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The homeserver.matrix.message listener caught every error from
saveFederationMessage and returned normally. The SDK's staging area
removes an event from staging only once the emitted handler resolves, so
swallowing the error told it the event had been processed and the message
was lost with no retry.

This is most visible for media: the origin can still be committing a
large upload when the event arrives, and every download endpoint answers
404 until it finishes. Rethrowing leaves the event staged so the staging
area can retry it.

RocketChat/homeserver#410 adds the backoff that makes
those retries outlast the upload.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved federated media handling so incoming media messages are preserved even when the remote upload is still processing.
    • Remote media is registered when the message arrives and fetched when first opened.
    • Prevented duplicate downloads when multiple requests access the same pending file.
    • Added retry support after temporary remote download failures.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for federated media registration, lazy fetching, retries, and concurrent access.

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Walkthrough

Federated media messages now register pending uploads without downloading file bytes. The bytes are fetched when the file is accessed, with concurrent requests deduplicated. File requests handle materialization failures with 404 or 503 responses.

Changes

Federation media materialization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pending upload contracts and service implementation
packages/core-services/src/types/IUploadService.ts, packages/core-services/src/index.ts, apps/meteor/server/services/upload/service.ts
The upload service now creates incomplete upload records and completes them from downloaded buffers. Core service types expose both operations.
Lazy federation media registration and materialization
ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.ts, ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.spec.ts
Remote media registration stores MXC metadata without downloading. First access downloads and completes the pending upload. In-flight downloads are shared, and failed downloads can be retried.
Federation media message and download wiring
ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/helpers/*, ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/FederationMatrix.ts, packages/core-services/src/types/IFederationMatrixService.ts, apps/meteor/server/lib/media/file-upload/lib/requests.ts, .changeset/lazy-federated-media-fetch.md
Federation messages use registered upload references. File requests materialize incomplete federated uploads and return 404 or 503 on failure. Tests cover attachment construction and request behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to cd488

This change defers federated media downloads until access and preserves retries for failed message saves, but concurrent references to the same media can still lose a message, and some finalization failures can remove the state needed to retry media retrieval. The concurrent-download test is also still reported to hang, so the PR is not merge-ready until these issues are fixed or explicitly accepted.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant FederationEvent
  participant MatrixMediaService
  participant UploadService
  participant federationSDK
  participant FileRequest
  FederationEvent->>MatrixMediaService: registerRemoteFile
  MatrixMediaService->>UploadService: createPendingFile
  FileRequest->>MatrixMediaService: materializePendingFile
  MatrixMediaService->>federationSDK: downloadFromRemoteServer
  MatrixMediaService->>UploadService: completePendingFile
  MatrixMediaService-->>FileRequest: materialized upload
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1 issue found across 1 file

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await FederationMatrix.saveFederationMessage(event);
} catch (err) {
logger.error({ msg: 'Error processing Matrix message', err });
throw err;

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HIGH Remote Denial of Service via Unhandled Promise Rejection in Federated Matrix Message Listener

An external attacker on a federated Matrix homeserver can remotely crash the Rocket.Chat server by sending a federated message that fails to process (e.g., a media message pointing to a non-existent or failing remote media URI). Because the event listener for 'homeserver.matrix.message' rethrows caught errors within an async function, this results in a rejected Promise that is not handled by the event emitter, leading to an unhandled promise rejection. In environments where EXIT_UNHANDLEDPROMISEREJECTION is enabled or on Node.js 15+, this immediately terminates the server process.

