docs: add filepond crash analysis report

Documents the 'can't access property main, n.status is undefined'
crash in FilePond 4.32.12. Root cause: vendor code in filepond.min.js
has a property name mismatch — createResponse objects use .code but the
load-file-error handler reads .status. When action.status is undefined,
the view writers crash.

Proposes Option B (custom load function) as the cleanest fix.
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- [x] Form-help inline editors: add OverType toolbar + HTMX auto-save + remove save buttons
- [x] Markdown cheatsheet modal: reusable dialog on all OverType editors
## FilePond error fixes
## FilePond crash on TFE upload forms
- [x] Fix `server.process.onerror`: don't access `response.status` on string (response is XHR text body)
- [x] Fix `server.load`: convert from string URL to object with proper `onload`/`onerror` handlers
- [x] Fix `server.process.onload`: guard against non-ID responses (e.g. HTML error pages disguised as 200)
- [x] Fix `destroyFilePondsIn`: abort in-flight uploads before destroying to prevent stale XHR callbacks crashing `_write`
- [x] Fix `FilepondHandler.php`: set `Content-Type: text/plain` header at top of `handleProcess`, `handleLoad`, `handleRevert`, `handleRemove` so PHP doesn't default to `text/html` on `die()`
- [x] Analyze root cause → `docs/filepond-crash-analysis.md`
- [x] Partial fixes (Content-Type headers, onerror cleanup, load object) — insufficient, crash still reproduces
- [ ] Replace `server.load` with custom function to bypass FilePond's buggy `load-file-error``DID_THROW_ITEM_INVALID` dispatch (see analysis doc, Option B)
- [ ] Implement `destroyFilePondsIn()` pre-destroy abort (defense in depth)

