Set srcset on a block image

Question

I'm trying to set the srcset property of a block image. I'm replacing the image with another one and I noticed the attribute srcset is not being set, so I'm trying this with no success:

wp.data.dispatch('core/block-editor').updateBlock(blockId, {
    attributes: {
        id: imageData.id,
        url: imageData.url,
        srcset: imageData.srcset,
    },
});

Am I missing something?

The image gets displayed like this on post, without the srcset attribute for different resolutions:

<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" src="https://example.com/epa/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/demo-9.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3528"></figure>

The code editor code has no difference with normally upload images with srcset. So I assume there's nothing wrong on this part:

<!-- wp:image {"id":3546,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} -->
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://example.com/epa/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/demo-9.jpg" alt="this is a demo" class="wp-image-3546"/></figure>
<!-- /wp:image -->

Answer 1

Ok, I found the issue.

After uploading the image programmatically I was calling wp_update_attachment_metadata to set the file metadata.

Apparently, that was creating this issue and srcset was not being set.

I have no idea why this is related though :)