Steps to Reproduce
  1. Enable Matrix federation on Rocket.Chat.
  2. Ensure the server runs in an environment where unhandled promise rejections crash the process (e.g., Node.js 15+ or with EXIT_UNHANDLEDPROMISEREJECTION=true).
  3. From a federated Matrix homeserver, send a message to a federated room containing an m.image/m.file content type with an invalid or unreachable mxc:// URL.
  4. The Rocket.Chat server will attempt to download the remote file, encounter an error, catch and rethrow it in the async listener, causing an unhandled promise rejection and crashing the server.
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File: ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/events/message.ts
Lines: 16
Severity: high

Vulnerability: Remote Denial of Service via Unhandled Promise Rejection in Federated Matrix Message Listener

Description:
An external attacker on a federated Matrix homeserver can remotely crash the Rocket.Chat server by sending a federated message that fails to process (e.g., a media message pointing to a non-existent or failing remote media URI). Because the event listener for 'homeserver.matrix.message' rethrows caught errors within an async function, this results in a rejected Promise that is not handled by the event emitter, leading to an unhandled promise rejection. In environments where EXIT_UNHANDLEDPROMISEREJECTION is enabled or on Node.js 15+, this immediately terminates the server process.

Proof of Concept:
**Steps to Reproduce**

1. Enable Matrix federation on Rocket.Chat.
2. Ensure the server runs in an environment where unhandled promise rejections crash the process (e.g., Node.js 15+ or with EXIT_UNHANDLEDPROMISEREJECTION=true).
3. From a federated Matrix homeserver, send a message to a federated room containing an m.image/m.file content type with an invalid or unreachable mxc:// URL.
4. The Rocket.Chat server will attempt to download the remote file, encounter an error, catch and rethrow it in the async listener, causing an unhandled promise rejection and crashing the server.

Affected Code:
	federationSDK.eventEmitterService.on('homeserver.matrix.message', async (event) => {
		try {
			await FederationMatrix.saveFederationMessage(event);
		} catch (err) {
			logger.error({ msg: 'Error processing Matrix message', err });
			throw err;
		}
	});

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if (!file.complete && file.federation?.mxcUri) {
try {
const materialized = await FederationMatrix.materializePendingUpload(file._id);
if (!materialized) {
res.writeHead(404);
res.end();
return;
}
file = materialized;
} catch (err) {
SystemLogger.warn({ msg: 'Failed to fetch federated file on demand', fileId: file._id, err });
res.writeHead(503);
res.end();
return;
}
}

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HIGH Federated File Lazy-Loading Denial of Service via Repeated Download of Invalid/Malicious Files

The pull request introduces a lazy-loading mechanism for federated files. Instead of downloading and storing remote files immediately when a federated message is received, the server registers a "pending" file with complete: false and only downloads it on first access via the /file-upload/:fileId/:filename endpoint.

However, if the download fails (e.g., due to a remote server error, network timeout, or because the downloaded file fails local filter/validation checks in completePendingFile), the file is never marked as complete, nor is any failure/error state persisted in the database.

Consequently, every subsequent request to the file's URL will re-trigger the download from the remote federated server. An attacker can exploit this by sending a federated message containing a file that fails local validation (e.g., a file exceeding the maximum size limit or having an invalid content type). Every time a user's client attempts to render the message or load the file, the local Rocket.Chat server will repeatedly download the file from the remote server, leading to severe resource exhaustion (bandwidth, CPU, memory) and potential Denial of Service (DoS).

Steps to Reproduce
  1. As a federated user, send a message containing a media attachment with a valid signature but pointing to a file on a remote server that will fail validation (e.g., a file that exceeds the target server's maxFileSize or has an invalid content type).
  2. The target Rocket.Chat server receives the message and registers a pending upload record with complete: false and the remote mxcUri.
  3. Request the file URL /file-upload/<fileId>/<filename> repeatedly.
  4. Observe that for every request, the Rocket.Chat server initiates an outbound network connection to download the file, attempts to validate it, fails, logs a warning, and returns a 503 error.
  5. Because the database record is never updated to a failed or terminal state, the server repeatedly downloads the entire file on every subsequent request, leading to severe bandwidth and CPU exhaustion.
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File: apps/meteor/server/lib/media/file-upload/lib/requests.ts
Lines: 36-51
Severity: high

Vulnerability: Federated File Lazy-Loading Denial of Service via Repeated Download of Invalid/Malicious Files

Description:
The pull request introduces a lazy-loading mechanism for federated files. Instead of downloading and storing remote files immediately when a federated message is received, the server registers a "pending" file with `complete: false` and only downloads it on first access via the `/file-upload/:fileId/:filename` endpoint.

