grafana/k6 · error

copying file data to multipart form: %w

Error message

copying file data to multipart form: %w

What it means

Raised in newFileUploadRequest when io.Copy fails while streaming the artifact data reader into the multipart form's file part. This is a local read/write failure: the source reader errored mid-stream (e.g. upstream CDP stream aborted) or the in-memory form buffer write failed. No network upload has been attempted yet.

Source

Thrown at internal/js/modules/k6/browser/storage/file_persister.go:226

	// we don't support multiple presigned URLs at the moment.
	psu := resp.URLs[0]

	// copy all form fields received from a presigned URL
	// response to the multipart form fields.
	var form bytes.Buffer
	fw := multipart.NewWriter(&form)
	for k, v := range psu.FormFields {
		if err := fw.WriteField(k, v); err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("writing form field key %q and value %q: %w", k, v, err)
		}
	}
	// attach the file data to the form.
	ff, err := fw.CreateFormFile("file", psu.Name)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating multipart form file: %w", err)
	}
	if _, err := io.Copy(ff, data); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("copying file data to multipart form: %w", err)
	}
	if err := fw.Close(); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("closing multipart form writer: %w", err)
	}

	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(
		ctx,
		psu.Method,
		psu.PresignedURL,
		&form,
	)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating new request: %w", err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", fw.FormDataContentType())

	return req, nil
}

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Solutions

1. Verify the artifact data source is fully readable before persisting
2. Retry the persist with a fresh data reader
3. Check memory pressure — the multipart form is buffered in memory
4. Inspect the wrapped error to identify reader vs writer failure

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at internal/js/modules/k6/browser/storage/file_persister.go:226 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of grafana/k6@01ffac6f24 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/59df5d3ac218160b. Report an issue: GitHub.