Feature request: Retain original filename after folder upload/download
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
When downloading files after doing a folder upload, the original filename is replaced with a number representing the order in which it was uploaded.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
Keep the original filename.
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Manual manipulation
**Additional context**
Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.
Contents of uploaded folder:

After download:

Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing CyberChef’s folder upload and download flows, focusing on where uploaded files are assigned names and where downloaded files are generated. Confirm the behavior with a folder containing multiple files; done means downloads retain each file’s original filename instead of its upload-order number.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100