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ghazy2001 · 2026-10-28T12:59:33Z

Description

Closes #10128
Synced with Plane Workspace: GIT-396

When attaching signature-less plain text files (such as .txt, .md, .csv, .log, .json, etc.) to a work item, the request to POST /api/assets/v2/workspaces/<slug>/projects/<id>/issues/<id>/attachments/ returned HTTP 400 {"error": "Invalid file type."}.

Root Cause

In packages/services/src/file/helper.ts, validateAndDetectFileType relied solely on detectMimeTypeFromSignature using the file-type library, which inspects binary magic bytes in the first 4KB of the file. Because plain text, markdown, CSV, JSON, and log files have no magic number signatures, detectMimeTypeFromSignature returned "". The service then sent type: "" in the upload metadata payload. The backend endpoint IssueAttachmentV2Endpoint rejects requests where not type or type not in settings.ATTACHMENT_MIME_TYPES, causing the upload to fail despite text/plain, text/markdown, and text/csv being explicitly supported in ATTACHMENT_MIME_TYPES.

Fix

Fallback to Browser MIME Type: When magic-byte signature detection returns an empty string and file.type is present (and not generic application/octet-stream), use file.type.
Fallback to Extension Mapping (EXTENSION_TO_MIME_TYPE_MAP): For cases where file.type is empty or generic, resolve common signature-less text formats (.txt, .md, .csv, .tsv, .log, .json, .xml, .yaml, .sql, etc.) to their canonical MIME type.
Security Preservation: Maintained magic byte priority for binary files and enforced validateFilename to reject dangerous extensions (.exe, .sh, .bat, etc.) or suspicious double extensions before fallback.
Automated Test Coverage: Added comprehensive test suite in packages/services/src/file/helper.test.ts covering filename validation, signature detection, text format fallbacks, and metadata generation.

Type of Change

Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
Feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
Improvement (change that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
Code refactoring
Performance improvements
Documentation update

Test Scenarios

Verified validateAndDetectFileType detects binary signatures when present (e.g. PNG header -> image/png).
Verified signature-less text files with file.type: "text/plain" return "text/plain".
Verified signature-less files with empty file.type fall back to extension mapping (.txt -> text/plain, .md -> text/markdown, .csv -> text/csv, .json -> application/json, .log -> text/plain).
Verified generic application/octet-stream falls back to extension mapping for known text files.
Verified dangerous extensions (.exe, .sh, etc.) and suspicious double extensions are rejected and return "".
Verified getFileMetaDataForUpload returns accurate metadata object with resolved type.

References

Fixes [bug]: Issue attachments fail for .txt (and other text files): frontend sends empty MIME type #10128
Plane Workspace: GIT-396

Summary by CodeRabbit

Bug Fixes
- File uploads now reject filenames with disallowed extensions or suspicious double extensions.
- File types are identified more reliably using file contents, browser-reported types, and recognized filename extensions.

…s text attachments (makeplane#10128)

makeplane · 2026-10-28T13:00:05Z

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(GIT-396) [bug]: Issue attachments fail for .txt (and other text files): frontend sends empty MIME type

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-28T13:00:10Z

Walkthrough

File helpers now expose filename validation and resolve MIME types using signatures, eligible browser-provided types, and recognized extensions. Tests cover filename validation, MIME detection fallbacks, and upload metadata.

Changes: File upload metadata

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Filename validation `packages/services/src/file/helper.ts`, `packages/services/src/file/helper.test.ts`	`validateFilename` is exported. Tests cover empty, hidden, path-containing, dangerous-extension, suspicious double-extension, and accepted filenames.
MIME-type resolution `packages/services/src/file/helper.ts`, `packages/services/src/file/helper.test.ts`	An extension-to-MIME map is added. Detection uses a recognized signature first, then an eligible browser type, then a recognized extension, and finally `file.type` or an empty string. Tests cover detection and upload metadata.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

makeplane/plane#9026 — Reports failed uploads for .md, .csv, and .txt files when the browser provides an empty MIME type. This change adds extension-based MIME fallbacks for those formats.

