Merge pull request #5139 from radarhere/repr_png

Added exception explaining that _repr_png_ saves to PNG

Tests/test_file_png.py

@@ -537,6 +537,12 @@ def test_repr_png(self):
             assert repr_png.format == "PNG"
             assert_image_equal(im, repr_png)
 
+    def test_repr_png_error(self):
+        im = hopper("F")
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            im._repr_png_()
+
     def test_chunk_order(self, tmp_path):
         with Image.open("Tests/images/icc_profile.png") as im:
             test_file = str(tmp_path / "temp.png")

src/PIL/Image.py

@@ -670,7 +670,10 @@ def _repr_png_(self):
         :returns: png version of the image as bytes
         """
         b = io.BytesIO()
-        self.save(b, "PNG")
+        try:
+            self.save(b, "PNG")
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise ValueError("Could not save to PNG for display") from e
         return b.getvalue()
 
     @property