Delete storage bucket file not working properly

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Hello,

Using UiPath activity ‘Delete Storage File’ from ‘Orchestrator/Storage’ library not deleting the file from storage bucket if file name contains blank spaces.
Studio v2023.10.4.
System.Activities v2024.10.4.
Orchestrator cloud.

P.S. Swagger is broken too. It transforms the filename for the petition replacing blank spaces for “%20”, while web app interface “%2520” and it works. So probably the Studio activity is failing to convert the blank spaces and petition is failing. It looks like it is accepting just double Url encode.

Thank you.

Swagger, returning a 204 but not deleting the file. Spaces replaced for %20".

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Web app replacing spaces for “%2520”
The image shows details of an HTTP DELETE request, including the request URL and a status code of 204, indicating successful deletion with no content returned. (Captioned by AI)

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One thing to check is if the spaces are for sure the problem.

I got stuck on trying to find why a Storage bucket wouldnt work. Turned out when I copied the name from one tenant to another, it added a leading space to the bucket name, however when the Orchestrator displays the name it seems to do a trim and remove the leading space. I had the use the API to get the name accurately.

So, I’d suggest finding the file via the API first so you can really check the name and not rely on what Orchestrator is showing / formatting for you as that could be the reason.
The API can and does work with spaces in the name.

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Hello,
Yes, actually orchestrator UI converts double space into one space.
But we are getting the file name from List storage bucket activity and from Swagger, and Swagger is failing as well.

We are using this for now:

The image shows two consecutive "Orchestrator HTTP Request" activities in UiPath Studio, one set to GET a bucket and the other to DELETE a file. (Captioned by AI)
The image shows two consecutive "Orchestrator HTTP Request" activities in UiPath Studio, one set to GET a bucket and the other to DELETE a file. (Captioned by AI)501×816 22.5 KB

The image shows a configuration snippet for an HTTP request that deletes a file in Orchestrator, using a dynamic endpoint with URL encoding applied to a file path. (Captioned by AI)
The image shows a configuration snippet for an HTTP request that deletes a file in Orchestrator, using a dynamic endpoint with URL encoding applied to a file path. (Captioned by AI)1666×172 14.3 KB

See how we have to double encode (HttpUtility.UrlEncode(HttpUtility.UrlEncode(currentItem.FileFullPath))) to make it work.

Thank you.

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I think a small fix to this issue will be part of the next version of the System package. It was technically to allow some special characters, but this case should be covered by the fix as well.

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