Slack python client uploading blank files

TL;DR

Files uploaded via filesuploadv2 showing up blank on Slack was a Slack-side bug, not your code: a fix was deployed by Slack and the maintainer confirmed they could no longer reproduce it.

Steps

1. Files uploaded via filesuploadv2 showing up blank on Slack was a Slack-side bug, not your code: a fix was deployed by Slack and the maintainer confirmed they could no longer reproduce it. If your uploads look blank even though the files are populated, check for a Slack-side incident before rewriting your upload code.

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Versions

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Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

In gh:slackapi/python-slack-sdk#1404 (https://github.com/slackapi/python-slack-sdk/issues/1404), the issue reported: I'm using the following python/slacksdk code to upload a series of files to a slack channel: ``` from slacksdk import WebClient WebClient(token [your value] ``` Uploading works, the problem is that sometimes one or multiple of those files are showing up blank (like in the picture attached) on slack but I'm 100% sure they are populated [![blank file][1]][1] [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/TrBcj. The verified answer: Files uploaded via filesuploadv2 showing up blank on Slack was a Slack-side bug, not your code: a fix was deployed by Slack and the maintainer confirmed they could no longer reproduce it. If your uploads look blank even though the files are populated, check for a Slack-side incident before rewriting your upload code.