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Download Sandbox is a Zip export is empty folder of 0kb

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Description

🐛 bug report

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Description of the problem

I tried exporting it to zip for a local copy, the download is a 0kb empty zip file.

How has this issue affected you? What are you trying to accomplish?

Not able to download a local copy of the code.

To Reproduce

Click download sandbox from menu

Link to sandbox: link (optional)

https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/github/j1yang/three-js/tree/main/react-lip-peas-n-carrots?file=%2Fsrc%2Fcomponents%2FMyAvatar.js

Your Environment
Software Name/Version
Сodesandbox latest, browser based
Browser Chrome
Operating System Windows 11

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the issue by using Download Sandbox from the menu for the linked sandbox in Chrome on Windows 11, then trace the export flow from the browser action. Done means the downloaded ZIP is not empty and contains a local copy of the sandbox code.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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