On Tue 28 Mar 2023 at 18:45:02 +0200, John Hughes wrote: > Package: cups > Version: 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > * What led up to the situation? > > I printed a page from firefox with a very, very long URL. Firefox used the > first 255 bytes of the URL as the job name. > > * What was the outcome of this action? > > The job mysteriously didn't print. Lookin in the cups log (with debug on) I > found the lines: > > D [28/Mar/2023:18:14:44 +0200] [Job 365] job-name nameWithoutLanguage 365 - > https://xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > D [28/Mar/2023:18:27:36 +0200] [Job 369] Validate-Job: > client-error-request-value-too-long (client-error-request-value-too-long) > > notice how the job name passed to cups ("https://xxx...";) is shorter than 255 > characters, but when the job number "365 - " is prepended it is longer tnan > 255 characters and so overflows. > > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > That my print job be printed rather than just geting stuck in the print queue > forever. > > How to reproduce: > > lp -o > 'job-name=https://xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Thank you for your report, John. I think it would be better if you took this upstream: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues Regards, Brian.