Suggested reviewers: prateekshourya29

Merge Risk: Low · up to abe97

The text-file fallback addresses the reported upload problem, but an unusual filename extension can produce incorrect workspace upload metadata. Merge risk is bounded; add the own-property guard or explicitly track the fix.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: MIME-type fallback for signature-less text attachments.
Description check		The description includes the required change summary, type selection, test scenarios, and references. The omitted screenshots section is not required for this change.
Linked Issues check		Issue `#10128` requires non-empty MIME metadata for signature-less text attachments such as `.txt`, `.md`, `.csv`, `.json`, and `.log`. `validateAndDetectFileType` keeps detected signature MIME types, t…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed code remains related to issue `#10128`. The extension map supports signature-less attachment formats. Filename validation prevents dangerous or suspicious names before fallback. The added ex…
Docstring Coverage		No eligible functions found in the changed files. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…

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Explanation

Issue #10128 requires non-empty MIME metadata for signature-less text attachments such as .txt, .md, .csv, .json, and .log. validateAndDetectFileType keeps detected signature MIME types, then uses a non-generic file.type, then EXTENSION_TO_MIME_TYPE_MAP. getFileMetaDataForUpload sends the resolved type. Tests cover the required formats, generic application/octet-stream, binary signatures, and metadata generation.

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Explanation

The changed code remains related to issue #10128. The extension map supports signature-less attachment formats. Filename validation prevents dangerous or suspicious names before fallback. The added exports enable direct tests of the changed behavior. The test file covers the implementation and does not add unrelated product behavior.

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- Line 17: Update the extension lookup in the file-type helper to check that
EXTENSION_TO_MIME_TYPE_MAP owns the requested extension before returning its
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coderabbitai · 2026-10-28T13:06:05Z

+ * Common text and signature-less formats mapped by file extension.
+ * Used when magic byte inspection cannot determine MIME type (plain text formats have no binary headers).
+ */
+export const EXTENSION_TO_MIME_TYPE_MAP: Record<string, string> = {


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cd packages/services/src/file 2>/dev/null || true nl -ba helper.ts | sed -n '1,30p' echo '-----' nl -ba helper.ts | sed -n '95,175p' echo '-----' rg -n -F -e 'EXTENSION_TO_MIME_TYPE_MAP' -e 'validateAndDetectFileType' -e 'hasOwn' -e 'getMimeType' -- /dev/null || true cd - >/dev/null 2>&1 || true rg -n -F -e 'EXTENSION_TO_MIME_TYPE_MAP' -e 'validateAndDetectFileType' -e 'hasOwnProperty' -e 'Object.hasOwn' -- packages/services/src apps/web/core/services 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1

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nl -ba packages/services/src/file/helper.ts | sed -n '36,94p' echo '-----CALLERS-----' rg -n -F -e 'getFileMetaDataForUpload' -e 'validateAndDetectFileType' -- apps packages 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1 echo '-----MIME/TYPE POST-----' rg -n -F -e 'getFileMetaDataForUpload(' -e 'meta_data' -e 'assets/v2/workspaces' -- packages/services/src 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1

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nl -ba packages/constants/src/file.ts | sed -n '20,60p' echo '-----API SERVICE-----' rg -n -F -e 'protected post' -e 'this.axiosInstance.post' -e 'post(url' -- packages/services/src 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1 echo '-----BACKEND-----' rg -n -F -e 'class FileAssetEndpoint' -e 'class WorkspaceFileAssetEndpoint' -e 'class ProjectAssetEndpoint' -e 'class IssueAttachmentEndpoint' -e 'class AssetEndpoint' -- apps/api/plane/app/views apps/api/plane/api/views apps/api/plane/space/views 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1

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rg -n -F -e 'request.data.get("type"' -e "request.data.get('type'" -e 'data.get("type"' -e 'data["type"]' -e 'type = request' -e 'content_type' -- apps/api/plane/app/views/asset/v2.py apps/api/plane/app/views/issue/attachment.py apps/api/plane/app/views/asset/base.py 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1 echo '-----V2 POST-----' ast-grep outline apps/api/plane/app/views/asset/v2.py --view expanded 2>/dev/null | head -n 80

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nl -ba apps/api/plane/app/views/asset/v2.py | sed -n '357,433p' echo '-----ISSUE ATTACHMENT-----' nl -ba apps/api/plane/app/views/issue/attachment.py | sed -n '124,150p'

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Use an own-property check before the extension map lookup.

For a signature-less file named report.constructor with an empty browser type, the lookup returns the inherited Object function. The workspace asset endpoint then receives no type, defaults it to image/jpeg, and accepts the upload. Base rejected it.

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- if (extension && EXTENSION_TO_MIME_TYPE_MAP[extension]) { + if (extension && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(EXTENSION_TO_MIME_TYPE_MAP, extension)) { return EXTENSION_TO_MIME_TYPE_MAP[extension]; }

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[bug]: Issue attachments fail for .txt (and other text files): frontend sends empty MIME type #10128

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