phacility/phabricator · error · Exception

Unknown file content request kind "%s".

Error message

Unknown file content request kind "%s".

What it means

Error "Unknown file content request kind "%s"." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/files/storage/PhabricatorFile.php:840

  }

  public function getURI() {
    return $this->getInfoURI();
  }

  public function getViewURI() {
    if (!$this->getPHID()) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht('You must save a file before you can generate a view URI.'));
    }

    return $this->getCDNURI('data');
  }

  public function getCDNURI($request_kind) {
    if (($request_kind !== 'data') &&
        ($request_kind !== 'download')) {
      throw new Exception(
        pht(
          'Unknown file content request kind "%s".',
          $request_kind));
    }

    $name = self::normalizeFileName($this->getName());
    $name = phutil_escape_uri($name);

    $parts = array();
    $parts[] = 'file';
    $parts[] = $request_kind;

    // If this is an instanced install, add the instance identifier to the URI.
    // Instanced configurations behind a CDN may not be able to control the
    // request domain used by the CDN (as with AWS CloudFront). Embedding the
    // instance identity in the path allows us to distinguish between requests
    // originating from different instances but served through the same CDN.
    $instance = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('cluster.instance');

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/files/storage/PhabricatorFile.php:840 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of phacility/phabricator@5720a38cfe (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/5e58740df90c9a0d. Report an issue: GitHub.