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Comment attachments on web were capped at 100 MB and limited to PNG/JPG/PDF on the client, so videos and large PDFs could not be attached at all. The client no longer restricts type or size; the backend decides both. The size limit is MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE (5 GB by default). Types come from the backend's extension allowlist (media, documents and archives by default; see #478). When the backend rejects an upload, its reason appears on the file and in an error toast.

Merge first: silverlogic/baseapp-backend#478 (template https://bitbucket.org/silverlogic/baseapp-backend-template/pull-requests/325). Now that the client leaves types to the backend, the backend only accepts extensions on an allowlist. It stores each file with the type its extension maps to, never the declared one, and serves risky types as downloads, which prevents stored XSS (review).
Related BE PR: silverlogic/baseapp-backend#474 (submodule), https://bitbucket.org/silverlogic/baseapp-backend-template/pull-requests/317 (template). Its explicit "File is too large…" message is what the toast shows. Without it, the toast shows the backend's older generic "Invalid upload parameters.", which is still better than the axios text shown today.
Template PR: https://bitbucket.org/silverlogic/baseapp-frontend-template/pull-requests/457. It only bumps the submodule pointer; merge this PR first.

What changed

  • Comment composer and comment edit: they no longer pass maxFileSize / acceptedFileTypes. The 5-files-per-selection cap stays.

  • useFileSelect, FileUploadDropzone: no default maxFileSize (it used to be 100 MB). It stays unlimited unless a caller passes one. The dropzone subtitle only mentions a size when one is set. Only an omitted limit means unlimited, so an explicit 0 is enforced.

  • useChunkedUpload: a failed initiate, part upload or complete is now handled like this:

    • the file's error is getApiErrorMessage(error), the backend's reason, instead of axios' "Request failed with status code 400";

    • an error toast reads <file name>: <reason>.

    • a rejected part upload also shows the backend's reason. uploadChunk keeps the response status and JSON body on error.response, and uploadChunks carries it through its retries. Before, the user saw "Failed to upload chunk 0 after 3 attempts: …".

    This covers fresh uploads, retries and resumes. A pause or cancel is still not treated as a failure.

  • formatFileSize: reports GB.

  • Readable upload errors (review). A non-JSON error body, such as a proxy's HTML 502 page, shows the generic message instead of <. Nested DRF errors show their first message instead of [object Object].

  • fileSize is a BigInt. The BE PR stores File.file_size as a 64-bit integer, because files over 2 GB did not fit, and GraphQL now exposes fileSize as BigInt instead of Int.

    • schema.graphql is updated by hand for just this field and the new scalar BigInt, so no other drift comes in.
    • The shared Relay config (@baseapp-frontend/config) maps BigInt to number. Without it, Relay would type fileSize as any.
  • Patch changesets for components and config.

Test plan

Q: Can I attach a video and a PDF over 100 MB to a comment?

  1. On a page with comments, click the attach icon in the composer.
  2. Pick a .mp4 and a 150 MB PDF, then send the comment.

→ Both upload and attach. The picker no longer filters to images and PDF.

Q: Is a file the backend refuses explained?

  1. On the backend, set MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE = 10 * 1024 * 1024 (with the BE PR).
  2. Attach a 15 MB file.

→ The chip shows "File is too large. The maximum size is 10.0 MB.", a toast reads <name>: File is too large…, and send stays blocked until you remove the file. (Automated: useChunkedUpload.test.ts "shows the backend reason for a rejected upload…")

Q: Do callers that set limits keep them?
→ Passing maxFileSize / acceptedFileTypes still filters as before. (Automated: useFileSelect.test.ts)

Q: Does a file over 2 GB show its size? (with the BE PR)

  • Attach a 3 GB video to a comment.

→ The file list shows "3.00 GB". Before, the backend rejected the upload with integer out of range.

Automated: unit tests pass, including three new upload-error cases (also new: uploadChunk.test.ts, the part-upload reason in uploadChunks and useChunkedUpload), tsc clean (with fileSize: number in the generated types), eslint clean, and the Relay compiler passes for the package and for the template's web and mobile apps.

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  • Rejections surface after the user picks the file, not in the picker. The client no longer pre-checks size, so an oversize file is only rejected when the upload starts, by the initiate call. This is deliberate: the backend's setting is the single source of truth.

