Upload Crashes on Large Files

[danusher]

Attempting to download large files (1.1 GB) from web site to Dropbox. Chrome extension crashes half way through.

Is there a largest file size supported?

[pwnall]

@danusher Thank you for the bug report!

The absolute largest supported file size is 1GB. However, the extension might crash on smaller files, due to a combination of these bugs:
http://crbug.com/138506
https://crbug.com/87772

I thought of a workaround for this problem, and it's listed in the first bug. I'll try to implement that sometime soon.

[quantumrider]

I'm just trying to find out, did not see any info on this in the description or comments, does iit require that the chrome session remain open while downloading or can I close the browser or even shut down the computer and it will continue downloading file or files to dropbox?

[pwnall]

@quantumrider You can definitely close the browser / shut down your computer while the file is uploaded to Dropbox. If you turn it back on within a short period of time (24 hours, I believe), the upload will resume. Otherwise, it will restart.

At the moment, the download will definitely not resume. It might restart, though, if the server allows it. For example, if the server logs you out when you restart your browser, it might not let the download request through.

At some point, I hope to implement resumable downloads. That would also lift the 1GB file limit. Resumable / super-large downloads will require server support for the Range HTTP header though, so they might not work on some servers.

I hope this helps.