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In plain terms

Uploading a file is a one-shot: the API writes the bytes, then records usage and
metadata. If the response is lost to a network blip after the bytes land, a
naive retry either writes a duplicate object (bare f/<id> keys get a new id
each attempt) or gets a confusing 409 key_exists on a fixed key. This makes
object PUT retry-safe: send an Idempotency-Key and an identical retry replays
the original 201 — same object, same response — instead of duplicating or
erroring.

This is the uploads block of #829; galleries (#832) and token minting (#834)
shipped earlier and this reuses their machinery.

What it does / what it is not

  • Opt-in. No Idempotency-Key header → behavior unchanged.
  • Identical retry (same key + same effective request, anchored on the uploaded
    content hash) within 24h replays the original 201 with
    Idempotency-Replayed: true, and writes exactly one object.
  • Same key + different request → 409 idempotency_key_reused. A concurrent
    in-flight request → 409 idempotency_request_in_progress with Retry-After: 1.
  • No encryption (unlike token minting): an upload response holds no secret,
    so the replay body is plain JSON.
  • No migration. Reuses the idempotency_requests table (operation = upload.put.v1) and its daily retention sweep. No ledger, no orphan reaper.
  • Client behavior change (flagged): a bare PUT (no Idempotency-Key)
    is no longer auto-retried by the client on a network hiccup/503/429 — only a
    keyed PUT/POST is. Bare f/<id> uploads re-govern to a new key per
    attempt, so the old blanket PUT-retry could silently create duplicates; this
    is Improve the public API contract, retry safety, and scalability #829's intended correction, not a regression. Wiring the CLI to supply a
    key for retryable uploads is a sensible follow-up, not in this PR.

How to try it

KEY=$(uuidgen)
# First call stores the object; an identical retry with the same key replays it.
uploads api PUT "/v1/workspaces/acme/files/reports/q3.pdf" \
  --header "Idempotency-Key: $KEY" --data-binary @q3.pdf

The JS client's put now accepts an optional idempotencyKey (never generated
automatically).

Technical notes

  • Two-phase, not one batch. R2 is not transactional with D1, so the flow is
    claimrun putObjectcomplete, as three owner_nonce-gated statements
    on a primary-constrained session (primaryDbFor). Only the standalone replay
    lookup is boundedRead; the R2 write + bookkeeping are never deadline-raced.
  • Crash-window recovery without a ledger. A crash between the R2 write and
    the completing UPDATE leaves a pending row. The pending row carries a short
    TTL (PENDING_TTL_MS, 5 min) distinct from the 24h completed retention, so a
    stall doesn't strand retries for a day. On re-run, putObject throws
    key_exists; reconcileInterruptedUpload heads the object and, only when
    its stored content-sha256 matches the request, re-drives putObject with
    replace — converging metadata, content-hash, and poster through the normal
    write path. (Re-driving, rather than synthesizing the response from a read, is
    required for correctness: a crash before the D1 metadata write would otherwise
    replay a 201 with the caller's X-Uploads-Meta-* silently dropped.) A
    mismatched sha is a real conflict and surfaces key_exists without overwriting.
  • Accepted, documented tolerance: re-driving on the rare recovery path can
    over-count the monthly upload count by one (reserveUploads is
    unconditional). Bytes and object count stay exact. Within the same cap-boundary
    inaccuracy the code already tolerates; not worth a reconciliation mechanism.
  • Fingerprint over {finalKey, contentSha256, visibility, replace, metadata}
    with sorted-key metadata serialization. Errors from run() are never cached —
    the pending claim is released so a corrected retry re-evaluates.
  • Shared primitives (idempotency-core.ts), error codes, Idempotency-Key /
    Retry-After / Idempotency-Replayed headers, and CORS allowlist reused.