However, if the download fails (e.g., due to a remote server error, network timeout, or because the downloaded file fails local filter/validation checks in `completePendingFile`), the file is never marked as complete, nor is any failure/error state persisted in the database.

Consequently, every subsequent request to the file's URL will re-trigger the download from the remote federated server. An attacker can exploit this by sending a federated message containing a file that fails local validation (e.g., a file exceeding the maximum size limit or having an invalid content type). Every time a user's client attempts to render the message or load the file, the local Rocket.Chat server will repeatedly download the file from the remote server, leading to severe resource exhaustion (bandwidth, CPU, memory) and potential Denial of Service (DoS).

Proof of Concept:
**Steps to Reproduce**

1. As a federated user, send a message containing a media attachment with a valid signature but pointing to a file on a remote server that will fail validation (e.g., a file that exceeds the target server's `maxFileSize` or has an invalid content type).
2. The target Rocket.Chat server receives the message and registers a pending upload record with `complete: false` and the remote `mxcUri`.
3. Request the file URL `/file-upload/<fileId>/<filename>` repeatedly.
4. Observe that for every request, the Rocket.Chat server initiates an outbound network connection to download the file, attempts to validate it, fails, logs a warning, and returns a 503 error.
5. Because the database record is never updated to a failed or terminal state, the server repeatedly downloads the entire file on every subsequent request, leading to severe bandwidth and CPU exhaustion.

Affected Code:
			if (!file.complete && file.federation?.mxcUri) {
				try {
					const materialized = await FederationMatrix.materializePendingUpload(file._id);
					if (!materialized) {
						res.writeHead(404);
						res.end();
						return;
					}
					file = materialized;
				} catch (err) {
					SystemLogger.warn({ msg: 'Failed to fetch federated file on demand', fileId: file._id, err });
					res.writeHead(503);
					res.end();
					return;
				}
			}

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- Reproduce the issue, or narrow the exact code path that produces it, *before* changing code. State what you confirmed.
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- Add a regression test that fails on the unpatched code and passes on the fix. If a regression test is genuinely impractical (e.g. race condition, infra-level issue), say so and explain why.
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ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.ts (1)

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📚 Learning: 2026-02-26T19:25:44.063Z
Learnt from: gabriellsh
Repo: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat PR: 38778
File: packages/ui-voip/src/providers/useMediaSession.ts:192-192
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Repo: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat PR: 38778
File: packages/ui-voip/src/providers/useMediaSession.ts:192-192
Timestamp: 2026-02-26T19:25:44.063Z
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📚 Learning: 2025-12-10T21:00:43.645Z
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Repo: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat PR: 37091
File: ee/packages/abac/jest.config.ts:4-7
Timestamp: 2025-12-10T21:00:43.645Z
Learning: Adopt the monorepo-wide Jest testMatch pattern: <rootDir>/src/**/*.spec.{ts,js,mjs} (represented here as '**/src/**/*.spec.{ts,js,mjs}') to ensure spec files under any package's src directory are picked up consistently across all packages in the Rocket.Chat monorepo. Apply this pattern in jest.config.ts for all relevant packages to maintain uniform test discovery.

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ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.ts (1)

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ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/helpers/handleMediaMessage.ts (1)

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ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/helpers/handleMediaMessage.spec.ts (1)

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ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/FederationMatrix.ts (1)

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packages/core-services/src/types/IFederationMatrixService.ts (1)

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apps/meteor/server/lib/media/file-upload/lib/requests.ts (1)

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const first = MatrixMediaService.materializePendingFile('upload2');
const second = MatrixMediaService.materializePendingFile('upload2');
release(buffer);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Wait for mockDownload before resolving the deferred download.

