swagger-api / swagger-api/swagger-ui
Missing start boundary for multipart body
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Description
Q&A (please complete the following information)
- OS: Linux
- Browser: Chrome / Firefox
- Version: 105/104
- Method of installation: npm
- Swagger-UI version: using swagger-jaxrs2-jakarta/2.2.2
- OpenAPI version: OpenAPI 3.0
Content & configuration
Example Swagger/OpenAPI definition:
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: FormData MultiPart Example
version: 1.0.0
paths:
/foo:
post:
operationId: updatePet
parameters:
- name: id
in: query
required: true
schema:
pattern: ^(?!aliases$)(?!ids$)[-_.a-zA-Z0-9]+$
type: string
- name: additionalMetadata
in: query
description: Additional Metadata
required: false
schema:
type: string
requestBody:
content:
multipart/form-data: # Media type
schema:
type: string
format: binary
responses:
'200':
description: Successful operation
Describe the bug you're encountering
It seems that there is no start boundary set. Chrome Dev Tools also only show the end boundary but no start boundary. This leads to the following exception on the server:
Caused by: org.jvnet.mimepull.MIMEParsingException: Missing start boundary
at org.jvnet.mimepull.MIMEParser.skipPreamble(MIMEParser.java:288)
at org.jvnet.mimepull.MIMEParser.access$300(MIMEParser.java:38)
at org.jvnet.mimepull.MIMEParser$MIMEEventIterator.next(MIMEParser.java:124)
at org.jvnet.mimepull.MIMEParser$MIMEEventIterator.next(MIMEParser.java:102)
at org.jvnet.mimepull.MIMEMessage.makeProgress(MIMEMessage.java:199)
at org.jvnet.mimepull.MIMEMessage.parseAll(MIMEMessage.java:160)
at org.jvnet.mimepull.MIMEMessage.getAttachments(MIMEMessage.java:86)
To reproduce...
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Just fill out the form and have a look at the request header
Expected behavior
There should be a start boundary set, but there isn't any.
Screenshots

Additional context or thoughts
The curl command produced by swagger-ui works as expected, there the start boundary is set.
Contributor guide
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Research direction
No source file or test is identified. Start with the provided OpenAPI multipart example and the browser request-generation path; compare the generated browser request with the working curl command. Done means the browser request includes a valid multipart start boundary and the server no longer reports a missing boundary.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, openapi
- Domain
- api, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100