I’m thinking this is wasteful and can’t be good for your server resources.
What I would like is for a way to select an image I already uploaded as a fill for another shape instead of re-uploading it.
We had this a little while back, right before Penpot 2.0 release. Now, to do that, just transform your image into an component and you will be able to reuse the image as many times as you want without reuploading it.
You can also name it like Graphics / “name of the image here” before transforming into an component, so it will be automatically organized inside a group called “Graphics”, making it easier to find among all your other components