Temporary Assets are saved locally and that causes errors when using load balancing

[boboldehampsink]

Description

Temporary Assets are saved locally and that causes errors when using load balancing:

yii\base\ErrorException: fopen(/tmp/runtime/assets/tempuploads/user_458/26-kopie.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /app/vendor/league/flysystem/src/Adapter/Local.php:181

Why not upload them to a Volume (so we can use S3 for example)?

Steps to reproduce

1. Create temporary assets by uploading to a field then not saving the entry
2. Recreate container but not db (mimics load balancing environment)

(I have this issue on Heroku when a "dyno" restarts or is reassigned.

Additional info

• Craft version: 3.1.18
• PHP version: 7.3.3
• Database driver & version: PostgreSQL 10.7
• Plugins & versions: AWS S3

[brandonkelly]

Agree, we should probably let you specify a “Temp Uploads Volume” similar to the User Photos Volume.

[ostark]

We had a similar case today (S3 + multiple http nodes). AFAIK Craft stores the assets locally if you define a dynamic Upload Location for the Asset field.

@boboldehampsink @andris-sevcenko can you confirm this?

[rogertinch]

@brandonkelly this is currently holding up our beta launch on fortrabbit's Pro Stack. Is there any workaround you can suggest for now so we can make our launch deadline?

[brandonkelly]

Workaround for now would be to mount a file storage volume on all load balanced servers, and point the CRAFT_STORAGE_PATH constant to it in index.php.

define('CRAFT_STORAGE_PATH', '/path/to/mount//storage');

[ostark]

@brandonkelly You know this is not possible on heroku nor fortrabbit

Is using a static Upload Location a workaround? Or is a dynamic path not the reason?

[brandonkelly]

Got it. I just implemented a new “Temp Uploads Location” setting for the next Craft 3.2 Alpha release.

@tinchalamo To get the feature right away, change your craftcms/cms requirement in composer.json to:

"require": {
  "craftcms/cms": "3.2.x-dev#3ef63336e08c30449464dcdd00931dede06cafac as 3.2.0-alpha.4",
  "...": "..."
}

Then run composer update.

Note you will be running the 3.2 Alpha at that point, so you should probably make a database backup first, and make sure you spend a little extra time testing to make sure everything’s still working as expected. (No known breaking changes though.)

[nateiler]

Any considerations on simply uploading to the final volume and therefore not needing temporary uploads?

[brandonkelly]

@nateiler Considered it, but could lead to conflicts with existing folders.

[ostark]

Wow!
@brandonkelly 👌

[rogertinch]

@brandonkelly thanks for getting on that so quickly! Any chance you might make this a patch release on 3.1.x so we don't fall out of synch with current 3.1.x updates?

[brandonkelly]

@tinchalamo Nah it definitely feels like a 3.2 feature. We’re keeping the 3.2 branch in sync with 3.1 though, so you’ll be fine. (We just released 3.2 Alpha 5 earlier today with the new Temp Uploads Location setting, plus everything from yesterday’s 3.1.25 release, for example.)

[rogertinch]

@brandonkelly looks like this broke CraftQL implementation. Trying this simple query:

query fetchShows {
  entries(section: [shows]) {
		... on ShowsMovie {
      id
    }
  }
}

And this is the error it's giving:

{
  "error": "Trying to get property 'fieldLayoutId' of non-object"
}

[andris-sevcenko]

@tinchalamo there should probably be a stack trace in your log files. Can you share that?

[rogertinch]

@andris-sevcenko I'm seeing it through the CraftQL UI, what's the best way for me to get a stack trace for that?

[andris-sevcenko]

In the storage/logs folder on the server would be a great place to start :)

[rogertinch]

@andris-sevcenko can I email it to you since it has a lot info in it I don’t want shared publicly?

[andris-sevcenko]

Of course. Just shoot it over to support@craftcms.com and reference this issue!

[rogertinch]

Done. Thanks @andris-sevcenko!