From 6bec95e084877dfe81595bc1ea16b8957ce8af39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: or-else <or.else@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 16:12:51 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] automatically change mime-type of json files to
 application/octeat-stream

---
 src/views/messages-view.jsx | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/views/messages-view.jsx b/src/views/messages-view.jsx
index f6a4fd39..710f2d91 100644
--- a/src/views/messages-view.jsx
+++ b/src/views/messages-view.jsx
@@ -1022,6 +1022,11 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
     const maxInbandAttachmentSize = (this.props.tinode.getServerParam('maxMessageSize',
       MAX_INBAND_ATTACHMENT_SIZE) * 0.75 - 1024) | 0;
 
+    // If the attachment is a JSON file, then use 'application/octet-stream' instead of 'application/json'.
+    // This is a temporary workaround for the collision with the 'application/json' MIME type of form responses.
+    // Remove this code in 2026 or so.
+    const jsonMimeConverter = (fileType) => fileType == 'application/json' ? 'application/octet-stream' : fileType;
+
     if (file.size > maxInbandAttachmentSize) {
       // Too large to send inband - uploading out of band and sending as a link.
       const uploader = this.props.tinode.getLargeFileHelper();
@@ -1031,7 +1036,7 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
       }
       const uploadCompletionPromise = uploader.upload(file);
       const msg = Drafty.attachFile(null, {
-        mime: file.type,
+        mime: jsonMimeConverter(file.type),
         filename: file.name,
         size: file.size,
         urlPromise: uploadCompletionPromise
@@ -1042,7 +1047,7 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
       // Small enough to send inband.
       fileToBase64(file)
         .then(b64 => this.sendMessage(Drafty.attachFile(null, {
-          mime: b64.mime,
+          mime: jsonMimeConverter(b64.mime),
           data: b64.bits,
           filename: b64.name,
           size: file.size