Google app engine Image GIF execute_transforms LargeImageError - python

I'm resizing various images with GAE Image service like this:
from google.appengine.api images
img = images.Image(image_data=get_file_content(image_file_path))
img.resize(width=600)
thumbnail_data = img.execute_transforms(output_encoding=images.JPEG)
It works fine but for an animated GIF image, execute_transforms raises LargeImageError. The image size is 143KB and has a resolution of 607x571px. This happens in GAE but not in my local development server.
In Images Python API Overview says that the image must be no larger than 32 megabytes. But this is not the case.

This looks like a legitimate bug to me. It is possible that the Image service somehow treats all frames in an animated GIF as a single image, exceeding the size limit.
Note that black image is not a bug. JPEG does not support transparency:
transparent_substitution_rgb
If transparent pixels are not supported
in the destination image format, the default is to substitute black.
You can replace this default color with another substitution by
specifying it in 32-bit RGB format.

It is indeed a bug, one of the many images service bugs/shortcomings, I suspect a major improvement to the images service should be on it's way, it has been lagging behind the latest resolution improvements / retina screens etc.
Please star this issue - they fix things when a lot of people star an issue, I've also linked this question over the issue tracker

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