@lenne.tech/nest-server 11.32.3 → 11.33.0

package/src/core/modules/file/core-file.service.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { NotFoundException } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Logger, NotFoundException } from '@nestjs/common';
 import mongoose, { Connection, mongo, Types } from 'mongoose';
+import { Readable } from 'stream';
 
 import { FilterArgs } from '../../common/args/filter.args';
 import { getObjectIds, getStringIds } from '../../common/helpers/db.helper';
@@ -7,16 +8,43 @@ import { convertFilterArgsToQuery } from '../../common/helpers/filter.helper';
 import { GridFSHelper } from '../../common/helpers/gridfs.helper';
 import { check } from '../../common/helpers/input.helper';
 import { prepareOutput } from '../../common/helpers/service.helper';
+import { ConfigService } from '../../common/services/config.service';
+import { CoreS3Service } from '../../common/services/core-s3.service';
 import { MaybePromise } from '../../common/types/maybe-promise.type';
 import { CoreFileInfo } from './core-file-info.model';
 import { FileServiceOptions } from './interfaces/file-service-options.interface';
-import { FileUpload } from './interfaces/file-upload.interface';
+import { FileUploadSource } from './interfaces/file-upload.interface';
+import {
+  assertFileStorageAvailable,
+  FileStorageDriver,
+  FileStorageResolution,
+  logFileStorage,
+  resolveFileStorage,
+} from './file-storage.helper';
+import {
+  DEFAULT_FILESYSTEM_DIR,
+  FILESYSTEM_FILES_COLLECTION,
+  FilesystemFileHelper,
+  FilesystemFileInfo,
+} from './filesystem-file.helper';
+import { S3_FILES_COLLECTION, S3FileHelper, S3FileInfo, streamToBuffer } from './s3-file.helper';
 
 /**
  * Type for checking input
  */
 export type FileInputCheckType = 'file' | 'filename' | 'files' | 'filterArgs' | 'id';
 
+/**
+ * Optional dependencies of CoreFileService.
+ *
+ * Both are required for the S3 storage driver (`file.storage: 's3'`); without
+ * them the service behaves exactly as before and stores everything in GridFS.
+ */
+export interface CoreFileServiceOptions {
+  configService?: ConfigService;
+  s3Service?: CoreS3Service;
+}
+
 /**
  * Abstract core file service
  */
@@ -24,29 +52,126 @@ export abstract class CoreFileService {
   // Use the native MongoDB driver's types (accessed via Mongoose's exports) to avoid BSON version conflicts
   files: mongo.GridFSBucket;
 
