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Cannot upload files with toolkit version 0.7.135

  • March 2, 2026
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Hi,
I’m using toolkit to deploy files to CDF. I am using FileMetadata.yaml as in

- externalId: 'my_external_id.usc'
  name: 'my_external_id.usc'
  source: 'toolkit'
  dataSetExternalId: 'my_dataset_external_id'
  mimeType: 'application/usc'
  metadata:
    origin: 'cognite-toolkit'

I have my .usc file in the same folder and toolkit is not uploading the file (just deploying the metadata).

The dry run recognizes that there is file content to be uploaded, but it does not do it

Use case: I am trying to upload a file to be used in the simulator connector routine. I tried deploying just the file first and then deploy the routine and also tried both together, but it did not work.

Any thoughts?
 

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      Anders Albert
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      • Anders Albert
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      • March 3, 2026

      I struggle with recreating this issue. Do you have more information about exactly the directory structure you have?

      Note that we recommend using the data plugin for working with files, https://docs.cognite.com/cdf/deploy/cdf_toolkit/guides/plugins/data_plugin/upload#files.

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        I have
        /files/

        where I have both 

        MyFile.FileMetadata.yaml

        my_external_id.usc

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          • Anders Albert
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          • March 4, 2026

          Sorry, can I ask for the terminal output when you run deploy with the ‘--verbose` flag set as well?

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          Dry run says there’s a file content to deploy


          The only thing we have from the deployment about the file is

           

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          Is it enough?

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          It fails when it tried deploying simulator model revisions, on version: 0.7.135

          • I think its either due to an issue with the resolution of fileExternalId to internalId - ref: docs
          • Or it might be due to the file not being uploaded at all, but thats abit weird because the file is available for upload, and we can see that its recognized in the dry run
            • When Ricardo checked if the file was “uploaded” with the sdk, it was set to false. 

          pipeline error,
           

          result = execute(*args, **kwargs)

          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

          File "/home/vsts/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/apps/_core_app.py", line 367, in <lambda>

          lambda: cmd.deploy_build_directory(

          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

          File "/home/vsts/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/commands/deploy.py", line 109, in deploy_build_directory

          self.deploy_all_resources(

          File "/home/vsts/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/commands/deploy.py", line 313, in deploy_all_resources

          resource_result = self.deploy_resource_type(

          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

          File "/home/vsts/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/commands/deploy.py", line 393, in deploy_resource_type

          result = self.actual_deploy(resources, loader, env_var_warnings)

          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

          File "/home/vsts/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/commands/deploy.py", line 423, in actual_deploy

          created = self._create_resources(resources.to_create, loader, environment_variable_warning_by_id)

          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

          File "/home/vsts/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/commands/deploy.py", line 500, in _create_resources

          created = loader.create(resources)

          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

          File "/home/vsts/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/cruds/_resource_cruds/simulators.py", line 191, in create

          return self.client.tool.simulators.model_revisions.create(items)

          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

          File "/home/vsts/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/client/api/simulator_model_revisions.py", line 42, in create

          return self._request_item_response(items, "create")

          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

          File "/home/vsts/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/client/cdf_client/api.py", line 114, in _request_item_response

          for response in self._chunk_requests(items, method, self._serialize_items, params, extra_body, endpoint):

          File "/home/vsts/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/client/cdf_client/api.py", line 165, in _chunk_requests

          yield response.get_success_or_raise()

          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

          File "/home/vsts/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/cognite_toolkit/_cdf_tk/client/http_client/_data_classes.py", line 22, in get_success_or_raise

          raise ToolkitAPIError(

          cognite_toolkit._cdf_tk.client.http_client._exception.ToolkitAPIError: Request failed with status code 400: File 177485169076625 is not uploaded

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