Test plan

  • pnpm test:api — full API suite (2269 passed)
  • apps/api/test/upload-idempotency.test.ts (11) — fresh/replay, reused
    conflict, key_exists→reconcile match & null, non-key_exists release,
    pending-TTL re-claim, completed-row-not-clobbered, in-progress, isolation,
    fingerprint canonicalization
  • apps/api/test/reconcile-existing-upload.test.ts (3) — end-to-end
    re-drive that converges metadata a crashed attempt never wrote (asserts the D1
    tier, not just the echoed response), sha-mismatch → null (no overwrite),
    absent → null
  • packages/uploads client suite (1315) incl. new put-idempotency.test.ts
  • @uploads/api + @buildinternet/uploads typecheck; oxlint/oxfmt on changed
    files; git diff --check clean
  • Full monorepo typecheck not run here (Node 24 engine unmet locally for
    apps/web); API + client checks above are green.

Refs #829

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added optional idempotency keys for file uploads, allowing safe retries without duplicate objects.
    • Replayed responses are identified with the Idempotency-Replayed header.
    • Upload retries with mismatched request details now return a clear conflict.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented automatic retries for uploads that lack an idempotency key.
  • Documentation

    • Updated API documentation and OpenAPI specifications with upload retry behavior and supported headers.

Add optional Idempotency-Key support to object upload. An identical retry
replays the original 201 instead of writing a duplicate object or hitting the
409 key_exists a naive retry gets on a strict key; a changed request returns
409 idempotency_key_reused.

Because R2 is not transactional with D1, this claims the key, runs putObject,
then completes in three owner_nonce-gated statements (not one batch), with a
short pending TTL distinct from the 24h completed retention so a crash between
the R2 write and completion never strands retries for a day. A key_exists whose
stored object matches the request's content hash is reconciled to the original
response (reconcileExistingUpload) rather than re-run, closing the crash window
without a ledger or reaper. Replay body is plain JSON (no secret to protect).

Client put() gains an optional idempotencyKey; a bare PUT is no longer
auto-retried (only keyed PUT/POST are), since bare f/<id> keys re-govern per
attempt and were never safely retriable. Reuses idempotency_requests + its
retention sweep; no migration.

Refs #829
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The PR adds optional idempotency keys to upload PUT requests. The API fingerprints requests, stores successful responses, reconciles interrupted uploads, and reports replay or conflict results. The client forwards the key and limits retries to idempotent requests.

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Upload idempotency

Layer / File(s) Summary
Client idempotency contract
packages/uploads/src/client.ts, packages/uploads/test/put-idempotency.test.ts, .changeset/retry-safe-uploads.md
put accepts an optional idempotencyKey and sends it as Idempotency-Key. Bare PUT requests are not retried. Keyed PUT and POST requests remain retryable.
Existing upload reconciliation
apps/api/src/files-core.ts, apps/api/test/reconcile-existing-upload.test.ts
reconcileExistingUpload rebuilds responses from matching object and D1 metadata. It returns null for missing objects or content-hash conflicts.
Idempotent API execution
apps/api/src/upload-idempotency.ts, apps/api/src/routes/files-shared-handlers.ts, apps/api/test/upload-idempotency.test.ts, apps/web/public/.well-known/openapi.json, docs/api.md
The API fingerprints requests, claims pending operations, persists successful responses, reconciles key_exists failures, and returns replay or conflict responses. The API specification and documentation describe the header and replay behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8548e

The keyed PUT flow can return a successful 201 after a crash or retry even when the upload’s queryable metadata was not persisted, so clients may see an apparently successful upload with incomplete metadata. This should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge; smaller follow-ups cover empty-header handling and claim-loss diagnostics.

Poem

A rabbit sends a keyed upload through,
The same retry returns what it knew.
No duplicate hare hops into the store,
Hashes guard the object at the door.
“Replay,” says the rabbit, “and try no more!”

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apps/api/src/upload-idempotency.ts (1)

139-164: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Check the complete() result so a stolen claim is observable.

complete() is gated on owner_nonce and state = 'pending'. If the pending row expires during a slow run() and another request re-claims it, the UPDATE matches zero rows. This request still returns 201, and the stored row now belongs to the other owner in pending state. A later retry then reads pending and answers 409 idempotency_request_in_progress for an upload that already succeeded.