+  /** Metadata collection for files stored in S3 (no Mongoose schema) */
+  protected s3Files: mongo.Collection<any>;
+
+  /** Metadata collection for files stored on the local filesystem (no Mongoose schema) */
+  protected filesystemFiles: mongo.Collection<any>;
+
+  protected readonly logger = new Logger(CoreFileService.name);
+
+  /** Which driver new files are written to, and why */
+  protected readonly storageResolution: FileStorageResolution;
+
   /**
    * Include MongoDB connection and create File bucket
    */
   protected constructor(
     protected readonly connection: Connection,
     bucketName = 'fs',
+    protected readonly options?: CoreFileServiceOptions,
   ) {
     // Use the native MongoDB driver's GridFSBucket via Mongoose's mongo export to avoid BSON version conflicts
     this.files = new mongo.GridFSBucket(connection.db, { bucketName });
+    this.s3Files = connection.db.collection(S3_FILES_COLLECTION);
+    this.filesystemFiles = connection.db.collection(FILESYSTEM_FILES_COLLECTION);
+
+    // Resolve from the global config rather than the optional injected
+    // ConfigService: a project on the pre-11.33 constructor (`super(connection)`)
+    // forwards no services, and must still get a correctly derived driver.
+    this.storageResolution = resolveFileStorage(ConfigService.configFastButReadOnly);
+    assertFileStorageAvailable(this.storageResolution, this.isStorageAvailable(this.storageResolution.driver));
+    logFileStorage(this.storageResolution);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The driver new files are written to.
+   *
+   * Reads are not restricted to it: every store is consulted, so files written
+   * before a driver change stay readable and switching is forward-only with no
+   * migration step.
+   */
+  protected get storageDriver(): FileStorageDriver {
+    return this.storageResolution.driver;
+  }
+
+  /** Directory used by the `'filesystem'` driver */
+  protected get filesystemDir(): string {
+    return ConfigService.configFastButReadOnly?.file?.storageDir || DEFAULT_FILESYSTEM_DIR;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Whether a driver can actually be used right now.
+   *
+   * GridFS and the filesystem need nothing beyond what the constructor already
+   * has (a database connection, a writable directory). S3 needs both the client
+   * library and the service wired through `super()`.
+   */
+  protected isStorageAvailable(driver: FileStorageDriver): boolean {
+    return driver === 's3' ? !!this.options?.s3Service?.enabled : true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Use `storageDriver === 's3'`. Kept so an override or a project
+   * that read this keeps compiling.
+   */
+  protected get s3Storage(): boolean {
+    return this.storageDriver === 's3';
+  }
+
+  /** Whether new files go to the local filesystem */
+  protected get filesystemStorage(): boolean {
+    return this.storageDriver === 'filesystem';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Find the filesystem metadata of a file by ID (null when it is stored elsewhere)
+   */
+  protected async findFilesystemFileById(id: string | Types.ObjectId): Promise<FilesystemFileInfo | null> {
+    return FilesystemFileHelper.findFileById(this.filesystemFiles, getObjectIds(id));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Find the filesystem metadata of a file by filename (null when it is stored elsewhere)
+   */
+  protected async findFilesystemFileByName(filename: string): Promise<FilesystemFileInfo | null> {
+    return FilesystemFileHelper.findFileByName(this.filesystemFiles, filename);
   }
 
