Failing file upload should result in an error message shown to the user
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- JavaScript
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Description
No error message is shown on the client when a server-side request for file upload (sent upon choosing a file in the file browser) fails. The error is just ignored silently:
This is important, for instance, to tell the user that the uploaded file does not satisfy size or format restrictions.
Using `0.9.0-dev`
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Research direction
Start by tracing the client-side file-browser upload request and its failure handling. Reproduce a server-side upload failure, then verify that the user sees an error message explaining the rejected upload instead of the failure being ignored.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- angularjs, javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100