", pad(0xFF, 0x0A)},
+		{"container", pad(
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x4A, 0x58, 0x4C, 0x20, 0x0D, 0x0A, 0x87, 0x0A,
+		)},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			got, err := DetectFormat(tt.data)
+			if err != nil || got != MIMETypeJXL {
+				t.Errorf("DetectFormat() = %q, %v, want %q", got, err, testMIMEJXL)
+			}
+
+			err = ValidateMagicBytes(tt.data, testMIMEJXL)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("ValidateMagicBytes(%q) error = %v", testMIMEJXL, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestJPEGXLMIMEType verifies that image/jxl is a supported input type and
+// maps to and from the format jxl.
+func TestJPEGXLMIMEType(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	if !IsSupportedMIMEType(testMIMEJXL) {
+		t.Errorf("IsSupportedMIMEType(%q) = false", testMIMEJXL)
+	}
+
+	format, ok := MIMEToImageFormat(testMIMEJXL)
+	if format != FormatJXL || !ok {
+		t.Errorf("MIMEToImageFormat(%q) = %q, %v, want %q, true",
+			testMIMEJXL, format, ok, FormatJXL)
+	}
+
+	if got := ImageFormatToMIME(FormatJXL); got != testMIMEJXL {
+		t.Errorf("ImageFormatToMIME(%q) = %q, want %q", FormatJXL, got, testMIMEJXL)
+	}
+}

internal/magic/magic.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const (
 	MIMETypeWebP = MIMEType("image/webp")
 	MIMETypeGIF  = MIMEType("image/gif")
 	MIMETypeAVIF = MIMEType("image/avif")
+	MIMETypeJXL  = MIMEType("image/jxl")
 	MIMETypeSVG  = MIMEType("image/svg+xml")
 )
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ const (
 	FormatPNG      ImageFormat = "png"
 	FormatWebP     ImageFormat = "webp"
 	FormatAVIF     ImageFormat = "avif"
+	FormatJXL      ImageFormat = "jxl"
 	FormatGIF      ImageFormat = "gif"
 )
 
@@ -62,6 +64,11 @@ var (
 	// AVIF uses the ftyp box with brand "avif" or "avis"
 	// Format: size(4 bytes) + "ftyp" + brand(4 bytes)
 	magicFtyp = []byte{0x66, 0x74, 0x79, 0x70} // "ftyp"
+	// JPEG XL is a bare codestream or a codestream in a container
+	magicJXLCodestream = []byte{0xFF, 0x0A}
+	magicJXLContainer  = []byte{
+		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0C, 0x4A, 0x58, 0x4C, 0x20, 0x0D, 0x0A, 0x87, 0x0A,
+	}
 )
 
 // WebP identifier appears at offset 8 after RIFF header.
@@ -115,6 +122,12 @@ func DetectFormat(data []byte) (MIMEType, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Check JPEG XL (FF0A, or the 12-byte container signature)
+	if bytes.HasPrefix(data, magicJXLCodestream) ||
+		bytes.HasPrefix(data, magicJXLContainer) {
+		return MIMETypeJXL, nil
+	}
+
 	// Check SVG - look for XML declaration or SVG tag
 	if detectSVG(data) {
 		return MIMETypeSVG, nil
@@ -181,7 +194,8 @@ func normalizeMIMEType(mimeType string) string {
 func IsSupportedMIMEType(mimeType string) bool {
 	normalized := normalizeMIMEType(mimeType)
 	switch MIMEType(normalized) {
-	case MIMETypeJPEG, MIMETypePNG, MIMETypeWebP, MIMETypeGIF, MIMETypeAVIF, MIMETypeSVG:
+	case MIMETypeJPEG, MIMETypePNG, MIMETypeWebP, MIMETypeGIF, MIMETypeAVIF,
+		MIMETypeJXL, MIMETypeSVG:
 		return true
 	default:
 		return false
@@ -226,6 +240,8 @@ func MIMEToImageFormat(mimeType string) (ImageFormat, bool) {
 		return FormatGIF, true
 	case MIMETypeAVIF:
 		return FormatAVIF, true
+	case MIMETypeJXL:
+		return FormatJXL, true
 	case MIMETypeSVG:
 		// SVG has no corresponding output format.
 		return "", false
@@ -247,6 +263,8 @@ func ImageFormatToMIME(format ImageFormat) string {
 		return string(MIMETypeGIF)
 	case FormatAVIF:
 		return string(MIMETypeAVIF)
+	case FormatJXL:
+		return string(MIMETypeJXL)
 	case FormatOriginal:
 		// Original format passes content through unchanged.
 		return mimeOctetStream