   /**
    * Save file in DB
    */
-  async createFile(file: MaybePromise<FileUpload>, serviceOptions?: FileServiceOptions): Promise<CoreFileInfo> {
+  async createFile(file: MaybePromise<FileUploadSource>, serviceOptions?: FileServiceOptions): Promise<CoreFileInfo> {
     if (!(await this.checkRights(file, { ...serviceOptions, checkInputType: 'file' }))) {
       return null;
     }
     const { createReadStream, filename, mimetype } = await file;
     const readStream = createReadStream();
+    if (this.filesystemStorage) {
+      const fsFileInfo = await FilesystemFileHelper.writeFile(this.filesystemDir, this.filesystemFiles, {
+        body: readStream,
+        contentType: mimetype,
+        filename,
+        ...(serviceOptions?.metadata ? { metadata: serviceOptions.metadata } : {}),
+      });
+      return this.prepareOutput(fsFileInfo as unknown as CoreFileInfo, serviceOptions);
+    }
+    if (this.storageDriver === 's3') {
+      // Only buffer when the size is unknown: a GraphQL upload stream carries no length, and the
+      // S3 SDK needs one. Callers that know it (TUS) pass `body` + `contentLength` instead and
+      // stream straight through — see S3FileHelper.writeFile.
+      const s3FileInfo = await S3FileHelper.writeFile(this.options.s3Service, this.s3Files, {
+        buffer: await streamToBuffer(readStream),
+        contentType: mimetype,
+        filename,
+        ...(serviceOptions?.metadata ? { metadata: serviceOptions.metadata } : {}),
+      });
+      return this.prepareOutput(s3FileInfo as unknown as CoreFileInfo, serviceOptions);
+    }
     const fileInfo = await GridFSHelper.writeFileFromStream(this.files, readStream, {
       contentType: mimetype,
       filename,
+      ...(serviceOptions?.metadata ? { metadata: serviceOptions.metadata } : {}),
     });
     return this.prepareOutput(fileInfo as unknown as CoreFileInfo, serviceOptions);
   }
@@ -54,7 +179,10 @@ export abstract class CoreFileService {
   /**
    * Save files in DB
    */
-  async createFiles(files: MaybePromise<FileUpload>[], serviceOptions?: FileServiceOptions): Promise<CoreFileInfo[]> {
+  async createFiles(
+    files: MaybePromise<FileUploadSource>[],
+    serviceOptions?: FileServiceOptions,
+  ): Promise<CoreFileInfo[]> {
     if (!(await this.checkRights(files, { ...serviceOptions, checkInputType: 'files' }))) {
       return null;
     }
@@ -69,9 +197,28 @@ export abstract class CoreFileService {
    * Duplicate file by name
    */
   async duplicateByName(name: string, newName: string): Promise<any> {
-    return GridFSHelper.openDownloadStreamByName(this.files, name).pipe(
-      GridFSHelper.openUploadStream(this.files, newName),
-    );
+    // Route through the storage dispatch like every other read/write. Going straight to GridFS
+    // meant that with `file.storage: 's3'` the source simply is not there — and the resulting
+    // FileNotFound arrives on a stream with NO error handler, so it becomes an uncaught
+    // exception that takes the process down instead of a 404.
+    const nonGridFsSource = (await this.findS3FileByName(name)) || (await this.findFilesystemFileByName(name));
+    if (nonGridFsSource) {
+      const source = await this.getFileStreamByName(name);
+      return this.createFile({
+        createReadStream: () => source,
+        filename: newName,
+        mimetype: nonGridFsSource.contentType || 'application/octet-stream',
+      });
+    }
+
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const downloadStream = GridFSHelper.openDownloadStreamByName(this.files, name);
+      downloadStream.on('error', reject);
+      const uploadStream = GridFSHelper.openUploadStream(this.files, newName);
+      uploadStream.on('error', reject);
+      uploadStream.on('finish', () => resolve(uploadStream));
+      downloadStream.pipe(uploadStream);
+    });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -80,6 +227,19 @@ export abstract class CoreFileService {
   async duplicateById(id: string): Promise<string> {
     const objectId = getObjectIds(id);
     const file = await this.getFileInfo(objectId);
+
+    // Same dispatch as duplicateByName: a file stored outside GridFS has no GridFS counterpart.
+    const nonGridFsSource = (await this.findS3FileById(objectId)) || (await this.findFilesystemFileById(objectId));
+    if (nonGridFsSource) {
+      const source = await this.getFileStream(objectId);
+      const copy = await this.createFile({
+        createReadStream: () => source,
+        filename: file.filename,
+        mimetype: file.contentType || 'application/octet-stream',
+      });
+      return copy.id;
+    }
+
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const downloadStream = GridFSHelper.openDownloadStream(this.files, objectId);
 
