NOTE: This bug report is for Confluence Server. Using Confluence Cloud? See the corresponding bug report.

      When trying to upload large attachments (+2GB), Confluence hangs and never finishes the upload, even if you configure the max attachments size to 10GB.

      Depending on the OS (Mac OS X 10.6 with Firefox) nothing happens, or the browser displays an error message "File not found" (Linux Ubuntu 9.10 with Firefox).

      Nothing relevant in the logs.


      Edit:
      In 4.3, setting the limit to 10GB. Attaching 5.5GB files resulted the following:

      • Interface (this might only be shown if you're using Chrome):

        Total upload size is too large (2,048.00 MB). Reduce total filesize to below 2,048.00 MB

      • In atlassian-confluence.log:
        2012-09-30 21:53:16,560 WARN [http-8043-4] [opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher] getMaxSize Unable to format 'webwork.multipart.maxSize' property setting. Defaulting to Integer.MAX_VALUE
         -- referer: http://localhost:8043/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=1212418 | url: /pages/doattachfile.action | userName: admin
        2012-09-30 21:54:35,972 ERROR [http-8043-4] [com.atlassian.xwork.FileUploadUtils] checkMultiPartRequestForErrors java.io.IOException: Content Length Error (2147484147 > 2147483647)
         -- referer: http://localhost:8043/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=1212418 | url: /pages/doattachfile.action | userName: admin | action: doattachfile | page: 1212418
        
        

        Trying it in Firefox resulted the following in the log:

