RocketChat/Rocket.Chat · error · Meteor.Error

error-invalid-file-height

error-invalid-file-height

Error message

error-invalid-file-height

What it means

Error "error-invalid-file-height" thrown in RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.

Source

Thrown at apps/meteor/server/lib/media/assets/assets.ts:253

			});
		}

		const extension = getExtension(contentType);
		if (assetInstance.constraints.extensions.includes(extension) === false) {
			throw new Meteor.Error('error-invalid-file-type', `Invalid file type: ${contentType}`, {
				function: 'RocketChat.Assets.setAsset',
			});
		}

		if (assetInstance.constraints.width || assetInstance.constraints.height) {
			const dimensions = sizeOf(file);
			if (assetInstance.constraints.width && assetInstance.constraints.width !== dimensions.width) {
				throw new Meteor.Error('error-invalid-file-width', 'Invalid file width', {
					function: 'Invalid file width',
				});
			}
			if (assetInstance.constraints.height && assetInstance.constraints.height !== dimensions.height) {
				throw new Meteor.Error('error-invalid-file-height');
			}
		}

		const rs = RocketChatFile.bufferToStream(file);
		await RocketChatAssetsInstance.deleteFile(asset);

		const ws = RocketChatAssetsInstance.createWriteStream(asset, contentType);

		return new Promise((resolve) => {
			ws.on('end', () => {
				return setTimeout(async () => {
					const key = `Assets_${asset}`;
					const value = {
						url: `assets/${asset}.${extension}`,
						defaultUrl: assetInstance.defaultUrl,
					} as IRocketChatAsset;

					await RocketChatAssets.processAsset(key, value);

View on GitHub (pinned to b2c16d5842)

Solutions

1. Resize the image so its height exactly matches the height required by the asset's constraints before uploading.
2. Check the asset definition for the expected height and supply an image of that size.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at apps/meteor/server/lib/media/assets/assets.ts:253 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of RocketChat/Rocket.Chat@b2c16d5842 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2a4d87f799d1e63b. Report an issue: GitHub.