@@ -112,8 +272,68 @@ export abstract class CoreFileService {
       return null;
     }
     const filterQuery = convertFilterArgsToQuery(filterArgs);
-    const docs = await GridFSHelper.findFiles(this.files, filterQuery[0], filterQuery[1]);
-    return this.prepareOutput(docs as unknown as CoreFileInfo[], serviceOptions);
+    if (this.storageDriver === 'gridfs') {
+      // Nothing was ever written to the other stores by this configuration, so the
+      // single-store path stays exact: no merging, no over-fetching.
+      const docs = await GridFSHelper.findFiles(this.files, filterQuery[0], filterQuery[1]);
+      return this.prepareOutput(docs as unknown as CoreFileInfo[], serviceOptions);
+    }
+
+    // Several stores, one page. Applying `limit`/`skip` to each and concatenating returns up to
+    // N times the page size and advances the offset independently in each store, so rows are both
+    // duplicated and skipped — and a project that switched drivers with files already written
+    // under the previous one (an explicitly supported state) hits exactly that. So: fetch enough
+    // from each to cover skip+limit, merge, then page the merged result once.
+    const { limit, skip, ...rest } = (filterQuery[1] ?? {}) as { limit?: number; skip?: number };
+    const upperBound = limit === undefined ? undefined : (skip ?? 0) + limit;
+    const pageOptions = upperBound === undefined ? rest : { ...rest, limit: upperBound };
+
+    const [s3Docs, fsDocs, docs] = await Promise.all([
+      S3FileHelper.findFiles(this.s3Files, filterQuery[0], pageOptions),
+      FilesystemFileHelper.findFiles(this.filesystemFiles, filterQuery[0], pageOptions),
+      GridFSHelper.findFiles(this.files, filterQuery[0], pageOptions),
+    ]);
+
+    // Each store returned its own rows already sorted; concatenating them does NOT
+    // preserve that order, so without this re-sort a `sort` in the filter args held
+    // only WITHIN a store and the merged page came out interleaved by store. Paging
+    // a wrongly-ordered merge also returns the wrong rows, not just the right rows
+    // in the wrong order.
+    const merged = this.sortMergedFileInfo([...s3Docs, ...fsDocs, ...docs], (rest as { sort?: any }).sort);
+    const paged = limit === undefined ? merged.slice(skip ?? 0) : merged.slice(skip ?? 0, (skip ?? 0) + limit);
+    return this.prepareOutput(paged as unknown as CoreFileInfo[], serviceOptions);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Re-apply a Mongo-style sort spec to rows merged from several stores.
+   *
+   * Only used on the multi-store path — the single-store path never merges and
+   * keeps the database's own ordering. Falls back to `uploadDate` descending
+   * (newest first), which is the order a file listing is expected in and the one
+   * each store already returns on its own.
+   */
+  protected sortMergedFileInfo<T extends Record<string, any>>(docs: T[], sort?: Record<string, any>): T[] {
+    const spec = Object.entries(sort ?? {}).filter(([, direction]) => direction === 1 || direction === -1);
+    const effective: [string, number][] = spec.length ? (spec as [string, number][]) : [['uploadDate', -1]];
+    return [...docs].sort((a, b) => {
+      for (const [field, direction] of effective) {
+        const left = a?.[field];
+        const right = b?.[field];
+        if (left === right) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        // Undefined sorts last regardless of direction — a store that does not
+        // carry the field must not win the page just because `undefined < x`.
+        if (left === undefined || left === null) {
+          return 1;
+        }
+        if (right === undefined || right === null) {
+          return -1;
+        }
+        return left < right ? -direction : direction;
+      }
+      return 0;
+    });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -123,7 +343,12 @@ export abstract class CoreFileService {
     if (!(await this.checkRights(id, { ...serviceOptions, checkInputType: 'id' }))) {
       return null;
     }
-    const fileInfo = await GridFSHelper.findFileById(this.files, getObjectIds(id));
+    // Every store is consulted, newest driver first, so a change of `file.storage`
+    // never hides files written under the previous one.
+    const fileInfo =
+      (await this.findS3FileById(id)) ||
+      (await this.findFilesystemFileById(id)) ||
+      (await GridFSHelper.findFileById(this.files, getObjectIds(id)));
     return this.prepareOutput(fileInfo as unknown as CoreFileInfo, serviceOptions);
   }
 
@@ -134,30 +359,139 @@ export abstract class CoreFileService {
     if (!(await this.checkRights(filename, { ...serviceOptions, checkInputType: 'filename' }))) {
       return null;
     }
-    const fileInfo = await GridFSHelper.findFileByName(this.files, filename);
+    const fileInfo =
+      (await this.findS3FileByName(filename)) ||
+      (await this.findFilesystemFileByName(filename)) ||
+      (await GridFSHelper.findFileByName(this.files, filename));
     return this.prepareOutput(fileInfo as unknown as CoreFileInfo, serviceOptions);
   }
 
