Environment where the instability occurs: Public Mind File encoding: UTF-8 File sizes tested: 500c - 10,000c File content: Plain text with markdown patterns and tabulations
Issue: Text files uploaded as text/plain spontaneously change to application/octet-stream, becoming unreadable by the Mind Assistant.
Evidence: Assets like t0HL57jS2c4NJf and s4gSUmjIKEHhpo flip between readable and unreadable states without user intervention. Files are always UTF-8 encoded .txt files.
Hypotheses:
Background re-scanning changes detection post-upload
AI moderation system reclassifies files to generic type
Silent encoding transformation during storage
Cache inconsistency between upload and retrieval services
Impact: Breaks Mind Assistant workflows, forces repeated re-uploads, destroys trust in asset reliability.
Request: Investigate MIME type stability in post-upload pipeline and ensure text/plain persists correctly.