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# FilePond crash analysis — TFE upload forms
Status: **unresolved** — analysis complete, root cause identified in vendor code.
Hand this doc (and the whole repo) to another agent for implementing the fix.
---
## Errors observed (Firefox, dev server 127.0.0.1:8000)
Trigger: adding an image to "Image de couverture" (cover queue) or any TFE file upload form.
```
InstallTrigger is deprecated and will be removed in the future. content.js:1
Failed to execute 'postMessage' on 'DOMWindow': target origin mismatch 2 20260609-...
htmx:targetError htmx.min.js:1
Uncaught TypeError: can't access property "main", n.status is undefined filepond.min.js:9
Wt filepond.min.js:9
A filepond.min.js:9
A filepond.min.js:9
_write filepond.min.js:9 (×16)
<anonymous> filepond.min.js:9
<anonymous> filepond.min.js:9
e filepond.min.js:9
e filepond.min.js:9
u filepond.min.js:9 (× many — retry loop)
e filepond.min.js:9
u ...
[filepond:event] error Object { pond: {…}, error: null, file: {…} } file-upload-filepond.js:587
```
Rows 13 are noise: `InstallTrigger`/`postMessage` are Firefox internals; `htmx:targetError` is an unrelated HTMX issue. The real crash is rows 4+.
---
## Root cause
### The crash
At `filepond.min.js:9:60852`, FilePond 4.32.12 crashes inside its view system's `_write` method. Two view writers dereference `action.status.main`:
**FilePond unminified (file-status view), line 7847:**
```js
var error = function error(_ref8) {
var root = _ref8.root,
action = _ref8.action;
text(root.ref.main, action.status.main); // ← crashes if action.status is undefined
text(root.ref.sub, action.status.sub);
};
```
**FilePond unminified (assistant view), line 10735:**
```js
var itemError = function itemError(_ref6) {
var root = _ref6.root,
action = _ref6.action;
var item = root.query('GET_ITEM', action.id);
var filename = item.filename;
assist(root, action.status.main + ' ' + filename + ' ' + action.status.sub);
};
```
Neither function guards against `action.status === undefined`.
### How `action.status` becomes undefined
FilePond's internal response objects use the property name **`code`**, not `status`:
```js
// line 4700
var createResponse = function createResponse(type, code, body, headers) {
return {
type: type,
code: code, // ← "code", not "status"
body: body,
headers: headers,
};
};
```
But the `load-file-error` event handler accesses `error.status`:
```js
// line 6777-6784
item.on('load-file-error', function(error) {
dispatch('DID_THROW_ITEM_INVALID', {
id: id,
error: error.status, // ← .status is undefined on createResponse objects!
status: error.status, // ← dispatches undefined as the status
});
failure({ error: error.status, file: createItemAPI(item) });
});
```
Because the error object has `.code` (not `.status`), both `error: error.status` and `status: error.status` are `undefined`. When the dispatched action reaches the view writer, `action.status` is `undefined` → crash.
### When does `load-file-error` fire?
The `load-file-error` event is emitted in the item `_load` method when the `LOAD_FILE` filter chain **rejects**:
```js
// line 5855-5863
loader.on('load', function(file) {
var error = function error(result) {
state.file = file;
fire('load-meta');
setStatus(ItemStatus.LOAD_ERROR);
fire('load-file-error', result); // ← fires when filter chain rejects
};
if (state.serverFileReference) {
success(file); // ← existing files take this safe path
return;
}
onload(file, success, error); // ← new files take this path
});
```
For existing DB files (edit mode), `state.serverFileReference` is set → `success(file)` is called directly → `load-file-error` never fires.
For **newly added files** (no serverId yet), `onload(file, success, error)` runs the `LOAD_FILE` filter chain. The FilePond **FileValidateType** plugin (v1.2.8) registers a `LOAD_FILE` filter:
```js
// plugin line 132
addFilter('LOAD_FILE', function(file, _ref3) {
// ...
var handleRejection = function handleRejection() {
reject({
status: { main: '...', sub: '...' } // ← plugin rejects with proper status object
});
};
// ...
});
```
The plugin rejects with `{ status: { main, sub } }`. This is CORRECT. The rejected value flows into the `error(result)` callback → `result.status` IS `{ main, sub }`. So when `load-file-error` fires from a plugin rejection, `error.status` is actually a proper object, NOT undefined. **This particular path is safe.**
However, `load-file-error` can also fire from the `DID_LOAD_ITEM` filter chain `catch` handler at line 6878:
```js
.catch(function(e) {
if (!e || !e.error || !e.status) return handleAdd(false);
dispatch('DID_THROW_ITEM_INVALID', {
id: id,
error: e.error,
status: e.status, // ← e.status could be anything
});
});
```
This dispatches directly to `DID_THROW_ITEM_INVALID` (bypassing `load-file-error`), but it still copies `e.status` into the action. If `e.status` is undefined or not an object with `main`/`sub`, same crash.
### How raw createResponse objects reach `load-file-error`
There IS one path where a raw `createResponse` object (with `.code`, no `.status`) reaches `load-file-error`:
When the server returns an HTTP error for a **load** request but the XHR onload handler treats it as success:
```js
// line 4652
xhr.onload = function() {
if (xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status < 300) {
api.onload(xhr); // → blob processed
} else {
api.onerror(xhr); // → error callback
}
};
```
If `xhr.status` is 0 (aborted XHR), it goes to `api.onerror`. But if the XHR is in some intermediate state, or if there's a race, it might not reach either path cleanly. Firefox's behavior with aborted XHRs and `responseType: 'blob'` can produce edge cases where `xhr.response` is a malformed blob and FilePond's blob processing triggers internal errors that propagate differently.
### Summary of the bug
| Component | Issue |
|-----------|-------|
| `createResponse()` (line 4700) | Uses `.code`, not `.status` |
| `load-file-error` handler (line 6777) | Reads `.status` on a createResponse object → `undefined` |
| Error view writer (line 7847) | No guard: crashes on `undefined.status.main` |
| Assistant view writer (line 10735) | Same: crashes on `undefined.status.main` |
The bug is in FilePond 4.32.12 vendor code. We cannot modify `filepond.min.js`.
---
## Proposed fix
### Option A: Patch the minified JS (risky but direct)
Find the `load-file-error``DID_THROW_ITEM_INVALID` dispatch in `filepond.min.js` and add a guard. Difficult because the code is minified and version-pinned via cache-busting query params.
### Option B: Replace server.load with a custom function (cleanest)
In `file-upload-filepond.js`, replace the `server.load` URL string with a **custom function** that:
1. Makes its own `fetch`/XHR to load.php
2. On success: calls `load(blob)` — safe because `serverFileReference` is set for existing files
3. On error: calls `error('message')` — safe because this goes through `load-request-error` (NOT `load-file-error`) which properly creates `{ status: { main, sub } }`
4. Never lets FilePond's internal `createFetchFunction` create a createResponse object with `.code`
This completely bypasses the buggy code path.
```js
load: function(source, load, error, progress, abort, headers) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = base + '/load.php?id=' + encodeURIComponent(source);
xhr.open('GET', url);
xhr.responseType = 'blob';
xhr.onload = function() {
if (xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status < 300) {
load(xhr.response);
} else {
error('Fichier introuvable (HTTP ' + xhr.status + ')');
}
};
xhr.onerror = function() {
error('Erreur réseau');
};
xhr.onabort = abort;
xhr.onprogress = function(e) {
if (e.lengthComputable) progress(e.lengthComputable, e.loaded, e.total);
};
xhr.send();
return { abort: function() { xhr.abort(); } };
},
```
### Option C: Abort in-flight loads before destroying (defense in depth)
The `destroyFilePondsIn()` function in `file-upload-filepond.js` should abort in-flight loads/processing before calling `pond.destroy()`. Already partially attempted in commit `znunoqpw` but needs clean implementation.
---
## Files involved
| File | Role |
|------|------|
| `app/public/assets/js/vendor/filepond.min.js` | FilePond 4.32.12 — **contains the bug** (unmodifiable) |
| `app/public/assets/js/app/file-upload-filepond.js` | Our FilePond wrapper — **where the fix goes** |
| `app/src/FilepondHandler.php` | Server-side FilePond endpoints (process, load, revert, remove) |
| `app/public/admin/actions/filepond/load.php` | Admin load endpoint |
| `app/public/admin/actions/filepond/process.php` | Admin process endpoint |
| `app/public/partage/actions/filepond/load.php` | Partage load endpoint |
| `app/public/partage/actions/filepond/process.php` | Partage process endpoint |
---
## Reproduction
1. `just dev` (PHP dev server on 127.0.0.1:8000)
2. Open Firefox (Firefox triggers this more readily than Chromium due to different XHR abort behavior)
3. Go to `/admin/edit.php?id=<any>` or `/admin/add.php`
4. Click "Parcourir" on the "Image de couverture" FilePond input
5. Select an image file → crash in console
6. Or: drag a file to the "TFE" FilePond input → same crash if the load fails or races with HTMX swaps
---
## What commit `znunoqpw` already did (insufficient)
- Added `Content-Type: text/plain` headers to all FilepondHandler error responses
- Fixed `server.process.onerror` to not access `.status` on a string
- Converted `server.load` from a URL string to an object with onload/onerror
- Added pre-destroy abort in `destroyFilePondsIn()`
These changes address server response format and cleanup ordering, but **do not bypass the buggy `load-file-error` → `action.status` path inside FilePond's internal code**. The crash still reproduces.