        2012-09-30 22:19:38,362 WARN [http-8043-6] [opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher] getMaxSize Unable to format 'webwork.multipart.maxSize' property setting. Defaulting to Integer.MAX_VALUE
         -- url: /pages/doattachfile.action | userName: admin | referer: http://localhost:8043/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=1212418
        2012-09-30 22:19:38,364 ERROR [http-8043-6] [webwork.dispatcher.multipart.MultiPartRequest] <init> org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$IOFileUploadException: Processing of multipart/form-data request failed. Stream ended unexpectedly
         -- url: /pages/doattachfile.action | userName: admin | referer: http://localhost:8043/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=1212418
        org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$IOFileUploadException: Processing of multipart/form-data request failed. Stream ended unexpectedly
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase.parseRequest(FileUploadBase.java:367)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.webwork.JakartaMultiPartRequest.<init>(JakartaMultiPartRequest.java:71)
        	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
        	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
        	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
        	at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.multipart.MultiPartRequestWrapper.<init>(MultiPartRequestWrapper.java:106)
        	at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.wrapRequest(ServletDispatcher.java:371)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.ConfluenceServletDispatcher.wrapRequest(ConfluenceServletDispatcher.java:114)
        	at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:198)
        	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        	at com.atlassian.labs.botkiller.BotKillerFilter.doFilter(BotKillerFilter.java:36)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:25)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.security.websudo.MessagesDecoratorFilter.doFilter(MessagesDecoratorFilter.java:59)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.obtainContent(SiteMeshFilter.java:129)
        	at com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.doFilter(SiteMeshFilter.java:77)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxFilter.doFilter(JmxFilter.java:106)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.ServletContextThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(ServletContextThreadLocalFilter.java:21)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.LoggingContextFilter.doFilter(LoggingContextFilter.java:40)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ThreadLocalCacheFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalCacheFilter.java:22)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.UserThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(UserThreadLocalFilter.java:44)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:211)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.security.auth.trustedapps.filter.TrustedApplicationsFilter.doFilter(TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:98)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.doFilter(AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.java:30)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.BaseLoginFilter.doFilter(BaseLoginFilter.java:150)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        	at com.atlassian.oauth.serviceprovider.internal.servlet.OAuthFilter.doFilter(OAuthFilter.java:70)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.ClusterHeaderFilter.doFilter(ClusterHeaderFilter.java:37)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.AbstractJohnsonFilter.doFilter(AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:72)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:170)
        	at com.atlassian.spring.filter.FlushingSpringSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(FlushingSpringSessionInViewFilter.java:29)
        	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.ConfluenceErrorFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceErrorFilter.java:22)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:99)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.core.datetime.RequestTimeThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestTimeThreadLocalFilter.java:35)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.gzipfilter.GzipFilter.doFilterInternal(GzipFilter.java:74)
        	at com.atlassian.gzipfilter.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:51)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.cache.AbstractCachingFilter.doFilter(AbstractCachingFilter.java:33)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.webdav.servlet.filter.ReverseProxyFilter.doFilter(ReverseProxyFilter.java:427)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.webdav.servlet.filter.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:34)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.validateparam.RequestParamValidationFilter.doFilter(RequestParamValidationFilter.java:58)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.TranslationModeFilter.doFilter(TranslationModeFilter.java:43)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.servlet.filter.ActionContextCleanUp.doFilter(ActionContextCleanUp.java:71)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.LanguageExtractionFilter.doFilter(LanguageExtractionFilter.java:54)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.java:25)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.encoding.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:41)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingFilter.doFilter(HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:44)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.doFilter(FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.java:65)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
        	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
        	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
        	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)
        	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)
        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
        	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
        Caused by: org.apache.commons.fileupload.MultipartStream$MalformedStreamException: Stream ended unexpectedly
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.MultipartStream$ItemInputStream.makeAvailable(MultipartStream.java:983)
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.MultipartStream$ItemInputStream.read(MultipartStream.java:887)
        	at java.io.FilterInputStream.read(FilterInputStream.java:116)
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.util.LimitedInputStream.read(LimitedInputStream.java:125)
        	at java.io.FilterInputStream.read(FilterInputStream.java:90)
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.util.Streams.copy(Streams.java:94)
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.util.Streams.copy(Streams.java:64)
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase.parseRequest(FileUploadBase.java:362)
        	... 152 more
        2012-09-30 22:19:38,368 ERROR [http-8043-6] [com.atlassian.xwork.FileUploadUtils] checkMultiPartRequestForErrors java.io.IOException: Processing of multipart/form-data request failed. Stream ended unexpectedly
         -- url: /pages/doattachfile.action | page: 1212418 | userName: admin | referer: http://localhost:8043/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=1212418 | action: doattachfile
        2012-09-30 22:19:38,547 WARN [http-8043-6] [opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher] getMaxSize Unable to format 'webwork.multipart.maxSize' property setting. Defaulting to Integer.MAX_VALUE
