fix: stream attachment handling in workers (#12870)

We’ve been watching Sidekiq workers climb from ~600 MB at boot to
1.4–1.5 GB after an hour whenever attachment-heavy jobs run. This PR is
an experiment to curb that growth by streaming attachments instead of
loading the whole blob into Ruby: reply-mailer inline attachments,
Telegram uploads, and audio transcriptions now read/write in chunks. If
this keeps RSS stable in production we’ll keep it; otherwise we’ll roll
it back and keep digging

.rubocop.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ plugins:
 require:
   - ./rubocop/use_from_email.rb
   - ./rubocop/custom_cop_location.rb
+  - ./rubocop/attachment_download.rb
   - ./rubocop/one_class_per_file.rb
 
 Layout/LineLength:
@@ -41,6 +42,12 @@ Style/SymbolArray:
 Style/OpenStructUse:
   Enabled: false
 
+Chatwoot/AttachmentDownload:
+  Enabled: true
+  Exclude:
+    - 'spec/**/*'
+    - 'test/**/*'
+
 Style/OptionalBooleanParameter:
   Exclude:
     - 'app/services/email_templates/db_resolver_service.rb'

app/jobs/data_import_job.rb

@@ -30,21 +30,15 @@ class DataImportJob < ApplicationJob
   def parse_csv_and_build_contacts
     contacts = []
     rejected_contacts = []
-    # Ensuring that importing non utf-8 characters will not throw error
-    data = @data_import.import_file.download
-    utf8_data = data.force_encoding('UTF-8')
 
-    # Ensure that the data is valid UTF-8, preserving valid characters
+    with_import_file do |file|
-    clean_data = utf8_data.valid_encoding? ? utf8_data : utf8_data.encode('UTF-16le', invalid: :replace, replace: '').encode('UTF-8')
+      csv_reader(file).each do |row|
-
+        current_contact = @contact_manager.build_contact(row.to_h.with_indifferent_access)
-    csv = CSV.parse(clean_data, headers: true)
+        if current_contact.valid?
-
+          contacts << current_contact
-    csv.each do |row|
+        else
-      current_contact = @contact_manager.build_contact(row.to_h.with_indifferent_access)
+          append_rejected_contact(row, current_contact, rejected_contacts)
-      if current_contact.valid?
+        end
-        contacts << current_contact
-      else
-        append_rejected_contact(row, current_contact, rejected_contacts)
       end
     end
 
@@ -75,7 +69,7 @@ class DataImportJob < ApplicationJob
   end
 
   def generate_csv_data(rejected_contacts)
-    headers = CSV.parse(@data_import.import_file.download, headers: true).headers
+    headers = csv_headers
     headers << 'errors'
     return if rejected_contacts.blank?
 
@@ -99,4 +93,31 @@ class DataImportJob < ApplicationJob
   def send_import_failed_notification_to_admin
     AdministratorNotifications::AccountNotificationMailer.with(account: @data_import.account).contact_import_failed.deliver_later
   end
+
+  def csv_headers
+    header_row = nil
+    with_import_file do |file|
+      header_row = csv_reader(file).first
+    end
+    header_row&.headers || []
+  end
+
+  def csv_reader(file)
+    file.rewind
+    raw_data = file.read
+    utf8_data = raw_data.force_encoding('UTF-8')
+    clean_data = utf8_data.valid_encoding? ? utf8_data : utf8_data.encode('UTF-16le', invalid: :replace, replace: '').encode('UTF-8')
+
+    CSV.new(StringIO.new(clean_data), headers: true)
+  end
+
+  def with_import_file
+    temp_dir = Rails.root.join('tmp/imports')
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p(temp_dir)
+
+    @data_import.import_file.open(tmpdir: temp_dir) do |file|
+      file.binmode
+      yield file
+    end
+  end
 end