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  • New Features
    • Anonymous uploads now use secure upload tokens to complete, resume, and attach files.
    • File sizes above 2 GB are supported, with sizes displayed in MB or GB.
    • File selection accepts any type and size by default; optional client-side limits remain available.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Upload failures now show clearer error messages, including backend validation details.
    • Downloads are unavailable when a file cannot be accessed.
    • Private-file links expire, and download controls are disabled when access is unavailable.

Comment uploads were capped at 100MB and limited to PNG/JPG/PDF on the client, so
videos and large PDFs could not be attached. The comment composer and edit no longer
restrict type or size, and useFileSelect / FileUploadDropzone drop their 100MB default.

Limits are left to the backend's MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE: a rejected upload now shows the
backend's reason on the file and in an error toast, instead of axios' generic
"Request failed with status code 400".

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This change removes default client-side file type and size restrictions, adds anonymous upload-token handling, surfaces backend chunk-upload errors, disables downloads when a file has no URL, and updates GraphQL file sizes to BigInt mapped to TypeScript number.

Changes: File Upload Behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Optional upload limits
packages/components/modules/comments/web/CommentCreate/index.tsx, packages/components/modules/comments/web/CommentUpdate/CommentFilesUpsertActions/index.tsx, packages/components/modules/files/common/hooks/useFileSelect/*, packages/components/modules/files/web/FileUploadDropzone/*, packages/components/modules/files/README.md, packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
File selection and dropzone size limits are unset by default. Comment attachment callers no longer pass default size or type restrictions. Tests and documentation describe these defaults.
Chunk-upload error reporting
packages/components/modules/files/common/utils/uploadChunk.ts, packages/components/modules/files/common/utils/uploadChunks.ts, packages/components/modules/files/common/hooks/useChunkedUpload/*
Chunk upload errors retain HTTP status and parsed response data through retries. The upload hook selects and stores a readable error message and sends an error toast. Tests cover response parsing and displayed errors.
Anonymous upload token flow
packages/components/schema.graphql, packages/components/modules/files/common/types.ts, packages/components/modules/files/common/hooks/useChunkedUpload/*, packages/components/modules/files/common/hooks/useFileUploadLogic/index.ts, packages/components/modules/files/common/hooks/useDeferredFileAttachments/index.ts, packages/components/modules/files/common/utils/uploadTokens.ts, packages/components/modules/files/common/utils/__tests__/uploadTokens.test.ts, .changeset/files-anonymous-upload-tokens.md
Upload progress retains initiation tokens. Upload requests and attachment mutations include available tokens. The schema and tests cover the token data and attachment inputs.
Download availability
packages/components/modules/files/web/AttachedFileItem/index.tsx, packages/components/modules/files/README.md
Both attached-file download buttons are disabled when the file has no URL. Documentation describes private-file URLs and the corresponding download state.
File-size representation
packages/components/schema.graphql, packages/config/relay.config.ts, packages/components/modules/files/common/utils/formatters.ts, packages/components/modules/files/common/utils/__tests__/formatters.test.ts, packages/components/CHANGELOG.md, packages/config/CHANGELOG.md, packages/components/package.json, packages/config/package.json
GraphQL represents File.fileSize as BigInt, and Relay maps BigInt to number. formatFileSize formats values at or above 1 GiB as GB.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

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  participant useChunkedUpload
  participant UploadStore
  participant useFileUploadLogic
  participant uploadTokensFor
  participant GraphQLAttachmentMutation
  useChunkedUpload->>UploadStore: store initiation uploadToken
  useFileUploadLogic->>uploadTokensFor: look up tokens for file IDs
  uploadTokensFor->>UploadStore: read matching upload tokens
  UploadStore-->>uploadTokensFor: return stored tokens
  uploadTokensFor-->>useFileUploadLogic: return matching tokens
  useFileUploadLogic->>GraphQLAttachmentMutation: submit file IDs and uploadTokens
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The backend now stores File.file_size as a 64-bit integer and exposes fileSize
as BigInt, since a 32-bit Int cannot hold files over 2 GB. The shared Relay
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uploadChunk turned a non-2xx part response into a bare Error, and uploadChunks
wrapped it again after retrying, so the file and toast showed "Failed to upload
chunk 0 after 3 attempts: ..." instead of the backend's reason. uploadChunk now
keeps the status and JSON body on error.response, and uploadChunks carries it
through, so getApiErrorMessage can read it.

