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fix: Resolve issue with plain text files not having magic file info #1564

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fix: Resolve issue with plain text files not having magic file info
dexters1 Oct 19, 2025
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Merge branch 'dev' into fix-plain-txt-file-type
dexters1 Oct 20, 2025
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Merge branch 'dev' into fix-plain-txt-file-type
dexters1 Oct 20, 2025
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions cognee/infrastructure/files/utils/guess_file_type.py
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Expand Up @@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ def guess_file_type(file: BinaryIO) -> filetype.Type:
"""
file_type = filetype.guess(file)

# If file type could not be determined consider it a plain text file as they don't have magic number encoding
if file_type is None:
from filetype.types.base import Type

file_type = Type("text/plain", "txt")

if file_type is None:
raise FileTypeException(f"Unknown file detected: {file.name}.")

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