mfer/builder.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package mfer
 import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -96,6 +97,11 @@ func (b *Builder) AddFile(
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Verify actual bytes read matches declared size
+	if totalRead != size {
+		return totalRead, fmt.Errorf("size mismatch for %q: declared %d bytes but read %d bytes", path, size, totalRead)
+	}
+
 	// Encode hash as multihash (SHA2-256)
 	mh, err := multihash.Encode(h.Sum(nil), multihash.SHA2_256)
 	if err != nil {