app/mailers/conversation_reply_mailer_attachment_helper.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Handles attachment processing for ConversationReplyMailer flows.
+module ConversationReplyMailerAttachmentHelper
+  private
+
+  def process_attachments_as_files_for_email_reply
+    # Attachment processing for direct email replies (when replying to a single message)
+    #
+    # How attachments are handled:
+    # 1. Total file size (<20MB): Added directly to the email as proper attachments
+    # 2. Total file size (>20MB): Added to @large_attachments to be displayed as links in the email
+
+    @options[:attachments] = []
+    @large_attachments = []
+    current_total_size = 0
+
+    @message.attachments.each do |attachment|
+      current_total_size = handle_attachment_inline(current_total_size, attachment)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def read_blob_content(blob)
+    buffer = +''
+    blob.open do |file|
+      while (chunk = file.read(64.kilobytes))
+        buffer << chunk
+      end
+    end
+    buffer
+  end
+
+  def handle_attachment_inline(current_total_size, attachment)
+    blob = attachment.file.blob
+    return current_total_size if blob.blank?
+
+    file_size = blob.byte_size
+    attachment_name = attachment.file.filename.to_s
+
+    if current_total_size + file_size <= 20.megabytes
+      content = read_blob_content(blob)
+      mail.attachments[attachment_name] = {
+        mime_type: attachment.file.content_type || 'application/octet-stream',
+        content: content
+      }
+      @options[:attachments] << { name: attachment_name }
+      current_total_size + file_size
+    else
+      @large_attachments << attachment
+      current_total_size
+    end
+  end
+end

app/mailers/conversation_reply_mailer_helper.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 module ConversationReplyMailerHelper
+  include ConversationReplyMailerAttachmentHelper
+
   def prepare_mail(cc_bcc_enabled)
     @options = {
       to: to_emails,
@@ -27,34 +29,6 @@ module ConversationReplyMailerHelper
     mail(@options)
   end
 
-  def process_attachments_as_files_for_email_reply
-    # Attachment processing for direct email replies (when replying to a single message)
-    #
-    # How attachments are handled:
-    # 1. Total file size (<20MB): Added directly to the email as proper attachments
-    # 2. Total file size (>20MB): Added to @large_attachments to be displayed as links in the email
-
-    @options[:attachments] = []
-    @large_attachments = []
-    current_total_size = 0
-
-    @message.attachments.each do |attachment|
-      raw_data = attachment.file.download
-      attachment_name = attachment.file.filename.to_s
-      file_size = raw_data.bytesize
-
-      # Attach files directly until we hit 20MB total
-      # After reaching 20MB, send remaining files as links
-      if current_total_size + file_size <= 20.megabytes
-        mail.attachments[attachment_name] = raw_data
-        @options[:attachments] << { name: attachment_name }
-        current_total_size += file_size
-      else
-        @large_attachments << attachment
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   private
 
   def oauth_smtp_settings

app/services/telegram/send_attachments_service.rb

@@ -96,11 +96,16 @@ class Telegram::SendAttachmentsService
   # Telegram picks up the file name from original field name, so we need to save the file with the original name.
   # Hence not using Tempfile here.
   def save_attachment_to_tempfile(attachment)
-    raw_data = attachment.file.download
+    temp_dir = Rails.root.join('tmp/uploads', "telegram-#{attachment.message_id}")
-    temp_dir = Rails.root.join('tmp/uploads')
     FileUtils.mkdir_p(temp_dir)
     temp_file_path = File.join(temp_dir, attachment.file.filename.to_s)
-    File.write(temp_file_path, raw_data, mode: 'wb')
+
+    File.open(temp_file_path, 'wb') do |file|
+      attachment.file.blob.open do |blob_file|
+        IO.copy_stream(blob_file, file)
+      end
+    end
+
     temp_file_path
   end
 

enterprise/app/services/captain/llm/pdf_processing_service.rb

@@ -29,12 +29,16 @@ class Captain::Llm::PdfProcessingService < Llm::LegacyBaseOpenAiService
     end
   end
 
