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Error when uploading a page blob could be improved
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Description
Storage Explorer Version: 1.15.1
Build Number: 10.6.0
Platform/OS: macOS
Architecture: x64
Regression From: N/A
Bug Description
Attempting to upload a page blob that is not aligned to a 512-byte boundary results in an ambiguous error:

Here's the log file: 1e26ce2c-edd9-8844-6557-4e80300ba35f.log
Steps to Reproduce
- Upload a file as a page blob to a blob container
- Check the error message
Expected Experience
The portal shows this error in the same situation:

Actual Experience
The log file didn't provide much info about the failure or how to fix it (the error reported was a 400 error)
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the upload using the listed steps with a page blob whose size is not aligned to a 512-byte boundary, then compare the resulting message with the portal behavior shown in the issue. Done means the failure explains the alignment requirement and how to correct the upload.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- azure
- Domain
- cloud
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100