"Could not share image" error when trying to access GIFs in macOS Messages

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Up until 5 minutes ago, Messages on macOS Sequoia 15.5 was working perfectly on my M4 Max Mac Studio

Then, out of nowhere, when I tried sending a gif from "#images" I was met with this:

And, upon clicking on one of those grey boxes, I received this error message:

I quit Messages, restarted the computer, and still receiving that error

I also signed out of Messages, restarted computer, then signed in, still getting that same error when trying to find a GIF

"Images" works on my iPhone 15 Pro Max with iOS 18.5

Any advice? Thank you.

 

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I found this discussion on the Apple support forum but still no solution

Anyone have any ideas?

Thank you

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