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    YYYY-MM-DD 2026-07-09 Cant upload maps

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    • Z Offline
      ZOMEBODY
      last edited by

      Cant upload new map, get the error message: Map upload failed. Server gave the following errors: The zip file is potential zip bomb.

      This have never happend before .....

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      • Brutus5000B Offline
        Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
        last edited by

        There is a potential threat where people upload a malicious zip file that is only a few kb small, but unpacked a few gigabytes. Your file seems to have a similar compressed<->uncompressed ratio, which triggers the error you quoted. This can usually only happen on maps that are basically empty, flat terrain and have no textures. Add some more content to your map and the error should go away.

        He said, "I've been to the year 3000
        Not much has changed, but they live underwater
        And your great-great-great-granddaughter
        Is playin' FAF, playin' FAF"

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        • Z Offline
          ZOMEBODY @Brutus5000
          last edited by

          @Brutus5000

          Not tru, I have made 50+ maps as u can see, most of in the same format as the maps I have tried to upload last days, I have had zero issues for the last 1-2 years, and now 3 out of 4 maps cant be uploaded. Same editor, same size, same textures, same content. Its not just one map, its 75% of the maps that cant be uploaded, so this is a new issue for the last week.

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          • maggeM Offline
            magge Moderator FAF Association Board
            last edited by

            Can you share the maps in question here, please?

            It is much easier to discuss the issue when we can actually see the maps and reproduce it.

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            • Brutus5000B Offline
              Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin @ZOMEBODY
              last edited by

              @ZOMEBODY This is not a new issue. The error message pins down the problem exactly.

              I highly doubt that zip compression has magically improved recently.

              He said, "I've been to the year 3000
              Not much has changed, but they live underwater
              And your great-great-great-granddaughter
              Is playin' FAF, playin' FAF"

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