odysseus-dev/odysseus · error · HTTPException

Unsupported file type: .{ext}

Error message

Unsupported file type: .{ext}

What it means

Error "Unsupported file type: .{ext}" thrown in odysseus-dev/odysseus.

Source

Thrown at routes/gallery/gallery_routes.py:395

            _dup_q = db.query(GalleryImage).filter(
                GalleryImage.file_hash == file_hash,
                GalleryImage.is_active == True,
            )
            if user:
                _dup_q = _dup_q.filter(GalleryImage.owner == user)
            existing = _dup_q.first()
            if existing:
                return {"ok": False, "duplicate": True, "filename": existing.filename,
                        "id": existing.id, "message": "Duplicate photo skipped"}

            img_dir = Path(GENERATED_IMAGES_DIR)
            img_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

            ext = file.filename.rsplit(".", 1)[-1].lower() if "." in file.filename else "png"
            VIDEO_EXTS = {"mp4", "mov", "webm", "mkv", "m4v"}
            IMAGE_EXTS = {"png", "jpg", "jpeg", "webp", "gif"}
            if ext not in VIDEO_EXTS and ext not in IMAGE_EXTS:
                raise HTTPException(400, f"Unsupported file type: .{ext}")
            is_video = ext in VIDEO_EXTS
            filename = f"{uuid.uuid4().hex[:12]}.{ext}"
            img_path = img_dir / filename
            img_path.write_bytes(content)

            # Extract EXIF for images only — PIL can't parse video containers
            # and the failure path logs a noisy WARNING. We'll add ffprobe-based
            # video metadata extraction in a follow-up.
            exif = {} if is_video else _extract_exif(content)
            original_name = file.filename.rsplit(".", 1)[0] if "." in file.filename else file.filename

            img_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
            db.add(GalleryImage(
                id=img_id,
                filename=filename,
                prompt=original_name,
                model="imported",
                owner=user,

View on GitHub (pinned to f9235ebbf1)

Solutions

1. Upload a file with a supported image extension.
2. Convert the file to PNG or JPEG and retry.

When it happens

Trigger: Triggered when the corresponding server-side validation or runtime check at the recorded location rejects the request or operation and returns this error message to the caller.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of odysseus-dev/odysseus@f9235ebbf1 (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/82d4ed54bef39216. Report an issue: GitHub.