Node tokens not available as expected (image fields etc.)

I don't see any node tokens when editing a an 'image' (File/image) field.
I'm not sure if this is simply a lack of token support from the node or image modules.

I want to use [node:source:source:author:uid] (or perhaps [node:author:uid]) as part of the save path for files. This would help me nicely group uploads by user id.

I have come across this issue as well when trying to setup a trigger for comments. Trying to send a email using [node:author:mail] and it won't resolve at all. Logs say: invalid email [node:author:mail]

Lets see if we can get some attention here.

Subscribe. I can't find any token related to the node author on an image field for example (to define path). It's weird to have a so small issue queue as this kind of need seems very common to me.

This is a limitation of Drupal core - it does not provide any node context for token replacement aside from the global tokens that are available. You will need a module like http://drupal.org/project/filefield_paths in order to use node tokens in the file upload directory tokens.

I have come across this issue as well when trying to setup a trigger for comments. Trying to send a email using [node:author:mail] and it won't resolve at all. Logs say: invalid email [node:author:mail]

You need to use tokens like [comment:node:author:mail]. An action for comments has a comment context only, not a node context.

For Meta tags, make sure you upgrade to the latest release of Token. The 7.x-1.3 version contained a bug that made token contexts disappear in the modal dialog.

There is a test in drupal core to support node:author so I don't see how drupal core is limited. Are you saying this test should also be present in the file.test ?

node.test:2303

$tests['[node:author]'] = check_plain(format_username($account));

This is still present in D8.

I am using D8.3.5 and trying to enter tokens in the link URL field. Although the node tokens are available, they are interpreted literally. For example, /node/[node:nid] or [node:url:path], result in /node/[node:nid] or /[node:url:path] respectively. As opposed to the expected /node/1 or /my-alias.

This should have been left closed years ago.

As explained above, you can not use tokens everywhere and whoever calls token replace needs to provide the necessary context.

@sassafrass: If you haven't found a solution for what you are trying to do, I'd suggest asking on Drupal Answers or another support channel, you can not use tokens in links, that's just not possible.

For those who stumble on this there is a path token where we could get the node id under Current page > URL > Unaliased URL > Arguments

[current-page:url:unaliased:args:1]

The specific argument of the current page (e.g. 'arg:1' on the page 'node/1' returns '1').