Line 153 calls the initial no-op release function. Both materialization calls first await Uploads.findOneById, so the mock has not assigned the real resolver yet. The returned download promise then never settles, and this test times out.

Proposed fix
+		let signalDownloadStarted!: () => void;
+		const downloadStarted = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+			signalDownloadStarted = resolve;
+		});
 		let release: (value: Buffer) => void = () => undefined;
 		mockDownload.mockReturnValueOnce(
 			new Promise<Buffer>((resolve) => {
 				release = resolve;
+				signalDownloadStarted();
 			}),
 		);

 		const first = MatrixMediaService.materializePendingFile('upload2');
 		const second = MatrixMediaService.materializePendingFile('upload2');
+		await downloadStarted;
 		release(buffer);
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release(buffer);
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In `@ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.spec.ts` at
line 153, Update the test’s deferred-download setup around mockDownload so it
waits for the real resolver assigned by the first Uploads.findOneById call
before resolving the download; remove the premature initial release(buffer)
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3 issues found across 12 files (changes from recent commits).

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<file name="ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.ts">

<violation number="1" location="ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.ts:13">
P2: When the same pending media is requested through different Rocket.Chat instances, this process-local map does not prevent duplicate materialization. Both instances can write the same temporary file and finalize the same upload concurrently, which can race or produce an incomplete stored file. Use a database/distributed claim or make pending-file completion atomic across instances.</violation>
</file>

<file name="apps/meteor/server/services/upload/service.ts">

<violation number="1" location="apps/meteor/server/services/upload/service.ts:79">
P2: When local completion fails after a federated download, `ufsComplete` deletes the pending record, so later requests return 404 instead of retrying. Preserve federated pending records on completion failures.</violation>
</file>

<file name="ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.spec.ts">

<violation number="1" location="ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.spec.ts:153">
P2: This concurrency test hangs because `release(buffer)` runs before the asynchronous file lookup reaches `mockDownload`, while `release` is still the initial no-op. Yield once before releasing the deferred download so the resolver is assigned.</violation>
</file>

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const logger = new Logger('federation-matrix:media-service');

export class MatrixMediaService {
private static readonly pendingDownloads = new Map<string, Promise<IUpload | null>>();

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P2: When the same pending media is requested through different Rocket.Chat instances, this process-local map does not prevent duplicate materialization. Both instances can write the same temporary file and finalize the same upload concurrently, which can race or produce an incomplete stored file. Use a database/distributed claim or make pending-file completion atomic across instances.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.ts, line 13:

<comment>When the same pending media is requested through different Rocket.Chat instances, this process-local map does not prevent duplicate materialization. Both instances can write the same temporary file and finalize the same upload concurrently, which can race or produce an incomplete stored file. Use a database/distributed claim or make pending-file completion atomic across instances.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import { Avatars, Uploads } from '@rocket.chat/models';
 const logger = new Logger('federation-matrix:media-service');
 
 export class MatrixMediaService {
+	private static readonly pendingDownloads = new Map<string, Promise<IUpload | null>>();
+
 	static generateMXCUri(fileId: string, serverName: string): string {
</file context>


await fs.promises.writeFile(UploadFS.getTempFilePath(fileId), buffer);

return ufsComplete(fileId, fileStore.name);

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P2: When local completion fails after a federated download, ufsComplete deletes the pending record, so later requests return 404 instead of retrying. Preserve federated pending records on completion failures.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At apps/meteor/server/services/upload/service.ts, line 79:

<comment>When local completion fails after a federated download, `ufsComplete` deletes the pending record, so later requests return 404 instead of retrying. Preserve federated pending records on completion failures.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -32,6 +39,46 @@ export class UploadService extends ServiceClassInternal implements IUploadServic
+
+		await fs.promises.writeFile(UploadFS.getTempFilePath(fileId), buffer);
+
+		return ufsComplete(fileId, fileStore.name);
+	}
+
</file context>


const first = MatrixMediaService.materializePendingFile('upload2');
const second = MatrixMediaService.materializePendingFile('upload2');
release(buffer);

