diff --git a/.changeset/legal-facts-teach.md b/.changeset/legal-facts-teach.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5fe2dff41818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/legal-facts-teach.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fixes a case where the toolbar audit would incorrectly flag images processed by Astro in content collections documents
diff --git a/examples/blog/src/content/blog/markdown-style-guide.md b/examples/blog/src/content/blog/markdown-style-guide.md
index 1c010bea8109..b7a4c9ea13fb 100644
--- a/examples/blog/src/content/blog/markdown-style-guide.md
+++ b/examples/blog/src/content/blog/markdown-style-guide.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Itatur? Quiatae cullecum rem ent aut odis in re eossequodi nonsequ idebis ne sap
 
 ### Output
 
-![blog placeholder](/blog-placeholder-about.jpg)
+![blog placeholder](../../assets/blog-placeholder-about.jpg)
 
 ## Blockquotes
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/content/runtime.ts b/packages/astro/src/content/runtime.ts
index f669f17fe3c2..0e3607d3a2c6 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/content/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/content/runtime.ts
@@ -700,6 +700,8 @@ async function updateImageReferencesInBody(html: string, fileName: string) {
 			...attributes,
 			src: image.src,
 			srcset: image.srcSet.attribute,
+			// This attribute is used by the toolbar audit
+			...(import.meta.env.DEV ? { 'data-image-component': 'true' } : {}),
 		})
 			.map(([key, value]) => (value ? `${key}="${escape(value)}"` : ''))
 			.join(' ');