Recording upload: option to replace an already imported format

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#15 opened on Jul 15, 2026 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 58/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Quiet
Tech stack: python
Domain: api, backend

Research direction

Start at the recording upload API endpoint and trace the existing behavior that skips copying when the target format directory exists. Implement an opt-in replace=true request path while preserving the current default, then verify uploads for both existing and new formats behave as intended.

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Description

Sometimes a playback format needs to be uploaded again after it was already
imported: a format that is (re)generated by a post-processing step after the
initial publish, a broken playback that was fixed on the BBB server, or media
files that were re-encoded. Re-importing an existing format is silently skipped by design

Skipping file copy because target directory exists: .../storage/<tenant>/<record_id>/<format>

I would suggest to add an opt-in way to replace an existing format on upload, e.g. a query parameter:

POST /bbblb/api/v1/recording/upload?replace=true

Dominant language: Python
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