         -- url: /pages/doattachfile.action | userName: admin | referer: http://localhost:8043/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=1212418
        2012-09-30 22:19:38,549 ERROR [http-8043-6] [webwork.dispatcher.multipart.MultiPartRequest] <init> org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$IOFileUploadException: Processing of multipart/form-data request failed. Stream ended unexpectedly
         -- url: /pages/doattachfile.action | userName: admin | referer: http://localhost:8043/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=1212418
        org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$IOFileUploadException: Processing of multipart/form-data request failed. Stream ended unexpectedly
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase.parseRequest(FileUploadBase.java:367)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.webwork.JakartaMultiPartRequest.<init>(JakartaMultiPartRequest.java:71)
        	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
        	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
        	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
        	at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.multipart.MultiPartRequestWrapper.<init>(MultiPartRequestWrapper.java:106)
        	at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.wrapRequest(ServletDispatcher.java:371)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.ConfluenceServletDispatcher.wrapRequest(ConfluenceServletDispatcher.java:114)
        	at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:198)
        	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        	at com.atlassian.labs.botkiller.BotKillerFilter.doFilter(BotKillerFilter.java:36)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.rest.context.ContextFilter.doFilter(ContextFilter.java:25)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.security.websudo.MessagesDecoratorFilter.doFilter(MessagesDecoratorFilter.java:59)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.obtainContent(SiteMeshFilter.java:129)
        	at com.opensymphony.sitemesh.webapp.SiteMeshFilter.doFilter(SiteMeshFilter.java:77)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.jmx.JmxFilter.doFilter(JmxFilter.java:106)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.ServletContextThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(ServletContextThreadLocalFilter.java:21)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.LoggingContextFilter.doFilter(LoggingContextFilter.java:40)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ThreadLocalCacheFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalCacheFilter.java:22)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.UserThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(UserThreadLocalFilter.java:44)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:211)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.security.auth.trustedapps.filter.TrustedApplicationsFilter.doFilter(TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:98)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.doFilter(AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.java:30)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.BaseLoginFilter.doFilter(BaseLoginFilter.java:150)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        	at com.atlassian.oauth.serviceprovider.internal.servlet.OAuthFilter.doFilter(OAuthFilter.java:70)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.ClusterHeaderFilter.doFilter(ClusterHeaderFilter.java:37)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.AbstractJohnsonFilter.doFilter(AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:72)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:170)
        	at com.atlassian.spring.filter.FlushingSpringSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(FlushingSpringSessionInViewFilter.java:29)
        	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.ConfluenceErrorFilter.doFilter(ConfluenceErrorFilter.java:22)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:99)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.core.datetime.RequestTimeThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestTimeThreadLocalFilter.java:35)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.gzipfilter.GzipFilter.doFilterInternal(GzipFilter.java:74)
        	at com.atlassian.gzipfilter.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:51)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.cache.AbstractCachingFilter.doFilter(AbstractCachingFilter.java:33)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:46)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.webdav.servlet.filter.ReverseProxyFilter.doFilter(ReverseProxyFilter.java:427)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.extra.webdav.servlet.filter.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:34)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:42)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77)
        	at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.validateparam.RequestParamValidationFilter.doFilter(RequestParamValidationFilter.java:58)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.TranslationModeFilter.doFilter(TranslationModeFilter.java:43)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.servlet.filter.ActionContextCleanUp.doFilter(ActionContextCleanUp.java:71)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.LanguageExtractionFilter.doFilter(LanguageExtractionFilter.java:54)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheThreadLocalFilter.java:25)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.encoding.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:41)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.core.filters.HeaderSanitisingFilter.doFilter(HeaderSanitisingFilter.java:44)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at com.atlassian.confluence.servlet.FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.doFilter(FourOhFourErrorLoggingFilter.java:65)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
        	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
        	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
        	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)
        	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)
        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
        	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
        Caused by: org.apache.commons.fileupload.MultipartStream$MalformedStreamException: Stream ended unexpectedly
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.MultipartStream$ItemInputStream.makeAvailable(MultipartStream.java:983)
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.MultipartStream$ItemInputStream.read(MultipartStream.java:887)
        	at java.io.FilterInputStream.read(FilterInputStream.java:116)
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.util.LimitedInputStream.read(LimitedInputStream.java:125)
        	at java.io.FilterInputStream.read(FilterInputStream.java:90)
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.util.Streams.copy(Streams.java:94)
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.util.Streams.copy(Streams.java:64)
        	at org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase.parseRequest(FileUploadBase.java:362)
        	... 152 more
        2012-09-30 22:19:38,555 ERROR [http-8043-6] [com.atlassian.xwork.FileUploadUtils] checkMultiPartRequestForErrors java.io.IOException: Processing of multipart/form-data request failed. Stream ended unexpectedly
         -- url: /pages/doattachfile.action | page: 1212418 | userName: admin | referer: http://localhost:8043/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=1212418 | action: doattachfile
        

