Unsupported file format in raw files upload

MakerWorld MakerWorld General
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I’ve been making models that use microcontroller boards that run CircuitPython. End users need to load the files on their own microcontroller boards.

I had been zipping everything up and uploading to the raw files section of the model page. I just did a bug fix and configuration change and tried to upload it to some models and now the uploads fail with “Unsupported file format detected.” messages.

If I can’t upload these files the models become worthless/non-functional.

The CircuitPython libraries and code have various extensions. It all used to work. @MakerWorld - blocking these uploads means I can’t update software or post new models.

Any way you can make this stuff work again? It’s a change that happened in the last week or so.

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Here’s an example. It’s the zip file in the raw files section.

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There was malware being distributed in zip files, so the security settings update is what is likely the cause for your issues

I would recommend you create a public GitHub repo with your code and then link that in the description of your models, as I don’t think makerworld will (or should) make the platform subject to this possible abuse from bad actors again

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I figured it was going that way. I didn’t want to maintain two repositories but ah well.

Wasn’t aware of the zip file issue. Why we can’t have nice things.