# Description of Changes Fixes the WebKit nightly failures ([run 31067620195](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/actions/runs/31067620195/attempts/1)): 8 tests failed on `stubbed-webkit` only, and every one of them logs the same thing in its trace: ``` IndexedDB add error: UnknownError: Error preparing Blob/File data to be stored in object store ``` ## What broke `storeStirlingFile` stores the `File` itself in IndexedDB, so multi-GB uploads are persisted by reference and never materialize in JS memory. That came in with #7175 (`data: stirlingFile` replacing `data: await stirlingFile.arrayBuffer()`), which is a real memory win and worth keeping. WebKit refuses blob values whenever it can't write the blob's backing file, and rejects the request with the error above. The rejection was only `console.error`d, so on WebKit **no upload ever persisted**, and everything that reads the bytes back behaved as if the upload never happened: - `file-state-across-tools` — file gone after navigating; the sidebar shows "No files yet" - `compare` — `FileSelectorPicker: upload failed`, so the slot stays `data-slot-state="empty"` - `classification-grouping` / `classification-heuristic-upload` — the label backfill and thumbnails read from IDB (`not in IndexedDB (likely remote-only stub)`), so files land in "Recent" with no category headers Chromium and Firefox store blobs fine, and PR CI only runs the `stubbed` (chromium) project, so nightly was the only gate that could catch it. ## The fix Try the blob first, keep a fallback: - `storeStirlingFile`'s `add` is extracted into `addFileRecord` so it can run twice - if the value was a Blob and the failure is `UnknownError` / `DataCloneError`, re-add the record with an `ArrayBuffer` copy and set `blobValuesSupported = false`, so later files in that session go straight to the copy path instead of losing the blob attempt every time - deliberately narrow: `QuotaExceededError` and `ConstraintError` still propagate, because a copy would fail the same way and retrying would hide the real cause - dropped two internal `console.error`s: every caller already reports (`addFiles`, `FileSelectorPicker`, `zipFileService` collects into `result.errors`), so they were duplicate noise Every writer goes through `storeStirlingFile` (uploads, the file picker, zip extraction, folder automation, `IndexedDBContext`), so this one seam covers all of them. The read paths already accept either shape (`new Blob([record.data], ...)`). Net effect: Chromium and Firefox keep the no-copy path; engines that refuse blobs degrade to the pre-#7175 behaviour instead of silently losing files. On such an engine a very large file can still exhaust renderer memory — the fallback warns about exactly that. Fixing that properly means chunked storage, which is out of scope here. ## Verification Reproduced and confirmed the cause by A/B on a branch that predates #7175: as-is 8/8 pass on WebKit, and applying only #7175's `data: stirlingFile` line reproduces the exact CI failure set. | Check | Result | |---|---| | `stubbed-webkit`: the 8 nightly failures + `classification-heuristic-upload` | 9 passed | | `stubbed-webkit`: `files-page`, `page-editor-rotation`, `encrypted-pdf-unlock` | 32 passed, 1 skipped | | `stubbed` (chromium): the same specs + `files-page` | 35 passed, 1 skipped | | Frontend unit suite | 210 files, 1797 passed | | `typecheck:core`, `typecheck:proprietary`, eslint, prettier | clean | New unit coverage in `fileStorage.blobFallback.test.ts` pins the contract over `fake-indexeddb` with `add` instrumented to count blob vs copy attempts: blob path when accepted, blob-then-copy when refused (and readable back), one attempt only for later files, and quota not retried. --- ## Checklist ### General - [x] I have read the [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) - [x] I have read the [Stirling-PDF Developer Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md) (if applicable) - [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code - [x] My changes generate no new warnings ### Testing (if applicable) - [x] Frontend typecheck (core + proprietary), eslint, prettier, the unit suite, and the affected Playwright specs on chromium and webkit all pass Co-authored-by: Anthony Stirling <77850077+Frooodle@users.noreply.github.com>
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