   /**
    * Get file stream (for big files) via file ID
    */
-  async getFileStream(id: string | Types.ObjectId, serviceOptions?: FileServiceOptions) {
+  async getFileStream(
+    id: string | Types.ObjectId,
+    serviceOptions?: FileServiceOptions,
+    knownStore?: FileStorageDriver,
+  ): Promise<Readable> {
     if (!(await this.checkRights(id, { ...serviceOptions, checkInputType: 'id' }))) {
       return null;
     }
+    // `knownStore` is a pure optimization, never an authorization shortcut: the
+    // rights check above already ran. A caller that has just resolved the file
+    // (the controller does, via resolveFile) can pass which store it came from so
+    // the same one-to-three metadata round trips are not repeated per download.
+    // Omitting it keeps the previous behaviour exactly.
+    const store = knownStore ?? (await this.locateFile(id));
+    if (store === 's3') {
+      return S3FileHelper.getStream(this.options.s3Service, id);
+    }
+    if (store === 'filesystem') {
+      return FilesystemFileHelper.getStream(this.filesystemDir, id);
+    }
     return GridFSHelper.openDownloadStream(this.files, getObjectIds(id)) as mongo.GridFSBucketReadStream;
   }
 
   /**
-   * Get file stream (for big files) via filename
+   * Which store currently holds a file's bytes.
+   *
+   * Consults the stores in the same order as `getFileInfo()`. Answers `'gridfs'`
+   * for an unknown id, which is what the download path did before this existed:
+   * GridFS is the terminal fallback and reports the miss itself.
+   */
+  protected async locateFile(id: string | Types.ObjectId): Promise<FileStorageDriver> {
+    if (await this.findS3FileById(id)) {
+      return 's3';
+    }
+    if (await this.findFilesystemFileById(id)) {
+      return 'filesystem';
+    }
+    return 'gridfs';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Resolve a file's metadata AND which store holds its bytes, in one pass.
+   *
+   * A download used to answer the same question up to three times — once in
+   * `getFileInfo()`, once in `getDownloadUrl()` and once in `getFileStream()` —
+   * because each of them probed the stores in turn and then discarded which one
+   * had answered. The probe order here is unchanged; what is new is that the
+   * answering store is returned alongside the metadata, so the callers stop
+   * re-probing.
+   *
+   * The store is derived from WHICH COLLECTION produced the document, never from
+   * anything the document says about itself: the collection is the only source
+   * that cannot disagree with where the bytes actually are.
+   *
+   * Runs the SAME `checkRights()` as `getFileInfo()` — it is a replacement for that
+   * call, not a way around it.
    */
-  async getFileStreamByName(
-    filename: string,
+  async resolveFile(
+    id: string | Types.ObjectId,
     serviceOptions?: FileServiceOptions,
-  ): Promise<mongo.GridFSBucketReadStream> {
+  ): Promise<{ info: CoreFileInfo; store: FileStorageDriver } | null> {
+    if (!(await this.checkRights(id, { ...serviceOptions, checkInputType: 'id' }))) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const s3Info = await this.findS3FileById(id);
+    if (s3Info) {
+      return { info: await this.prepareOutput(s3Info as unknown as CoreFileInfo, serviceOptions), store: 's3' };
+    }
+
+    const fsInfo = await this.findFilesystemFileById(id);
+    if (fsInfo) {
+      // The COLLECTION a document was found in is what says where the bytes are —
+      // same as the S3 branch above. Reading the document's own `storage` marker
+      // instead would agree in every sound case and disagree in exactly one: a
+      // document sitting in `filesystem-files` while claiming `storage: 's3'`.
+      // Believing it there hands `knownStore: 's3'` to `getFileStream()`, which
+      // then reads bytes out of the wrong store.
+      return {
+        info: await this.prepareOutput(fsInfo as unknown as CoreFileInfo, serviceOptions),
+        store: 'filesystem',
+      };
+    }
+
+    const gridFsInfo = await GridFSHelper.findFileById(this.files, getObjectIds(id));
+    if (!gridFsInfo) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return { info: await this.prepareOutput(gridFsInfo as unknown as CoreFileInfo, serviceOptions), store: 'gridfs' };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a presigned download URL for a file stored in S3.
+   *
+   * Returns undefined when the file is not in S3 or `s3.presignedDownloads` is
+   * disabled — callers then fall back to streaming the file themselves.
+   */
+  async getDownloadUrl(id: string | Types.ObjectId, serviceOptions?: FileServiceOptions): Promise<string | undefined> {
+    if (!(await this.checkRights(id, { ...serviceOptions, checkInputType: 'id' }))) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    const fileInfo = await this.findS3FileById(id);
+    if (!fileInfo) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return this.options.s3Service.getPresignedDownloadUrl(getObjectIds(id).toHexString(), fileInfo.filename);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get file stream (for big files) via filename
+   */
+  async getFileStreamByName(filename: string, serviceOptions?: FileServiceOptions): Promise<Readable> {
     if (!(await this.checkRights(filename, { ...serviceOptions, checkInputType: 'filename' }))) {
       return null;
     }
+    const s3FileInfo = await this.findS3FileByName(filename);
+    if (s3FileInfo) {
+      return S3FileHelper.getStream(this.options.s3Service, s3FileInfo._id);
+    }
+    const fsFileInfo = await this.findFilesystemFileByName(filename);
+    if (fsFileInfo) {
+      return FilesystemFileHelper.getStream(this.filesystemDir, fsFileInfo._id);
+    }
     return GridFSHelper.openDownloadStreamByName(this.files, filename);
   }
 