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P2: This concurrency test hangs because release(buffer) runs before the asynchronous file lookup reaches mockDownload, while release is still the initial no-op. Yield once before releasing the deferred download so the resolver is assigned.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.spec.ts, line 153:

<comment>This concurrency test hangs because `release(buffer)` runs before the asynchronous file lookup reaches `mockDownload`, while `release` is still the initial no-op. Yield once before releasing the deferred download so the resolver is assigned.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+
+		const first = MatrixMediaService.materializePendingFile('upload2');
+		const second = MatrixMediaService.materializePendingFile('upload2');
+		release(buffer);
+
+		await Promise.all([first, second]);
</file context>
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release(buffer);
await Promise.resolve();
release(buffer);

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1 existing issue remains and 2 new issues found across 11 files (changes from recent commits).

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<file name="apps/meteor/server/services/upload/service.ts">

<violation number="1" location="apps/meteor/server/services/upload/service.ts:42">
P2: `createPendingFile` ignores its explicit `userId` argument and persists `details.userId` instead. Use the method argument when constructing `fileData` so the new service contract cannot create a file under the wrong owner.</violation>
</file>

<file name="ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.spec.ts">

<violation number="1" location="ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.spec.ts:75">
P3: The registerRemoteFile path that backfills room info on a reused file is untested. When an already-known file lacks a rid but the event provides one, registerRemoteFile calls Uploads.setFederationRoomInfo; the mock is declared but no test reaches it. Add a case returning a file without rid and assert setFederationRoomInfo is called with the file id, metadata.rid, and matrixRoomId.</violation>
</file>

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return fileStore.insert({ ...details, ...(federation && { federation }) }, buffer);
}

async createPendingFile({ details, federation }: ICreatePendingFileParams): Promise<IUpload> {

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P2: createPendingFile ignores its explicit userId argument and persists details.userId instead. Use the method argument when constructing fileData so the new service contract cannot create a file under the wrong owner.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At apps/meteor/server/services/upload/service.ts, line 42:

<comment>`createPendingFile` ignores its explicit `userId` argument and persists `details.userId` instead. Use the method argument when constructing `fileData` so the new service contract cannot create a file under the wrong owner.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -32,6 +39,46 @@ export class UploadService extends ServiceClassInternal implements IUploadServic
 		return fileStore.insert({ ...details, ...(federation && { federation }) }, buffer);
 	}
 
+	async createPendingFile({ details, federation }: ICreatePendingFileParams): Promise<IUpload> {
+		const fileStore = FileUpload.getStore('Uploads');
+		const fileData = {
</file context>

});
});

it('reuses a file that is already known', async () => {

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P3: The registerRemoteFile path that backfills room info on a reused file is untested. When an already-known file lacks a rid but the event provides one, registerRemoteFile calls Uploads.setFederationRoomInfo; the mock is declared but no test reaches it. Add a case returning a file without rid and assert setFederationRoomInfo is called with the file id, metadata.rid, and matrixRoomId.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At ee/packages/federation-matrix/src/services/MatrixMediaService.spec.ts, line 75:

<comment>The registerRemoteFile path that backfills room info on a reused file is untested. When an already-known file lacks a rid but the event provides one, registerRemoteFile calls Uploads.setFederationRoomInfo; the mock is declared but no test reaches it. Add a case returning a file without rid and assert setFederationRoomInfo is called with the file id, metadata.rid, and matrixRoomId.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+		});
+	});
+
+	it('reuses a file that is already known', async () => {
+		mockFindByFederation.mockResolvedValueOnce({ _id: 'existing', rid: 'rid1' } as any);
+
</file context>

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