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fix: allow a field value exactly at the fieldSize limit - #1481
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Busboy marks a field value truncated the moment its size reaches limits.fieldSize, and multer turns that into LIMIT_FIELD_VALUE, so a value exactly at the limit was rejected. Multer already compensates for the same busboy convention by passing fileSize and parts one higher; fieldSize now gets the same treatment. The adjustment is applied even when the caller passed no limits, because busboy defaults fieldSize to a finite 1MB while fileSize and parts default to Infinity, so the documented 1MB default was off by one too. An Infinity fieldSize is still passed through untouched.
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A text field whose value is exactly
limits.fieldSizebytes is rejected withLIMIT_FIELD_VALUE. Every other limit in multer is inclusive:fileSize,parts,files,fieldsandfieldNameSizeall accept a request sitting exactly on the limit. Setlimits: { fieldSize: 5 }, send the 5 byte valuehello, and you geterr.code === 'LIMIT_FIELD_VALUE'witherr.field === 'field0', whilehellgoes through. Busboy also defaultsfieldSizeto a finite 1MB, somulter().none()with no limits rejects exactly 1048576 bytes, againstREADME.md:307, "Max field value size (in bytes) | 1MB".Busboy marks a field part truncated as soon as the value reaches the limit, at
node_modules/busboy/lib/types/multipart.js:502, wherefieldSize === fieldSizeLimitsetspartTruncated = true. Multer turns the resultingvalueTruncatedstraight into an error atlib/make-middleware.js:262. It already compensates for this busboy convention in the block atlib/make-middleware.js:92to113, but only for two of the three limits: line 107 passeslimits.fileSize + 1, line 111 passeslimits.parts + 1, andfieldSizeis never adjusted. Those two came in withfix: allow files at exact fileSize limitandfix: allow exactly limits.parts parts. Busboy's finite default sits atmultipart.js:251.The change gives
fieldSizethe same treatment.busboyLimitsis now built unconditionally from the caller's limits, andfieldSizegoes to busboy one higher, so truncation is reported only once the limit is genuinely exceeded. That adjustment runs even with no caller limits, so a newDEFAULT_FIELD_SIZEconstant pins busboy's 1MB in multer rather than inheriting it; if busboy changes its default, multer's effective limit no longer tracks it. I checked the edge cases by running them:Infinitypasses through untouched and a 3MB value is accepted,0accepts an empty value and rejects one byte, andnullfalls back to the same 1MB busboy uses.Verification on Node 22.23.2, macOS 26.2. With only the four new tests applied to unmodified
main,npx mocha --reporter spec --exit --check-leaks test/error-handling.js --grep "fieldSize"gives 2 passing and 2 failing, bothAssertionError: ifError got unwanted exception: Field value too long; with thelibchange all four pass. The full suite goes from 165 passing to 169 passing, 2 pending and 0 failing either way, andnpm run lintis clean. The third and fourth tests post 1048576 and 1048577 bytes throughmulter().none(), the true zero-options default, which the explicitfieldSize: 5tests cannot reach. The fourth also passes onmain, so it pins the default rather than regressing.