@@ -168,6 +502,12 @@ export abstract class CoreFileService {
     if (!(await this.checkRights(id, { ...serviceOptions, checkInputType: 'id' }))) {
       return null;
     }
+    if (await this.findS3FileById(id)) {
+      return S3FileHelper.getBuffer(this.options.s3Service, id);
+    }
+    if (await this.findFilesystemFileById(id)) {
+      return FilesystemFileHelper.getBuffer(this.filesystemDir, id);
+    }
     return await GridFSHelper.readFileToBuffer(this.files, { _id: getObjectIds(id) });
   }
 
@@ -178,6 +518,14 @@ export abstract class CoreFileService {
     if (!(await this.checkRights(filename, { ...serviceOptions, checkInputType: 'filename' }))) {
       return null;
     }
+    const s3FileInfo = await this.findS3FileByName(filename);
+    if (s3FileInfo) {
+      return S3FileHelper.getBuffer(this.options.s3Service, s3FileInfo._id);
+    }
+    const fsFileInfo = await this.findFilesystemFileByName(filename);
+    if (fsFileInfo) {
+      return FilesystemFileHelper.getBuffer(this.filesystemDir, fsFileInfo._id);
+    }
     return await GridFSHelper.readFileToBuffer(this.files, { filename });
   }
 
@@ -190,6 +538,14 @@ export abstract class CoreFileService {
     }
     const objectId = getObjectIds(id);
     const fileInfo = await this.getFileInfo(objectId, serviceOptions);
+    if (await this.findS3FileById(objectId)) {
+      await S3FileHelper.deleteFile(this.options.s3Service, this.s3Files, objectId);
+      return fileInfo;
+    }
+    if (await this.findFilesystemFileById(objectId)) {
+      await FilesystemFileHelper.deleteFile(this.filesystemDir, this.filesystemFiles, objectId);
+      return fileInfo;
+    }
     await GridFSHelper.deleteFile(this.files, objectId);
     return fileInfo;
   }
@@ -212,9 +568,119 @@ export abstract class CoreFileService {
   //  Helper methods
   // ===================================================================================================================
 
