When validation fails, Laravel flashes the request's input into the
session so the form can be repopulated. Its exclusion list is
current_password, password and password_confirmation -- written for the
login and password screens, and covering none of the credentials the
system settings screens take. `dontFlash` did not appear anywhere in this
repository.
So every one of these went into the session in clear the moment its form
was rejected:
secret ExternalStorageSettingsController (S3 secret access key)
key_file ExternalStorageSettingsController (GCS service account JSON)
bind_password LdapSettingsController
client_secret SocialLoginSettingsController, EmailSettingsController
secret_key CaptchaSettingsController
Each is stored with an `encrypted` cast, and config/session.php puts
sessions in the database with `encrypt => false` -- so the rejected save
wrote in clear into the same database the cast exists to protect.
The sharpest one is key_file. serviceAccountKeyRule() exists to catch a
paste that lost its last line, which makes "the request carrying a
service account private key" and "the request that fails validation" the
same request more often than not.
dontFlash() merges rather than replaces, so the framework's three stay.
The cost is that these five come back blank after a failed save. That is
already what they do after a successful one -- every screen here treats
them as write-only, and a blank means "keep what is stored" -- so the
behaviour is now the same either way instead of only on success.
Tests: one per field, each submitting a form that fails validation while
carrying a secret, then reading the old input back the way the form
would. All five fail against the unmodified bootstrap/app.php. A sixth
pins that the framework's own three are still excluded, and each
assertion checks a neighbouring non-secret field still comes back, so
this cannot pass by flashing nothing at all.
Note for the record: this is testable in the existing harness after all.
phpunit.xml sets SESSION_DRIVER=array, but old input is written to the
session whatever the driver backs it, so getOldInput() sees exactly what
a database session would have stored.
ProjectSend
Share files with your clients, from your own server.
ProjectSend is a self-hosted application for getting files to the people you work with. You upload what you want to send, choose exactly who can see it, and each client signs in to their own private page to download it.
No public link passed around by email, no third-party service holding your clients' documents, no per-seat pricing. It runs on your server, and the files stay there.
What it does
For the people you send to
- A private area per client, showing only what has been shared with them
- Sign in with an email address, with optional two-factor authentication
- Search, filter and sort their files; download one, several as a zip, or a whole folder
- Optional comments on a file, so questions live next to the thing they are about
- Email notifications when something new arrives, in their own language
For you
- Resumable uploads that survive a dropped connection, so large files actually arrive
- Organise with folders, categories and client groups
- Share with one client, a whole group, or publicly — and set an expiry date or a download limit
- Thumbnails and previews for images and documents
- Storage quotas per client, and custom fields for the details you need to keep on them
- A full activity log and download history: who got what, and when
For the installation
- Roles and permissions for your own team, so an uploader is not an administrator
- Sign-in the way you already work: LDAP, social sign-in, or plain email and password
- Themes for the client-facing pages and for outgoing email
- 16 languages
- A REST API with scoped tokens and generated OpenAPI docs
- Privacy controls, including GDPR-grade account erasure with a grace period
- Local disk, S3-compatible storage, or Google Cloud Storage
Screenshots
The dashboard — what is in the installation, and what has been happening in it.
Your library — folders, categories, and who each file is shared with.
What your client sees — only their files, nothing else.
Getting started
With Docker — the quickest path, and the one we recommend. Nothing to build: the published image ships with its dependencies and its frontend already compiled.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectsend/projectsend/main/docker/production/compose.example.yaml
# edit the passwords and APP_URL in it, then:
docker compose -f compose.example.yaml up -d
Open APP_URL and the first thing you see is a setup screen that creates your administrator
account — or uncomment ADMIN_EMAIL and ADMIN_PASSWORD in the file first, with a password of
your own, and it is created for you.
Before you put real files in it, read DOCKER.md — where your database and uploads actually live, how to move them onto paths you chose, and how to back them up so an upgrade can't take them with it.
Without Docker — for servers where it isn't an option, install from a release zip.
INSTALL.md covers requirements, .env, nginx, the background worker and cron,
updating and troubleshooting. You do not need Composer or npm on the server; the zip ships ready to
run.
Already running it? UPDATE.md is how you move to a new version — one command on Docker, one script on your own server, and what to check afterwards either way.
Want to work on ProjectSend itself? Cloning the repository gets you a development copy, not an installation: the dependencies and the compiled frontend are deliberately not in git, so a clone needs Composer and npm before it runs. CONTRIBUTING.md has the sequence, and it is short.
Coming from ProjectSend Legacy?
The previous generation of ProjectSend lives on at projectsend/legacy. This is a rebuild rather than an upgrade, so moving across is an import rather than an update — install fresh, then bring your old site into it with the migration tool: accounts, clients, groups, categories, folders, files and history.
It never writes to your old install, and any run can be undone with a single command. MIGRATING-FROM-V1.md explains what comes across, the two routes (same machine, or a portable export from a server you can't reach), and the one change your clients will notice: they sign in with their email address now, using the same password.
Contributing
Bug reports, translations and pull requests are all welcome — see CONTRIBUTING.md for how to set up a development copy, what the checks are, and the contributor agreement.
Found a security issue? Please report it privately through GitHub's security advisories rather than opening a public issue.
License
Free software under the GNU General Public License v2, or (at your option) any later version — see LICENSE. Use it, study it, change it, share it.
Commercial licenses are available for organizations that cannot work under copyleft terms; LICENSING.md explains both options. Contributions require signing a CLA, for reasons set out in CONTRIBUTING.md.