FileUploadDropzone also treated maxFileSize={0} as unlimited; only an omitted
limit is unlimited now (review).

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## Summary

Starting an upload over `MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE` used to return the view's
generic `"Invalid upload parameters."`, so clients couldn't tell users
why it failed. `InitiateUploadSerializer` now rejects an oversize file
with the limit in the message:

`400 {"file_size": ["File is too large. The maximum size is 5.0 GB."]}`

The frontend now leaves upload limits to the backend and toasts this
message (FE PR below), so this message is what users see when a file is
too large.

Since the backend is now the only place the limit is enforced,
completion also checks the bytes actually stored. Previously a client
could declare a small `file_size` and send more.

Files over 2 GB could not be uploaded at all, because `file_size` was a
32-bit column. It is now 64-bit.

**Related FE PR:**
silverlogic/baseapp-frontend#466 (submodule),
https://bitbucket.org/silverlogic/baseapp-frontend-template/pull-requests/457
(template)
**Template PR:**
https://bitbucket.org/silverlogic/baseapp-backend-template/pull-requests/317.
It only bumps the submodule pointer; merge this PR first.

## What changed
- `InitiateUploadSerializer.validate_file_size` checks the size against
`MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE` (5 GB by default) and formats the limit with
`filesizeformat`. The message is translatable.
- `UploadService._validate_file_params` keeps its own check, so non-REST
callers are still protected.
- **Completion verifies the stored size.** `complete_multipart_upload`
measures the assembled object with `default_storage.size()` and compares
it with the declared `file_size`. `default_storage` is the storage
`get_upload_handler()` picks the handler from, so one check covers both
the local concatenation and S3. On any mismatch:
  - the object is deleted;
  - the upload is not completed;
  - the client gets a 400.

Neither the local part endpoint nor a presigned S3 part URL bounds the
bytes sent, so before this a client could complete a file larger than it
declared and larger than `MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE`.
- **Test fix:** the presigned-upload tests switch `MEDIA_ROOT` with
`override_settings` instead of `patch.object`, so `default_storage` no
longer keeps an earlier test's location.
- **Files over 2 GB.** `File.file_size` is now a
`PositiveBigIntegerField` (migration `testproject/files/0004`). It was a
32-bit `integer` column in Postgres, so any upload over about 2 GB
failed at initiation with `integer out of range`, although
`MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE` defaults to 5 GB.
- graphene-django maps the new field to `BigInt` instead of `Int`, so
`fileSize` changes type in the GraphQL schema. GraphQL `Int` is 32-bit
too, so `fileSize` would otherwise error for these files. `BigInt` is
still a JSON number, and the frontend has no scalar mapping for it, so
clients keep working; their `schema.graphql` picks it up on the next
schema download.
- **Projects with a concrete `File` model need their own migration.**
The template adds it in #317, and the README says so.
- `UPLOAD_FLOW.md` documented a `413` for this case, but the API has
always returned `400`. The doc now shows the real response.

## Test plan

**Q: Does an oversize upload explain itself?**
1. Set `MAX_FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE = 10 * 1024 * 1024`.
2. `POST /v1/files/uploads` with `file_size` = 15 MB, `num_parts` = 3,
`part_size` = 5242880.

→ The response is `400 {"file_size": ["File is too large. The maximum
size is 10.0 MB."]}`, and no storage upload is initiated. (Automated:
`test_rest_api.py::test_initiate_upload_too_large_explains_the_limit`)

**Q: Can a client complete a file larger than it declared?**
1. Initiate with `file_size` = 11 (local storage).
2. PUT 44 bytes to the part URL.
3. Complete the upload.

→ The response is 400, the upload is not COMPLETED, and nothing is left
under `files/`. (Automated:
`test_presigned_uploads.py::test_complete_rejects_more_bytes_than_declared`,
`test_rest_api.py::test_complete_upload_rejects_bytes_beyond_the_declared_size`)

**Q: Can a file over 2 GB be uploaded?**
1. `POST /v1/files/uploads` with `file_size` = 3 GB, `num_parts` = 31,
`part_size` = 100 MB.
2. Query `node(id) { ... on File { fileSize } }` for a 3 GB file.