Inspect meta.changes and log the lost completion. That keeps the failure diagnosable without changing the response.

♻️ Suggested change
-    const complete = (responseBody: string) =>
-      db
+    const complete = async (responseBody: string) => {
+      const res = await db
         .prepare(
           `UPDATE idempotency_requests
            SET state = 'completed', owner_nonce = NULL, response_status = 201,
                response_body = ?, expires_at = ?
            WHERE workspace = ? AND principal = ? AND operation = ? AND key_hash = ?
              AND owner_nonce = ? AND state = 'pending'`,
         )
         .bind(responseBody, completedExpires, ...scope, ownerNonce)
         .run();
+      if (res.meta?.changes === 0) {
+        console.warn({
+          event: "upload_idempotency_claim_lost",
+          workspace: input.workspace,
+          operation: UPLOAD_PUT_OPERATION,
+        });
+      }
+    };
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@apps/api/src/upload-idempotency.ts` around lines 139 - 164, Update the
complete() call in the pending-owner flow to inspect the database result’s
meta.changes value after attempting the guarded UPDATE. Log an explicit
lost-completion diagnostic when zero rows are changed, while preserving the
existing successful response and return behavior.
apps/api/test/upload-idempotency.test.ts (1)

215-226: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Replace the fixed 10ms sleep with a deterministic claim signal.

Both tests start a call whose run() never resolves, then wait 10ms and assume the claim row has landed. The claim requires two awaited D1 statements plus two sha256Hex digests. On a loaded CI runner that can exceed 10ms, and the test then asserts against a table with no pending row. Resolve a promise from inside run() and await it instead.

♻️ Suggested change
-      const firstCall = putObjectIdempotently(database(sqlite), {
+      let claimed!: () => void;
+      const claimLanded = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        claimed = resolve;
+      });
+      const firstCall = putObjectIdempotently(database(sqlite), {
         workspace: "alpha",
         principal: "d1-token:two",
         key: "stale-key",
         fingerprint: fingerprint(),
-        run: () => new Promise(() => {}), // never resolves; we abandon it below
+        run: () => {
+          claimed();
+          return new Promise<never>(() => {}); // never resolves; we abandon it below
+        },
         reconcile: async () => null,
         now: start,
       });
-      // Let the claim land, then abandon the in-flight run() (simulating a crash).
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
+      // The claim has landed once run() starts; abandon it (simulating a crash).
+      await claimLanded;
       void firstCall;

Also applies to: 280-290

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@apps/api/test/upload-idempotency.test.ts` around lines 215 - 226, Replace the
fixed 10ms delays in both idempotency tests with a deterministic promise signal
resolved from inside the never-resolving run() callback, then await that signal
before abandoning the firstCall and asserting state. Keep the existing crash
simulation and assertions unchanged, using the putObjectIdempotently flow and
its run callback as the synchronization point.
apps/api/src/routes/files-shared-handlers.ts (1)

233-243: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

An empty Idempotency-Key header enters the keyed path and fails with 400.

c.req.header("Idempotency-Key") returns "" for a present but empty header, so the === undefined check does not catch it. validateIdempotencyKey then rejects the upload. Treat an empty value the same as an absent header if the intent is opt-in only.

♻️ Suggested change
-  const idempotencyKey = c.req.header("Idempotency-Key");
-  if (idempotencyKey === undefined) {
+  const idempotencyKey = c.req.header("Idempotency-Key")?.trim();
+  if (!idempotencyKey) {
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minimal, and validate.

In `@apps/api/src/routes/files-shared-handlers.ts` around lines 233 - 243, Update
the Idempotency-Key presence check in the upload handler so both an absent
header and an empty string use the existing non-idempotent putObject path; only
a non-empty key should enter the keyed flow and validation.
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Inline comments:
In `@apps/api/src/files-core.ts`:
- Around line 694-740: Update reconcileExistingUpload to preserve request
metadata on idempotent replay: accept the retry’s supplied metadata and re-apply
its queryable D1 metadata before returning success, or return null when metadata
was requested but no corresponding rows exist. Ensure the synthesized 201
response from reconcileExistingUpload cannot claim success while omitting the
retry’s X-Uploads-Meta-* values.

