Chunk large license scan uploads to avoid timeouts #1509
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Overview
This PR addresses performance issues with large license scan uploads by chunking them into smaller batches. This helps avoid timeout issues that occur when trying to process hundreds of license scans at once.
Acceptance criteria
When users upload large numbers of license scans (hundreds), the CLI should now:
Testing plan
I wrote a quick script that just created 250 directories with a random file inside and a

fossa-deps
file and validated this:Risks
The main risk is that we're introducing more API calls by splitting up the uploads. However, this is preferable to having the entire operation fail due to timeouts.
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