diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1481531..c7cb344 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Fixed the template background image media picker Upload media button so it opens the file selector.
 - Fixed the template designer empty background message moving when the background image is removed.
+- Fixed cached API and RSS images not being served by the player after being downloaded.
+- Fixed blank time/date regions displaying the default clock format on the player.
 
 ## 2.13.2 - 2026-09-11
 
diff --git a/src/player/local-control.js b/src/player/local-control.js
index e7db0c5..9ee5ed0 100644
--- a/src/player/local-control.js
+++ b/src/player/local-control.js
@@ -489,10 +489,6 @@ function createLocalControlService(options) {
     }
   }
 
-  app.use('/media/player-cache', function (_req, res) {
-    return res.sendStatus(404);
-  });
-
   app.get('/local-control', function (req, res) {
     res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store');
     res.type('html').send(renderPageV2());
diff --git a/src/player/regions/time-date.js b/src/player/regions/time-date.js
index 5445aa8..a38b1fa 100644
--- a/src/player/regions/time-date.js
+++ b/src/player/regions/time-date.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 var registry = window.pulsePlayerRegionTypes;
 var placeholderUtils = window.placeholderUtils || {};
-var DEFAULT_FORMAT = '{{hh}}:{{mm}}';
 var DEFAULT_STYLE = {
   font_family: 'Arial',
   font_size: 32,
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ function resolveTimeDateTemplatePlaceholder(values, expression) {
 }
 
 function renderTimeDateTemplate(format, timeZone, date) {
-  var template = String(format || '').trim() || DEFAULT_FORMAT;
+  var template = String(format || '').trim();
   var values = getTimeDateFormattedParts(timeZone, date);
   return template.replace(/\{\{\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_.()\-]+)\s*\}\}/g, function (_match, key) {
     return String(resolveTimeDateTemplatePlaceholder(values, key, { timeZone: timeZone }) || '');
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ function getTextStyle(regionContent, region) {
 
 function renderTimeDateRegion(region, regionContent) {
   var content = regionContent && typeof regionContent === 'object' ? regionContent : {};
-  var format = String(content.value !== undefined ? content.value : content.text || '').trim() || DEFAULT_FORMAT;
+  var format = String(content.value !== undefined ? content.value : content.text || '').trim();
   var timeZone = resolveTimeZone(content.timezone || content.time_zone || '');
   var style = getTextStyle(content, region);
   var fontFamily = style.font_family ? 'font-family:' + escapeHtml(style.font_family) + ';' : '';
@@ -259,7 +258,7 @@ function updateTimeDateRegion(element) {
     return;
   }
 
-  var format = String(element.dataset.timeDateFormat || '').trim() || DEFAULT_FORMAT;
+  var format = String(element.dataset.timeDateFormat || '').trim();
   var timeZone = String(element.dataset.timeDateTimezone || '').trim();
   var scaleWrapper = element.querySelector('.template-region-text-scale');
   if (!scaleWrapper) {
diff --git a/test/player-local-control.test.js b/test/player-local-control.test.js
index dce798a..ce76a81 100644
--- a/test/player-local-control.test.js
+++ b/test/player-local-control.test.js
@@ -31,6 +31,25 @@ async function createTestService(options) {
   return { app, server, service, temporaryDirectory };
 }
 
+test('local control leaves cached player media available to the static media route', async () => {
+  const { app, server, temporaryDirectory } = await createTestService();
+  const cachedImagePath = path.join(temporaryDirectory, 'player-cache', 'remote-images', 'cached-image.png');
+  await fs.promises.mkdir(path.dirname(cachedImagePath), { recursive: true });
+  await fs.promises.writeFile(cachedImagePath, 'cached-image');
+  app.use('/media', express.static(temporaryDirectory));
+  const listener = app.listen(0);
+  try {
+    const address = listener.address();
+    const response = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}/media/player-cache/remote-images/cached-image.png`);
+    assert.equal(response.status, 200);
+    assert.equal(await response.text(), 'cached-image');
+  } finally {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => listener.close(resolve));
+    server.close();
+    await fs.promises.rm(temporaryDirectory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
 test('local control authenticates only cached eligible users and scopes commands to local runtime', async () => {
   const { app, service, temporaryDirectory } = await createTestService();
   const password = hashPassword('CorrectHorseBatteryStaple!');
diff --git a/test/player-time-date-region.test.js b/test/player-time-date-region.test.js
index 5afe250..c8e3553 100644
--- a/test/player-time-date-region.test.js
+++ b/test/player-time-date-region.test.js
@@ -62,4 +62,23 @@ test('time/date region renders placeholder tokens on the player side', () => {
   );
 
   assert.match(markup, /<p>\d{2}:\d{2}<\/p>/);
+});
+
+test('time/date region stays blank when its format is blank', () => {
+  const module = loadTimeDateModule();
+  const markup = module.renderRegion(
+    {
+      pixelWidth: 320,
+      pixelHeight: 180,
+      canvasScale: 1,
+      baseStyle: 'position:absolute;'
+    },
+    {
+      value: '',
+      timezone: 'UTC'
+    }
+  );
+
+  assert.match(markup, /data-time-date-format=""/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(markup, /<p>\d{2}:\d{2}<\/p>/);
 });
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