internal/server/jpegxl_internal_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
+)
+
+// TestImageProxyFlowJPEGXL requests the JPEG XL testdata/red.jxl, 64x48 and
+// made with libvips, through pixa's router, upstream fetcher, image processor
+// and disk cache: resized as PNG, resized as JPEG XL, and at its own size and
+// format, which is JPEG XL. The second request for each URL is a cache hit.
+func TestImageProxyFlowJPEGXL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	source, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/red.jxl")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reading the test image: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	upstream := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(
+		func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "image/jxl")
+			_, _ = w.Write(source)
+		}))
+	t.Cleanup(upstream.Close)
+
+	s, _, _ := startImageProxy(t, upstream)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		sizeFormat    string // the <size>.<format> part of the image URL
+		contentType   string
+		imageType     vips.ImageType
+		width, height int
+	}{
+		{"32x24.png", "image/png", vips.ImageTypePNG, 32, 24},
+		{"32x24.jxl", "image/jxl", vips.ImageTypeJXL, 32, 24},
+		{"orig.orig", "image/jxl", vips.ImageTypeJXL, 64, 48},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		target := "/v1/image/" + upstreamHost + "/red.jxl/" + tt.sizeFormat
+
+		for _, wantCache := range []string{"MISS", "HIT"} {
+			rec := getImage(t, s, target)
+			gotType := rec.Header().Get("Content-Type")
+			gotCache := rec.Header().Get("X-Pixa-Cache")
+
+			if gotType != tt.contentType || gotCache != wantCache {
+				t.Errorf("%s: %s, X-Pixa-Cache %s, want %s, %s",
+					target, gotType, gotCache, tt.contentType, wantCache)
+			}
+
+			img, err := vips.NewImageFromBuffer(rec.Body.Bytes())
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("%s: loading the image: %v", target, err)
+			}
+
+			if img.Format() != tt.imageType ||
+				img.Width() != tt.width || img.Height() != tt.height {
+				t.Errorf("%s: %s %dx%d, want %s %dx%d", target,
+					vips.ImageTypes[img.Format()], img.Width(), img.Height(),
+					vips.ImageTypes[tt.imageType], tt.width, tt.height)
+			}
+
+			img.Close()
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/templates/generator.html

@@ -95,11 +95,12 @@
                     </label>
                     <select id="format" name="format">
                         <option value="orig" {{if eq .FormFormat "orig"}}selected{{end}}>Original</option>
-                        <option value="auto" {{if eq .FormFormat "auto"}}selected{{end}}>Auto (AVIF, WebP or JPEG)</option>
+                        <option value="auto" {{if eq .FormFormat "auto"}}selected{{end}}>Auto (JPEG XL, AVIF, WebP or JPEG)</option>
                         <option value="jpeg" {{if eq .FormFormat "jpeg"}}selected{{end}}>JPEG</option>
                         <option value="png" {{if eq .FormFormat "png"}}selected{{end}}>PNG</option>
                         <option value="webp" {{if eq .FormFormat "webp"}}selected{{end}}>WebP</option>
                         <option value="avif" {{if eq .FormFormat "avif"}}selected{{end}}>AVIF</option>
+                        <option value="jxl" {{if eq .FormFormat "jxl"}}selected{{end}}>JPEG XL</option>
                         <option value="gif" {{if eq .FormFormat "gif"}}selected{{end}}>GIF</option>
                     </select>
                 </div>