diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25efb03c..826fd47e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Upgrade guide: https://github.com/softberg/quantum-php-docs/blob/master/v3.0/upg
 - Updated CI pipeline to test against PHP 7.4, 8.0, and 8.1
 - CI now fails on PHP warnings and deprecations for stricter quality control
 - Added `declare(strict_types=1)` to all Exception classes for improved type safety
+- Static analysis baseline is now PHPStan level 7
 
 - **BREAKING:** Refactored routing system internals:
   - Routes are now represented as first-class objects (`Route`, `RouteCollection`, `MatchedRoute`)
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ Upgrade guide: https://github.com/softberg/quantum-php-docs/blob/master/v3.0/upg
 - Standardized `defineValidationRules(Request $request): void` across DemoWeb and DemoApi middleware templates
 - Fixed OpenAPI installer route generation to return `Response` objects via `response()->...` helpers and avoid undefined response-variable usage (#520)
 - Standardized `defineValidationRules(Request $request): void` in Toolkit middleware templates
+- Fixed request uploaded-file parsing to preserve multiple top-level multipart file fields in both real and internal request flows (#526)
 
 ### Added
 - `AppContext` class representing the runtime identity of a single application execution
diff --git a/src/Http/Traits/Request/File.php b/src/Http/Traits/Request/File.php
index 74902205..96085583 100644
--- a/src/Http/Traits/Request/File.php
+++ b/src/Http/Traits/Request/File.php
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 use Quantum\Storage\Exceptions\FileUploadException;
 use Quantum\App\Exceptions\BaseException;
 use Quantum\Storage\UploadedFile;
-use ReflectionException;
 
 /**
  * Trait File
@@ -76,37 +75,60 @@ public function getFile(string $key)
      * Handle files
      * @param array<string, mixed> $files
      * @return array<string, UploadedFile|array<UploadedFile>>
-     * @throws BaseException
-     * @throws ReflectionException
      */
     public function handleFiles(array $files): array
     {
-        if (!count($files)) {
-            return [];
-        }
+        $formatted = [];
 
-        $key = key($files);
+        foreach ($files as $key => $file) {
+            if (!is_array($file) || !isset($file['name'])) {
+                continue;
+            }
 
-        if (!$key) {
-            return [];
-        }
+            if (!is_array($file['name'])) {
+                $formatted[$key] = new UploadedFile($file);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (!$this->isMultiFilePayload($file)) {
+                continue;
+            }
 
-        if (!is_array($files[$key]['name'])) {
-            return [$key => new UploadedFile($files[$key])];
-        } else {
-            $formatted = [];
+            $types = $file['type'];
+            $tmpNames = $file['tmp_name'];
+            $errors = $file['error'];
+            $sizes = $file['size'];
+            $multiFiles = [];
 
-            foreach ($files[$key]['name'] as $index => $name) {
-                $formatted[$key][$index] = new UploadedFile([
+            foreach ($file['name'] as $index => $name) {
+                if (!isset($types[$index], $tmpNames[$index], $errors[$index], $sizes[$index])) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                $multiFiles[$index] = new UploadedFile([
                     'name' => $name,
-                    'type' => $files[$key]['type'][$index],
-                    'tmp_name' => $files[$key]['tmp_name'][$index],
-                    'error' => $files[$key]['error'][$index],
-                    'size' => $files[$key]['size'][$index],
+                    'type' => $types[$index],
+                    'tmp_name' => $tmpNames[$index],
+                    'error' => $errors[$index],
+                    'size' => $sizes[$index],
                 ]);
             }
 
-            return $formatted;
+            $formatted[$key] = $multiFiles;
         }
+
+        return $formatted;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $file
+     */
+    private function isMultiFilePayload(array $file): bool
+    {
+        return isset($file['type'], $file['tmp_name'], $file['error'], $file['size'])
+            && is_array($file['type'])
+            && is_array($file['tmp_name'])
+            && is_array($file['error'])
+            && is_array($file['size']);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Http/Traits/Request/HttpRequestFileTest.php b/tests/Unit/Http/Traits/Request/HttpRequestFileTest.php
index b284c033..0799ef69 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Http/Traits/Request/HttpRequestFileTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Http/Traits/Request/HttpRequestFileTest.php
@@ -79,4 +79,34 @@ public function testGetMultipleFiles(): void
 
         $this->assertEquals('bar.png', $image[1]->getNameWithExtension());
     }
+
+    public function testCreateWithMultipleTopLevelFileFields(): void
+    {
+        $request = request();
+
+        $files = [
+            'avatar' => [
+                'size' => 500,
+                'name' => 'avatar.jpg',
+                'tmp_name' => '/tmp/php8fe2.tmp',
+                'type' => 'image/jpg',
+                'error' => 0,
+            ],
+            'resume' => [
+                'size' => 300,
+                'name' => 'resume.pdf',
+                'tmp_name' => '/tmp/php8fe3.tmp',
+                'type' => 'application/pdf',
+                'error' => 0,
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $request->create('POST', '/upload', [], [], $files);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($request->hasFile('avatar'));
+        $this->assertTrue($request->hasFile('resume'));
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(UploadedFile::class, $request->getFile('avatar'));
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(UploadedFile::class, $request->getFile('resume'));
+    }
 }