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Published Sep. 10, 2025

Receiving the 'Unable to parse upload request' when try to upload folder

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Anushka Tiwari

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Issue

  • Receiving the error in the logs when trying to upload the folder using the custom module.
  • Steps to reproduce:
    1. Start the server.
    2. Deploy the sample portlet for uploading the folder in the bundle.
    3. Create a folder hierarchy: /home/me/Downloads/Test/1. testing
    4. Add any files without extensions on this path.
    5. Start the server and edit the page.
    6. Navigate to widget > Sample > Add the 'SampleFolderUpload' to upload the page.
    7. Then try uploading the folder.
    Observed behavior: Receiving the warning in the logs:
    WARN [http-nio-8080-exec-1][UploadServletRequestImpl:254] Unable to parse upload request: Processing of multipart/form-data request failed. /home/me/Downloads/liferay-dxp-tomcat-7.3.10-dxp-2-20210623003016661/liferay-dxp-7.3.10-dxp-2/tomcat-9.0.43/temp/upload_00000025. testing/2023-07-28_18-49 (No such file or directory)
    Expected behavior:
    It should show the success message on the UI without any errors in the log.

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.3

Resolution

  • The issue appears from one of the third-party dependencies (Apache Commons IO)
  • The observed behavior is a known concern addressed by LPE-17269.

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