1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/uploads.py b/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/uploads.py
index 92b854e..c485e39 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/uploads.py
+++ b/packages/meshbay-node/src/meshbay_node/uploads.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ build first.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import re
 import secrets
 import time
 from collections.abc import Iterable
@@ -45,6 +46,16 @@ def part_name(stored_name: str) -> str:
     """
     return f"{stored_name}.{secrets.token_hex(4)}{PART_SUFFIX}"
 
+
+# What `part_name` writes, and the only thing the reaper deletes. A `.part`
+# without the node's tag is somebody else's — a browser's download in progress in
+# a shared folder, a copy the operator is making — and is never touched.
+_OWN_PART = re.compile(r"\.[0-9a-f]{8}" + re.escape(PART_SUFFIX) + r"$")
+
+
+def is_own_part(path: Path) -> bool:
+    return bool(_OWN_PART.search(path.name))
+
 # How long a `.part` with no upload behind it is kept before it is deleted.
 #
 # Generous on purpose. The cost of waiting is disk; the cost of being wrong is
@@ -165,7 +176,7 @@ def orphaned_parts(candidates: Iterable[tuple[Path, float]],
     """
     doomed: list[Path] = []
     for path, mtime in candidates:
-        if path.suffix != PART_SUFFIX:
+        if not is_own_part(path):
             continue
         if path in live:
             continue