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What has changed and why?

Part 4 of 20. This stack replaces the assisted labeling prototype (PR 2752) with small PRs. Each PR adds one part.

  • Adds the image upload to the fal.ai CDN. The SAM 3 provider uses it in the next PR.
  • The upload uses the CDN only. The prototype also had a GCS and a base64 fallback. They are not documented, and the base64 fallback caused a cache bug, so this PR removes them.
  • The upload token is cached until 60 s before it expires.
  • Known limit: the cached token is not linked to FAL_KEY. If the key changes at runtime, the old token is used until it expires.

How has it been tested?

  • Unit tests: upload success, upload failure, token reuse and refresh, content types.

Did you update CHANGELOG.md?

  • Yes
  • Not needed (internal change)

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  • New Features
    • Added image uploads for assisted labeling, supporting JPEG, PNG, and WebP files. Upload access is refreshed as needed, and successful uploads provide a URL for use in subsequent requests.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved validation of response URLs used during endpoint submissions, with clearer handling when required values are missing or invalid.

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The change adds a fal.ai CDN uploader that obtains and refreshes tokens, uploads image bytes, and returns access URLs. It also renames _get_str to get_str and uses the renamed helper to read submission status and response URLs.

Changes: fal.ai assisted labeling

Layer / File(s) Summary
CDN token and upload flow
lightly_studio/src/lightly_studio/assisted_labeling/fal_storage.py, lightly_studio/tests/assisted_labeling/test_fal_storage.py
FalUploader retrieves and caches tokens, uploads image bytes, and returns the response’s access_url. The code selects content types by filename and parses token expiry values. Tests cover upload requests, token caching and refresh, content types, and expiry parsing.
Submission URL validation
lightly_studio/src/lightly_studio/assisted_labeling/fal_http.py
The submission flow uses get_str to read status_url and response_url. The helper raises ProviderError for missing, invalid, or empty values.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant FalUploader
  participant Session as requests.Session
  participant TokenEndpoint as fal.ai token endpoint
  participant CDN as fal.ai CDN
  FalUploader->>Session: Request an upload token
  Session->>TokenEndpoint: Send token request
  TokenEndpoint-->>Session: Return token details
  Session-->>FalUploader: Return token response
  FalUploader->>Session: Upload image bytes with token authorization
  Session->>CDN: Send image upload request
  CDN-->>Session: Return access_url
  Session-->>FalUploader: Return upload response
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 9a6e3

If the fal key changes while the same uploader instance lives, uploads may use a token from the old key until it expires. This is a narrow edge case, so the change is mergeable with awareness or a small follow-up.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4 · Failed 1

Failed Failed checks: 1 warning

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: adding image upload to fal.ai storage.
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- Around line 84-106: Update _CdnToken and _get_cdn_token to associate each
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when its stored key matches the current fal_key; otherwise, fetch and cache a
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  • lightly_studio/src/lightly_studio/assisted_labeling/fal_http.py
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Comment on lines +84 to +106
def _get_cdn_token(self, fal_key: str) -> _CdnToken:
with self._token_lock:
token = self._token
if (
token is not None
and token.expires_at is not None
and self._now() < token.expires_at - TOKEN_EXPIRY_MARGIN
):
return token
output = fal_http.request_json(
session=self._session,
method="POST",
url=CDN_TOKEN_URL,
headers=fal_http.key_headers(fal_key=fal_key),
body={},
)
token_type = fal_http.get_str(output=output, key="token_type")
self._token = _CdnToken(
authorization=f"{token_type} {fal_http.get_str(output=output, key='token')}",
base_url=fal_http.get_str(output=output, key="base_url").rstrip("/"),
expires_at=_parse_datetime(value=output.get("expires_at")),
)
return self._token

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Token cache ignores the fal_key argument.

_get_cdn_token returns the cached token for any fal_key. The token is bound to the key that requested it. If the same FalUploader is called with a different key (for example, after the user changes the key in settings), uploads use the old token until it expires. Store the key with the cached token and refresh when the key changes.

The lock is also held during the network call. This is acceptable for serializing refreshes. But a requests timeout of 30 s blocks all concurrent uploads for that time.

Proposed fix
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class _CdnToken:
+    fal_key: str
     authorization: str
             if (
                 token is not None
+                and token.fal_key == fal_key
                 and token.expires_at is not None
             self._token = _CdnToken(
+                fal_key=fal_key,
                 authorization=f"{token_type} {fal_http.get_str(output=output, key='token')}",
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84 - 106:
Update _CdnToken and _get_cdn_token to associate each cached token with the
fal_key used to obtain it. Reuse the cached token only when its stored key
matches the current fal_key; otherwise, fetch and cache a new token for that
key.

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