-  def with_tempfile(&)
+  def with_tempfile
     Tempfile.create(['pdf_upload', '.pdf'], binmode: true) do |temp_file|
-      temp_file.write(document.pdf_file.download)
+      document.pdf_file.blob.open do |blob_file|
-      temp_file.close
+        IO.copy_stream(blob_file, temp_file)
+      end
 
-      File.open(temp_file.path, 'rb', &)
+      temp_file.flush
+      temp_file.rewind
+
+      yield temp_file
     end
   end
 end

enterprise/app/services/messages/audio_transcription_service.rb

@@ -27,10 +27,16 @@ class Messages::AudioTranscriptionService < Llm::LegacyBaseOpenAiService
   end
 
   def fetch_audio_file
-    temp_dir = Rails.root.join('tmp/uploads')
+    temp_dir = Rails.root.join('tmp/uploads/audio-transcriptions')
     FileUtils.mkdir_p(temp_dir)
-    temp_file_path = File.join(temp_dir, attachment.file.filename.to_s)
+    temp_file_path = File.join(temp_dir, "#{attachment.file.blob.key}-#{attachment.file.filename}")
-    File.write(temp_file_path, attachment.file.download, mode: 'wb')
+
+    File.open(temp_file_path, 'wb') do |file|
+      attachment.file.blob.open do |blob_file|
+        IO.copy_stream(blob_file, file)
+      end
+    end
+
     temp_file_path
   end
 
@@ -40,18 +46,24 @@ class Messages::AudioTranscriptionService < Llm::LegacyBaseOpenAiService
 
     temp_file_path = fetch_audio_file
 
-    response = @client.audio.transcribe(
+    response_text = nil
-      parameters: {
+
-        model: 'whisper-1',
+    File.open(temp_file_path, 'rb') do |file|
-        file: File.open(temp_file_path),
+      response = @client.audio.transcribe(
-        temperature: 0.4
+        parameters: {
-      }
+          model: 'whisper-1',
-    )
+          file: file,
+          temperature: 0.4
+        }
+      )
+
+      response_text = response['text']
+    end
 
     FileUtils.rm_f(temp_file_path)
 
-    update_transcription(response['text'])
+    update_transcription(response_text)
-    response['text']
+    response_text
   end
 
   def update_transcription(transcribed_text)

lib/integrations/slack/send_on_slack_service.rb

@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ class Integrations::Slack::SendOnSlackService < Base::SendOnChannelService
   end
 
   def upload_files
-    return unless message.attachments.any?
-
     files = build_files_array
     return if files.empty?
 
@@ -136,6 +134,8 @@ class Integrations::Slack::SendOnSlackService < Base::SendOnChannelService
       Rails.logger.info "slack_upload_result: #{result}"
     rescue Slack::Web::Api::Errors::SlackError => e
       Rails.logger.error "Failed to upload files: #{e.message}"
+    ensure
+      files.each { |file| file[:content]&.clear }
     end
   end
 
@@ -143,14 +143,31 @@ class Integrations::Slack::SendOnSlackService < Base::SendOnChannelService
     message.attachments.filter_map do |attachment|
       next unless attachment.with_attached_file?
 
-      {
+      build_file_payload(attachment)
-        filename: attachment.file.filename.to_s,
-        content: attachment.file.download,
-        title: attachment.file.filename.to_s
-      }
     end
   end
 
+  def build_file_payload(attachment)
+    content = download_attachment_content(attachment)
+    return if content.blank?
+
+    {
+      filename: attachment.file.filename.to_s,
+      content: content,
+      title: attachment.file.filename.to_s
+    }
+  end
+
+  def download_attachment_content(attachment)
+    buffer = +''
+    attachment.file.blob.open do |file|
+      while (chunk = file.read(64.kilobytes))
+        buffer << chunk
+      end
+    end
+    buffer
+  end
+
   def sender_name(sender)
     sender.try(:name) ? "#{sender.try(:name)} (#{sender_type(sender)})" : sender_type(sender)
   end

