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Throw different error than net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED from OncePerRequestFilter ( Java + Spring )


I have an option to upload file into my application I have set a limit for file size using springframework

in my application Context file

<bean id="multipartResolver"
   class="org.springframework.web.multipart.commons.CommonsMultipartResolver">
    <!-- max upload size in bytes -->
    <property name="maxUploadSize" value="41943040" /> <!-- 40MB -->
        <!-- max size of file in memory (in bytes) -->
    <property name="maxInMemorySize" value="1048576" /> <!-- 1MB -->

</bean>

I have a class called CORSFilter extending OncePerRequestFilter

doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, FilterChain filterChain) throws ServletException, IOException {
 .... more code

catch(NestedServletException err){
            if(err.getRootCause() instanceof MaxUploadSizeExceededException) {
                        response.setStatus(418, StringUtil.getGson().toJson("File must be smaller than" +  " 40MB"));
                response.getWriter().flush();
                response.getWriter().close();
                throw err;
            }else {
                throw err;
            }
        }

Now if I inspect the response with a network traffic right after the close I know that the response having this status - but when I let it "Run" after the close somewhere in spring the network error/status is being reset and what I get eventually is net:ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

I have tried using this method

@ExceptionHandler(NestedServletException.class)
@ResponseBody
public UIException handleValidationException(NotValidException ve, HttpServletResponse httpServletResponse) {
    LOG.debug(ve.getMessage(), ve);
    return new UIException(ve);
}

But it didnt stopped there

Full stack trace attached:

    org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is org.springframework.web.multipart.MaxUploadSizeExceededException: Maximum upload size of 41943040 bytes exceeded; nested exception is org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$SizeLimitExceededException: the request was rejected because its size (53990195) exceeds the configured maximum (41943040)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:982)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:872)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:846)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:821)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1685)
    at com.amazonaws.xray.javax.servlet.AWSXRayServletFilter.doFilter(AWSXRayServletFilter.java:151)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1668)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:197)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1668)
    at com.myCompany.web.filter.MultiReadServletFilter.doFilterInternal(MultiReadServletFilter.java:52)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1668)
    at com.myCompany.web.filter.CORSFilter.doFilterInternal(CORSFilter.java:78)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1668)
    at com.samaxes.filter.NoCacheFilter.doFilter(NoCacheFilter.java:65)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1668)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:581)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:143)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:548)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:226)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1158)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:511)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:185)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1090)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:119)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:517)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:308)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:242)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$ReadCallback.succeeded(AbstractConnection.java:261)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.io.FillInterest.fillable(FillInterest.java:95)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.io.SelectChannelEndPoint$2.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:75)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.ExecuteProduceConsume.produceAndRun(ExecuteProduceConsume.java:213)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.ExecuteProduceConsume.run(ExecuteProduceConsume.java:147)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:654)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:572)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: org.springframework.web.multipart.MaxUploadSizeExceededException: Maximum upload size of 41943040 bytes exceeded; nested exception is org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$SizeLimitExceededException: the request was rejected because its size (53990195) exceeds the configured maximum (41943040)
    at org.springframework.web.multipart.commons.CommonsMultipartResolver.parseRequest(CommonsMultipartResolver.java:162)
    at org.springframework.web.multipart.commons.CommonsMultipartResolver.resolveMultipart(CommonsMultipartResolver.java:142)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.checkMultipart(DispatcherServlet.java:1099)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:932)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:897)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:970)
    ... 40 more
Caused by: org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$SizeLimitExceededException: the request was rejected because its size (53990195) exceeds the configured maximum (41943040)
    at org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase$FileItemIteratorImpl.<init>(FileUploadBase.java:965)
    at org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase.getItemIterator(FileUploadBase.java:310)
    at org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileUploadBase.parseRequest(FileUploadBase.java:334)
    at org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.ServletFileUpload.parseRequest(ServletFileUpload.java:115)
    at org.springframework.web.multipart.commons.CommonsMultipartResolver.parseRequest(CommonsMultipartResolver.java:158)
    ... 45 more

How can I get the error (418/file size limit) status on the network status response and not the "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED"


Solution

  • Taken from here

    If you try to upload a file size, which exceeded the size limit, Tomcat will crop it at the default 2mb and reset the connection. To solve it quickly, put a -1 (unlimited) for maxSwallowSize

    Possible solution:

    1. Idea
    2. 1 Try to put a reasonable limit for the file upload, for example, 11mb (11 x 1024 x 1024 = bytes) in this example
    Tomcat/conf/server.xml
        <Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
                   connectionTimeout="20000"
                   redirectPort="8443"
                   maxSwallowSize="11534336" />
    

    2.2 And implement a Javascript to check the file size before the upload.

    What about Jetty? Tested with Jetty 9, can’t find out any maxSwallowSize setting, and it will NOT cause a connection reset if the file size has exceeded the upload limit.