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Can't access meta data of file

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start in lib/header.js at linksHandler(...), especially the check around lines 60–64, and reproduce the 404 with the provided .meta file URL. Compare it with the working container .meta request; done means a file metadata request no longer returns "Trying to access metadata file as regular file" while container metadata access remains working.

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Description

After successfully creating a .meta file, I cannot access it. Requesting it returns a 404 response with the message "Trying to access metadata file as regular file". You can test it here: https://otman.solid.community/public/revive.jpeg.meta

The error is thrown in headers.js->linksHandler(...), but I don't know what this check is for: https://github.com/solid/node-solid-server/blob/19d1bf0ff5a9a59bb59300b8fce3bfcd038d0ea7/lib/header.js#L60-L64

Doing the same for a container works: https://otman.solid.community/public/.meta

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