Apply the same fix in `@apps/api/src/upload-idempotency.ts` around lines 165 -
175.

Apply the same fix in `@apps/api/src/files-core.ts` around lines 715 - 723.

In `@docs/api.md`:
- Around line 43-50: Revise the object-upload documentation around the PUT
endpoint into shorter, single-idea sentences, preserving the existing idempotent
retry and optional idempotencyKey behavior. Add the in-progress conflict
response, 409 idempotency_request_in_progress, and document the Retry-After: 1
header consistently with the gallery documentation.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@apps/api/src/routes/files-shared-handlers.ts`:
- Around line 233-243: Update the Idempotency-Key presence check in the upload
handler so both an absent header and an empty string use the existing
non-idempotent putObject path; only a non-empty key should enter the keyed flow
and validation.

In `@apps/api/src/upload-idempotency.ts`:
- Around line 139-164: Update the complete() call in the pending-owner flow to
inspect the database result’s meta.changes value after attempting the guarded
UPDATE. Log an explicit lost-completion diagnostic when zero rows are changed,
while preserving the existing successful response and return behavior.

In `@apps/api/test/upload-idempotency.test.ts`:
- Around line 215-226: Replace the fixed 10ms delays in both idempotency tests
with a deterministic promise signal resolved from inside the never-resolving
run() callback, then await that signal before abandoning the firstCall and
asserting state. Keep the existing crash simulation and assertions unchanged,
using the putObjectIdempotently flow and its run callback as the synchronization
point.
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Review pass over the retry-safe PUT change:

- Correctness (CodeRabbit): a crash between the R2 write and the D1 metadata
  write left the object without its queryable metadata; the old reconcile read
  that state back and reported 201 with the caller's X-Uploads-Meta-* silently
  dropped. reconcileInterruptedUpload now re-drives putObject with replace when
  the stored content hash matches, converging metadata/content-hash/poster
  through the normal write path. Cost is the already-accepted one-off
  upload-ledger over-count on the rare recovery path.
- Drop the post-claim ownership SELECT: the claim upsert's own meta.changes
  already says whether we won, the signal gallery/token read off their batch.
- Extract the byte-identical claim INSERT and replay-lookup SELECT into
  idempotency-core (buildClaimStatement/buildReplayLookup); gallery, token, and
  upload now share them instead of a 3-way copy.
- Thread the request's precomputed content hash into putObject so an idempotent
  PUT no longer hashes the body twice.
- Replace the synthetic settled-row fallback with an explicit in-progress throw.
- Log a 0-row completion (stolen-claim observability).
- Docs: shorter sentences, document idempotency_request_in_progress/Retry-After.

Refs #829
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Pushed a review-pass commit (07011ef) addressing the CodeRabbit findings plus a self-review simplification:

  • Metadata-loss on reconcile (Major): fixed — reconcile now re-drives putObject with replace on a content-hash match instead of reconstructing the response from a read, so a crash before the D1 metadata write no longer replays a 201 with the caller's tags dropped. (Replies on that thread + the docs thread.)
  • complete() observability (nitpick, no inline thread): a 0-row completion (pending claim stolen mid-run() after TTL expiry) is now logged as upload_idempotency_completion_lost.
  • Simplification: dropped the redundant post-claim ownership SELECT in favor of the claim upsert's own meta.changes (the signal gallery/token already use); extracted the byte-identical claim INSERT + replay-lookup SELECT into idempotency-core (buildClaimStatement/buildReplayLookup) so all three ops share them; threaded the request's precomputed content hash into putObject to avoid hashing the body twice; replaced the synthetic fallback row with an explicit in-progress throw.

Full API suite (2269) + client suite (1315) + typechecks + lint/fmt green.

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