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Attachments not getting added when customers upload files from Portal Case form

Saranya M2 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:05:51 GMT

When customers try to add an attachment to a Case record from the Service Portal, the attachment is not getting uploaded or saved. This issue occurs only for customer users on the portal.

Re: Attachments not getting added when customers upload files from Portal Case form

Ankur Bawiskar — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:39:13 GMT

@Saranya M2

seems to be ACL issue

Did you debug using Access analyzer?

that customer is able to add comments etc to case?

Is that case closed or open?

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Re: Attachments not getting added when customers upload files from Portal Case form

Tejas Adhalrao — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:04:09 GMT

hi @Saranya M2 ,

Can the user create an entry in the sys_attachmenttables . please using the "debug security rule"can you check acl . this might be because of missing ACL (Access Control List) or cross-scope access permissions.

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Re: Attachments not getting added when customers upload files from Portal Case form

SumanthDosapati — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:08:32 GMT

@Saranya M2

In ServiceNow, the glide.attachment.role system property controls which user roles can create attachments.

Please check if this is the issue.

Accept the solution and mark as helpful if it does, to benefit future readers.
Regards,
Sumanth

Re: Attachments not getting added when customers upload files from Portal Case form

Its_Sagnic — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:21:25 GMT

Hi @Saranya M2 ,

Basically your problem may occoured from an ACL.

To resolve this, focus on Access Control Lists (ACLs) and User Criteria, as this is a permissions issue specific to external roles (e.g., snc_external).

1. Check sys_attachment ACLs :

The most common cause is the user lacking permission to create records on the attachment table.

Fix: Ensure there is a Create ACL for sys_attachment that grants access to the snc_external or sn_customerservice.customer role.

2. Check Table-Level Write ACLs:

Users cannot attach files if they cannot "write" to the record itself.

Fix: Verify the user has Write access to the Case [sn_customerservice_case] table. If the Case is in a "Closed" or "Resolved" state, ACLs often block updates; you may need to adjust these to allow attachments on closed records.

If you fid it helpful please mark it as helpful.

Regards,

Sagnic

Re: Attachments not getting added when customers upload files from Portal Case form

Saranya M2 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 07:11:49 GMT

Hi SagnicDas_dev,

I have checked the ACLs for the sys_attachment and sn_customerservice_case tables. The user has read, write, create, and delete access; however, when submitting the ticket, the attachment is neither being added to the ticket nor appearing on the portal