→ The upload is created with the full size, and GraphQL returns
`fileSize` without errors. Without the fix, both fail with `integer out
of range`. (Automated:
`test_rest_api.py::test_initiate_upload_larger_than_32_bit_size`,
`test_graphql.py::test_file_size_larger_than_32_bit_int`)

**Q: Are uploads within the limit unaffected?**
→ All 162 `baseapp/files` tests pass, including initiate, complete and
abort. black, isort and flake8 are clean, and `makemigrations --check`
reports no changes.

## Out of scope (do not flag)
- **A rejected completion is left UPLOADING, not FAILED.**
`ATOMIC_REQUESTS` rolls the service's FAILED update back together with
the 400. This already happens for every failed completion, so it's
separate from this change.
- **Content-type restrictions.** None exist, and this PR adds none: the
backend accepts any type by design.
- **Messages for the other `ValueError`s in `UploadService`.** Part
count and part-size mismatches indicate a client bug, not something a
user can fix, so they keep the generic message.

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Files larger than 2 GB can now be stored and queried with their full
size.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Upload requests exceeding the configured maximum file size are
rejected with a clear message stating the limit, before upload
processing begins.
* Uploads are rejected if the assembled file size differs from the
declared size. The stored object is deleted, and the upload is not
marked complete.
* **Documentation**
* Documented HTTP 400 responses for oversized files and file-size
mismatches, replacing the previous HTTP 413 response for oversized
files.
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1. Any file type is now uploadable, and nothing on the backend checks it (possible stored XSS)
file_content_type is a free CharField, and BE #474 only checks size. AttachedFileItem opens files with window.open(url, '_blank'). Where media is served from the app's origin (local storage, nginx /media/), an uploaded .html/.svg runs script on the app's domain.

Fix (backend, InitiateUploadSerializer):

BLOCKED_EXTENSIONS = {".html", ".htm", ".xhtml", ".svg", ".xml", ".js", ".mjs"}

def validate_file_name(self, value):
    if os.path.splitext(value)[1].lower() in BLOCKED_EXTENSIONS:
        raise serializers.ValidationError(_("This file type is not allowed."))
    return value

Also serve media with X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff and Content-Disposition: attachment.

2. The upload error can read < or [object Object]
getApiErrorMessage takes the first key of response.data. For an HTML error page (502/504) that is the first character, <. For nested errors it becomes [object Object]. Both now show on the chip and in the toast.

Fix (useChunkedUpload → handleUploadError):

const data = (error as { response?: { data?: unknown } })?.response?.data
const errorMessage =
  data && typeof data === 'object'
    ? getApiErrorMessage(error, { defaultMessage: fallbackMessage })
    : fallbackMessage

getApiErrorMessage reads the first key of response.data, so a proxy's HTML
error page (502/504) showed as "<" and nested DRF errors as "[object Object]"
on the file and in the toast. useChunkedUpload now shows the first string in
a JSON error body, the generic message for any other body, and keeps
getApiErrorMessage for errors without one (review).

Added to the already-applied 3.0.1 changelog entry instead of a new changeset.

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Thanks, both addressed.

1. Stored XSS. Even where media lives on S3, a bucket can sit behind a subdomain of the site, so this is worth hardening. The fix is on the backend, in silverlogic/baseapp-backend#478 (template: https://bitbucket.org/silverlogic/baseapp-backend-template/pull-requests/325), which should merge before this PR:

  • Initiating an upload rejects HTML, SVG, XML and JavaScript, both by extension (case-insensitive, trailing dots and spaces ignored) and by declared content type (including any *+xml). The response is 400 "This file type is not allowed.", which this PR already shows in a toast. The lists are settings, so projects can change them.
  • On S3, every object a browser would not display safely gets Content-Disposition: attachment. That is everything except common images, video, audio and PDF. Opening such a file downloads it instead of rendering it, which also covers any type the blocklist misses. Embedded images and video still display.
  • The private-storage download endpoint in #477 always serves attachments with nosniff.