rubocop/attachment_download.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require 'rubocop'
+
+module RuboCop::Cop::Chatwoot; end
+
+class RuboCop::Cop::Chatwoot::AttachmentDownload < RuboCop::Cop::Base
+  MSG = 'Avoid calling `.file/.blob.download`; use `blob.open` or streaming IO instead.'.freeze
+
+  def_node_matcher :unsafe_download?, <<~PATTERN
+    (send (send _ {:file :blob}) :download ...)
+  PATTERN
+
+  def on_send(node)
+    return unless unsafe_download?(node)
+
+    add_offense(node.loc.selector, message: MSG)
+  end
+end

spec/enterprise/services/captain/llm/pdf_processing_service_spec.rb

@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ RSpec.describe Captain::Llm::PdfProcessingService do
     context 'when uploading PDF to OpenAI' do
       let(:mock_client) { instance_double(OpenAI::Client) }
       let(:pdf_content) { 'PDF content' }
+      let(:blob_double) { instance_double(ActiveStorage::Blob) }
+      let(:pdf_file) { instance_double(ActiveStorage::Attachment) }
 
       before do
         allow(document).to receive(:openai_file_id).and_return(nil)
-
-        # Use a simple double for ActiveStorage since it's a complex Rails object
-        pdf_file = double('pdf_file', download: pdf_content) # rubocop:disable RSpec/VerifiedDoubles
         allow(document).to receive(:pdf_file).and_return(pdf_file)
+        allow(pdf_file).to receive(:blob).and_return(blob_double)
+        allow(blob_double).to receive(:open).and_yield(StringIO.new(pdf_content))
 
         allow(OpenAI::Client).to receive(:new).and_return(mock_client)
         # Use a simple double for OpenAI::Files as it may not be loaded

spec/jobs/data_import_job_spec.rb

@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ RSpec.describe DataImportJob do
 
   describe 'retrying the job' do
     context 'when ActiveStorage::FileNotFoundError is raised' do
+      let(:import_file_double) { instance_double(ActiveStorage::Blob) }
+
       before do
-        allow(data_import.import_file).to receive(:download).and_raise(ActiveStorage::FileNotFoundError)
+        allow(data_import).to receive(:import_file).and_return(import_file_double)
+        allow(import_file_double).to receive(:open).and_raise(ActiveStorage::FileNotFoundError)
       end
 
       it 'retries the job' do
@@ -158,7 +161,9 @@ RSpec.describe DataImportJob do
       end
 
       before do
-        allow(data_import.import_file).to receive(:download).and_return(invalid_csv_content)
+        import_file_double = instance_double(ActiveStorage::Blob)
+        allow(data_import).to receive(:import_file).and_return(import_file_double)
+        allow(import_file_double).to receive(:open).and_yield(StringIO.new(invalid_csv_content))
       end
 
       it 'does not import any data and handles the MalformedCSVError' do

spec/lib/integrations/slack/send_on_slack_service_spec.rb

@@ -206,6 +206,21 @@ describe Integrations::Slack::SendOnSlackService do
         expect(message.attachments.count).to eq 2
       end
 
+      it 'streams attachment blobs and uploads only once' do
+        expect(slack_client).to receive(:chat_postMessage).and_return(slack_message)
+
+        attachment = message.attachments.new(account_id: message.account_id, file_type: :image)
+        attachment.file.attach(io: Rails.root.join('spec/assets/avatar.png').open, filename: 'avatar.png', content_type: 'image/png')
+        blob = attachment.file.blob
+        allow(blob).to receive(:open).and_call_original
+
+        expect(blob).to receive(:open).and_call_original
+        expect(slack_client).to receive(:files_upload_v2).once.and_return(file_attachment)
+
+        message.save!
+        builder.perform
+      end
+
       it 'handles file upload errors gracefully' do
         expect(slack_client).to receive(:chat_postMessage).with(
           channel: hook.reference_id,