      Workarounds

      This bug is caused by pages/viewpageattachments.action, when clicking the upload button to upload files. You can work around this issue by dragging and dropping in various areas:

      1. Drag and drop on the page in view mode
      2. Drag and drop on the page in edit mode
      3. Drag and drop on the attachments page
      4. Drag and drop on the file upload dialog

            [CONFSERVER-20912] Large Attachments (more than 2GB) Cannot be Uploaded

            Confluence 6.13.10 is affected with this Bug.

            Nishant Hulawale added a comment - Confluence 6.13.10 is affected with this Bug.

            Alejandro Rodriguez added a comment - - edited

            What happened with this bug ? the resolution is still unresolved since 2010 ...

            Alejandro Rodriguez added a comment - - edited What happened with this bug ? the resolution is still unresolved since 2010 ...

            This is still happening in Confluence 6.0.7

            Chuck Vanderwist added a comment - This is still happening in Confluence 6.0.7

            I was able to upload a 2.65GB file on Confluence 5.8.10

            Dana Jansen added a comment - I was able to upload a 2.65GB file on Confluence 5.8.10

            As of 5.7.5, this behaviour appears to still fail. The behaviour is different however - instead of seeing an error message, the user is now redirected to a blank page.

            I am reopening this bug, as it does not appear to have been resolved as part of the work for CONF-28564.

            There are more details about the regression in CONF-39289, but I am closing that in favour of this ticket, which has more history.

            Denise Unterwurzacher [Atlassian] (Inactive) added a comment - As of 5.7.5, this behaviour appears to still fail. The behaviour is different however - instead of seeing an error message, the user is now redirected to a blank page. I am reopening this bug, as it does not appear to have been resolved as part of the work for CONF-28564 . There are more details about the regression in CONF-39289 , but I am closing that in favour of this ticket, which has more history.

            This was fixed as part of the work done for CONF-28564 in Confluence 5.5.

            Denise Unterwurzacher [Atlassian] (Inactive) added a comment - This was fixed as part of the work done for CONF-28564 in Confluence 5.5.

            Is it possible to get past this limitation for the size of an attachment. Also how do you export a wiki space that has a number of large attachments afterward?

            Stephen Gramm added a comment - Is it possible to get past this limitation for the size of an attachment. Also how do you export a wiki space that has a number of large attachments afterward?

            Dana Jansen added a comment - - edited

            This is still an issue in 5.4.3
            I am using Oracle 11G
            Has anyone tried upgrading tomcat to 8.x?

            Dana Jansen added a comment - - edited This is still an issue in 5.4.3 I am using Oracle 11G Has anyone tried upgrading tomcat to 8.x?

            Error from 5.1.5

            2013-08-13 16:08:12,582 WARN [http-443-56] [opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher] getMaxSize Unable to format 'webwork.multipart.maxSize' property setting. Defaulting to Integer.MAX_VALUE
            – url: /pages/doattachfile.action | userName: ******** | referer: https://*****************/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=14455106
            2013-08-13 16:11:16,040 ERROR [http-443-56] [com.atlassian.xwork.FileUploadUtils] checkMultiPartRequestForErrors java.io.IOException: Content Length Error (2147487370 > 2147483647)
            – url: /pages/doattachfile.action | page: 14455106 | userName: *********** | referer: *******************************/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=14455106 | action: doattachfile

            Devon Jobes added a comment - Error from 5.1.5 2013-08-13 16:08:12,582 WARN [http-443-56] [opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher] getMaxSize Unable to format 'webwork.multipart.maxSize' property setting. Defaulting to Integer.MAX_VALUE – url: /pages/doattachfile.action | userName: ******** | referer: https://*****************/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=14455106 2013-08-13 16:11:16,040 ERROR [http-443-56] [com.atlassian.xwork.FileUploadUtils] checkMultiPartRequestForErrors java.io.IOException: Content Length Error (2147487370 > 2147483647) – url: /pages/doattachfile.action | page: 14455106 | userName: *********** | referer: *******************************/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=14455106 | action: doattachfile

            Affects 5.1.5

            Vladislav Stoyanov added a comment - Affects 5.1.5

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