2. Unreadable error messages. Fixed here in 1eb8c72. useChunkedUpload now:

  • shows the first string anywhere in a JSON error body, so nested DRF errors give their message instead of [object Object];
  • shows the generic message for a non-JSON body, such as a proxy's HTML page, instead of <;
  • keeps getApiErrorMessage for errors without a body.

New tests cover both cases and fail on the previous commit.

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Picks up #466's readable upload error messages.

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Follow-up on point 1: silverlogic/baseapp-backend#478 now uses an allowlist instead of a blocklist, so every uploadable type is a deliberate choice.

  • The allowlist is keyed by extension, through BASEAPP_FILES_ALLOWED_FILE_TYPES. The default covers images (no SVG), video, audio, PDF, Office and OpenDocument files, RTF, TXT, CSV and archives.
  • Each file is stored and served with the content type its extension maps to. The type the client declares is ignored, so photo.png declared as text/html is stored as image/png.
  • Rejections name the extension: "Files of type .html are not allowed.". The toast here shows that as is.
  • On S3, types that are not safe to display inline are still stored with Content-Disposition: attachment.

## Summary

This is the frontend side of the backend's new **anonymous uploads** and
**private files**, both opt-in per project.

An anonymous upload has no user who owns it. When it starts, the backend
returns an `uploadToken` that proves ownership. The upload hooks now
keep that token and send it back when the upload is completed, aborted
and attached. Logged-in uploads get no token, and nothing changes for
them.

**Related BE PR:**
silverlogic/baseapp-backend#477 (submodule),
https://bitbucket.org/silverlogic/baseapp-backend-template/pull-requests/323
(template)
**Stacked on:** #466, which touches the same upload hook. Merge #466
first; this PR then retargets to `master`.
**Template PR:**
https://bitbucket.org/silverlogic/baseapp-frontend-template/pull-requests/461.
It bumps the pointer and adds the input field to the app schemas.

## What changed
- **`useChunkedUpload`:** stores `uploadToken` from the initiate
response on the upload. It sends it as `X-File-Upload-Token` when
completing, both fresh and on resume, and when aborting a stale upload
on resume.
- **`useFileUploadLogic` and `useDeferredFileAttachments`:** pass the
tokens of the files being attached as `uploadTokens` to
`fileAttachToTarget`. The new `uploadTokensFor()` util reads them from
the upload store.
- **`AttachedFileItem`:** Download is disabled when `url` is `null`.
Private files return `null` for viewers who may not see them.
- **`schema.graphql`:** adds only the new optional
`FileAttachToTargetInput.uploadTokens: [String!]`, hand-edited to avoid
unrelated schema drift.
- README note and a patch changeset.

## Test plan

**Q: Is the token sent back?**
A: Yes, on complete when the initiate response includes one
(`useChunkedUpload.test.ts`, "sends the upload token of an anonymous
upload back when completing it"). `uploadTokens.test.ts` covers which
tokens are passed on attach.

**Q: How does an anonymous uploader see its file?**
A: Through the attach response, which returns the signed `url` and
`thumbnail`. After that, the file is visible to whoever can see the
object it is attached to. The token is not sent on other requests.

**Q: Is the logged-in path unchanged?**
A: Yes. Without a token, no header is sent and `uploadTokens` is empty,
and the existing tests pass with only an explicit `undefined` request
config added.

**Automated:**
- files unit tests 44/44;
- `tsc` and eslint are clean;
- Relay compiles for the package and for the template's web and mobile
apps.

I haven't tested this by hand against a backend with anonymous uploads
enabled. The backend PR covers that flow end to end with HTTP tests.

## Out of scope (do not flag)
- **Mobile UI.** The token handling is in the shared hooks. Mobile picks
it up through them.
- **Refreshing signed URLs that expire while the page is open.**
Accepted on the backend PR.

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Array.from(useFileUploadStore.getState().files.values()).flatMap((file) =>
file.uploadToken && file.fileRelayId && fileRelayIds.includes(file.fileRelayId)
? [file.uploadToken]
: [],

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Preserve upload tokens for autoAttach: false.

autoAttach: false is a supported public mode. useFileUploadLogic gives the caller only relay IDs, then removes the completed file records. A later anonymous attachment cannot use uploadTokensFor, because the token is no longer in the store. Preserve the token with each relay ID, or expose it through the completion callback, until the caller attaches the upload.

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