+  /**
+   * Find the S3 metadata of a file by ID (null when S3 is not usable, or the file is in another store)
+   *
+   * Gated on whether S3 is USABLE, not on whether it is the active write driver.
+   * Gating on the driver made the documented "reads consult every store, so
+   * switching is forward-only" promise true only in one direction: adopting S3
+   * kept GridFS readable, but switching back to `gridfs`/`filesystem` turned
+   * every S3-stored file into a 404. The metadata lookup is a cheap indexed
+   * `findOne`; the driver only decides where new bytes GO.
+   */
+  protected async findS3FileById(id: string | Types.ObjectId): Promise<null | S3FileInfo> {
+    if (!this.isStorageAvailable('s3')) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return S3FileHelper.findFileById(this.s3Files, getObjectIds(id));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Find the S3 metadata of a file by filename (null when S3 is not usable, or the file is in another store)
+   *
+   * See {@link findS3FileById} for why this is gated on availability, not on the
+   * active driver.
+   */
+  protected async findS3FileByName(filename: string): Promise<null | S3FileInfo> {
+    if (!this.isStorageAvailable('s3')) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return S3FileHelper.findFileByName(this.s3Files, filename);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read a file's raw document, bypassing `prepareOutput`.
+   *
+   * `getFileInfo()` runs the result through `prepareOutput` → `check()`, which
+   * strips fields the current user may not see — including `metadata`. That is
+   * correct for a response, and useless for an authorization decision, which
+   * has to look at the very field being protected.
+   *
+   * So this is the read side of a per-file rule: use it inside an overridden
+   * `checkRights()`, never to build a response.
+   *
+   * Checks S3 metadata first, then the filesystem store, then GridFS — the same
+   * three stores in the same order as `getFileInfo()`, so a rule written against
+   * this sees the same file the download would serve. Getting that order wrong
+   * would make an owner check pass on a stale GridFS document while the bytes
+   * come from S3; omitting a store would make it decide on a file that is not
+   * the one being served at all (see {@link getRawFileInfoByName}).
+   *
+   * @param id file id
+   * @returns the raw document, or null when no file has that id
+   */
+  protected async getRawFileInfo(id: string | Types.ObjectId): Promise<null | Record<string, any>> {
+    const fileInfo =
+      (await this.findS3FileById(id)) ||
+      (await this.findFilesystemFileById(id)) ||
+      (await GridFSHelper.findFileById(this.files, getObjectIds(id)));
+    return (fileInfo as unknown as Record<string, any>) || null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read a file's raw document by filename, bypassing `prepareOutput`.
+   *
+   * Companion to {@link getRawFileInfo} for the `checkInputType: 'filename'`
+   * branch of `checkRights()`. Note that the filename route resolves the FIRST
+   * match, so a rule built on this is only as strong as filename uniqueness in
+   * your project — prefer authorizing by id where you can.
+   */
+  protected async getRawFileInfoByName(filename: string): Promise<null | Record<string, any>> {
+    // Same three stores, in the same order, as getRawFileInfo() and
+    // getFileInfoByName(). Skipping the filesystem store here made a by-name
+    // ownership rule see a DIFFERENT file set than the download serves: under
+    // `file.storage: 'filesystem'` it returned null for a file the route then
+    // happily streamed. That fails closed for the documented `!!raw && …` shape
+    // and OPEN for the equally natural `if (!raw) return true`.
+    const fileInfo =
+      (await this.findS3FileByName(filename)) ||
+      (await this.findFilesystemFileByName(filename)) ||
+      (await GridFSHelper.findFileByName(this.files, filename));
+    return (fileInfo as unknown as Record<string, any>) || null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Check rights before processing file handling
    * Can throw an exception if the rights do not fit
+   *
+   * Returning `false` makes the caller answer as if the file did not exist
+   * (`404`), so a refusal never confirms that an id is real.
+   *
+   * The role decorators on the controller and resolver are the COARSE filter —
+   * they decide who may reach the endpoint at all, and are configurable via
+   * `file.downloadRoles` / `uploadRoles` / `deleteRoles`. This hook is the fine
+   * one: it is the only place that can express "…but only their OWN file".
+   *
+   * `options.currentUser` is populated by the core controller for both download
+   * routes. Metadata to compare against must be written at upload time via
+   * `serviceOptions.metadata` and read back with `getRawFileInfo()`.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * ```typescript
+   * protected override async checkRights(
+   *   input: any,
+   *   options?: FileServiceOptions & { checkInputType: FileInputCheckType },
+   * ): Promise<boolean> {
+   *   if (options?.checkInputType !== 'id' || options.force) {
+   *     return true;
+   *   }
+   *   if (options.currentUser?.hasRole([RoleEnum.ADMIN])) {
+   *     return true;
+   *   }
+   *   const raw = await this.getRawFileInfo(input);
+   *   return !!raw && String(raw.metadata?.ownerId) === String(options.currentUser?.id);
+   * }
+   * ```
    */
   protected checkRights(
     _input: any,