diff --git a/src/common/util/canvasUtils.ts b/src/common/util/canvasUtils.ts
index 717e46e8d..7f3258dde 100644
--- a/src/common/util/canvasUtils.ts
+++ b/src/common/util/canvasUtils.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * Converts a canvas to a data URL and extracts the MIME type and Base64 data
+ * @param canvas The canvas element to convert
+ * @param requestedMimeType The desired MIME type for the image
+ * @param imageQuality A number between 0 and 1 indicating image quality for lossy formats
+ * @param userLogLabel A label to use in console warnings
+ */
+export function canvasToDataURLAndMimeType(
+  canvas: HTMLCanvasElement,
+  requestedMimeType: string,
+  imageQuality: number | undefined,
+  userLogLabel: string,
+): { mimeType: string; base64Data: string } {
+
+  // Extract the actual MIME type and Base64 data efficiently
+  const dataUrl = canvas.toDataURL(requestedMimeType, imageQuality);
+
+  const colonIndex = dataUrl.indexOf(':');
+  const semicolonIndex = dataUrl.indexOf(';', colonIndex);
+  if (colonIndex === -1 || semicolonIndex === -1)
+    throw new Error('canvasToDataURLAndMimeType: Invalid data URL format.');
+  const actualMimeType = dataUrl.slice(colonIndex + 1, semicolonIndex);
+
+  const commaIndex = dataUrl.indexOf(',');
+  if (commaIndex === -1)
+    throw new Error('canvasToDataURLAndMimeType: Invalid data URL comma.');
+  const base64Data = dataUrl.slice(commaIndex + 1);
+
+  // Warn if the actual MIME type differs from the requested one
+  if (actualMimeType !== requestedMimeType)
+    console.warn(`${userLogLabel}: requested MIME type "${requestedMimeType}" was not used. Actual MIME type is "${actualMimeType}".`);
+
+  return { mimeType: actualMimeType, base64Data };
+}
+
 /**
  * Creates a Blob object representing the image contained in the canvas
  * @param canvas The canvas element to convert to a Blob.
  * @param imageFormat Browsers are required to support image/png; many will support additional formats including image/jpeg and image/webp.
  * @param imageQuality A Number between 0 and 1 indicating image quality if the requested type is image/jpeg or image/webp.
  */
-export async function asyncCanvasToBlob(canvas: HTMLCanvasElement, imageFormat: 'image/png' | 'image/jpeg', imageQuality?: number): Promise<Blob | null> {
+export async function asyncCanvasToBlob(
+  canvas: HTMLCanvasElement,
+  imageFormat: 'image/png' | 'image/jpeg',
+  imageQuality?: number
+): Promise<Blob | null> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => canvas.toBlob(resolve, imageFormat, imageQuality));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/util/imageUtils.ts b/src/common/util/imageUtils.ts
index 51fc6df8d..0dcb842b2 100644
--- a/src/common/util/imageUtils.ts
+++ b/src/common/util/imageUtils.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Also see videoUtils.ts for more image-related functions.
  */
 
+import { canvasToDataURLAndMimeType } from './canvasUtils';
 import { createBlobURLFromDataURL } from './urlUtils';
 
 
@@ -67,11 +68,18 @@ export async function convertBase64Image(base64DataUrl: string, destMimeType: st
         return;
       }
       ctx.drawImage(image, 0, 0);
-      const dataUrl = canvas.toDataURL(destMimeType, destQuality);
-      resolve({
-        mimeType: destMimeType,
-        base64: dataUrl.split(',')[1],
-      });
+
+      // Convert canvas image to a DataURL string
+      try {
+        const { mimeType: actualMimeType, base64Data } = canvasToDataURLAndMimeType(canvas, destMimeType, destQuality, 'image-convert');
+        resolve({
+          mimeType: actualMimeType,
+          base64: base64Data,
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.warn(`imageUtils: failed to convert image to ${destMimeType}.`, { error });
+        reject(new Error(`Failed to convert image to '${destMimeType}'.`));
+      }
     };
     image.onerror = (error) => {
       console.warn('Failed to load image for conversion.', error);
@@ -222,11 +230,18 @@ export async function resizeBase64ImageIfNeeded(inputMimeType: string, inputBase
       canvas.width = newWidth;
       canvas.height = newHeight;
       ctx.drawImage(image, 0, 0, newWidth, newHeight);
-      const resizedDataUrl = canvas.toDataURL(destMimeType, destQuality);
-      resolve({
-        mimeType: destMimeType,
-        base64: resizedDataUrl.split(',')[1], // Return base64 part only
-      });
+
+      // Convert canvas image to a DataURL string
+      try {
+        const { mimeType: actualMimeType, base64Data } = canvasToDataURLAndMimeType(canvas, destMimeType, destQuality, 'image-resize');
+        resolve({
+          mimeType: actualMimeType,
+          base64: base64Data,
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.warn(`imageUtils: failed to resize image to '${resizeMode}' as ${destMimeType}.`, { error });
+        reject(new Error(`Failed to resize image to '${resizeMode}' as '${destMimeType}'.`));
+      }
     };
 
     image.onerror = (error) => {
diff --git a/src/common/util/pdfUtils.ts b/src/common/util/pdfUtils.ts
index 3bb35e6f4..18478ac9e 100644
--- a/src/common/util/pdfUtils.ts
+++ b/src/common/util/pdfUtils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { canvasToDataURLAndMimeType } from './canvasUtils';
+
 // configuration
 const SKIP_LOADING_IN_DEV = false;
 
@@ -97,26 +99,29 @@ export async function pdfToImageDataURLs(pdfBuffer: ArrayBuffer, imageMimeType:
 
     const viewport = page.getViewport({ scale });
     const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-    const context = canvas.getContext('2d');
+    const context = canvas.getContext('2d')!;
     canvas.height = viewport.height;
     canvas.width = viewport.width;
     onProgress((i * 3 + 1) / (pdf.numPages * 3));
 
     await page.render({
-      canvasContext: context!,
+      canvasContext: context,
       viewport,
     }).promise;
 
-    const base64DataUrl = canvas.toDataURL(imageMimeType, imageQuality);
-    const base64Data = base64DataUrl.slice(`data:${imageMimeType};base64,`.length);
-
-    images.push({
-      mimeType: imageMimeType,
-      base64Data,
-      scale,
-      width: viewport.width,
-      height: viewport.height,
-    });
+    // Convert canvas image to a DataURL string
+    try {
+      const { mimeType: actualMimeType, base64Data } = canvasToDataURLAndMimeType(canvas, imageMimeType, imageQuality, 'pdf-to-image');
+      images.push({
+        mimeType: actualMimeType,
+        base64Data,
+        scale,
+        width: viewport.width,
+        height: viewport.height,
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn(`pdfToImageDataURLs: failed to convert image to ${imageMimeType}.`, { error });
+    }
     onProgress((i * 3 + 2) / (pdf.numPages * 3));
   }