RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat

user files export task hangs and generates lots of files in rocketchat_userDataFiles.chunks

Open
#31,324 2 comments 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
46.1k
Forks
13.9k
Avg merge
3d 3h
Merged PRs (30d)
130

Description

Description:

One of our users tried to export his files. The export process got stuck and the same export file was saved to the mongo GridFS for ~270 times.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the user files export process and inspect how the export is written to MongoDB GridFS. Trace why the task hangs and repeats the same export file; done means the export completes without generating duplicate files.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
mongodb, typescript
Domain
backend, databases
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.