diff --git a/examples/browser-ipns-publish/package.json b/examples/browser-ipns-publish/package.json
index a1a930722b..94bbedc32b 100644
--- a/examples/browser-ipns-publish/package.json
+++ b/examples/browser-ipns-publish/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "human-crypto-keys": "^0.1.4",
     "ipfs": "^0.52.0",
     "ipfs-http-client": "^48.1.0",
-    "ipfs-utils": "^4.0.0",
+    "ipfs-utils": "^5.0.0",
     "ipns": "^0.8.0",
     "it-last": "^1.0.4",
     "p-retry": "^4.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/interface-ipfs-core/package.json b/packages/interface-ipfs-core/package.json
index ec2ece2316..7c8936c436 100644
--- a/packages/interface-ipfs-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/interface-ipfs-core/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "err-code": "^2.0.3",
     "ipfs-unixfs": "^2.0.3",
     "ipfs-unixfs-importer": "^4.0.0",
-    "ipfs-utils": "^4.0.0",
+    "ipfs-utils": "^5.0.0",
     "ipld-block": "^0.11.0",
     "ipld-dag-cbor": "^0.17.0",
     "ipld-dag-pb": "^0.20.0",
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-cli/package.json b/packages/ipfs-cli/package.json
index 9907db5d40..db26014341 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-cli/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "ipfs-http-gateway": "^0.1.1",
     "ipfs-http-server": "^0.1.1",
     "ipfs-repo": "^7.0.0",
-    "ipfs-utils": "^4.0.0",
+    "ipfs-utils": "^5.0.0",
     "ipld-dag-cbor": "^0.17.0",
     "ipld-dag-pb": "^0.20.0",
     "it-all": "^1.0.4",
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
index 4c28787b43..de9ea489e3 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core-utils/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "browser-readablestream-to-it": "^1.0.1",
     "cids": "^1.0.0",
     "err-code": "^2.0.3",
-    "ipfs-utils": "^4.0.0",
+    "ipfs-utils": "^5.0.0",
     "it-all": "^1.0.4",
     "it-map": "^1.0.4",
     "it-peekable": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/.aegir.js b/packages/ipfs-core/.aegir.js
index 2ff1a3090d..a11af408f4 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/.aegir.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/.aegir.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let preloadNode = MockPreloadNode.createNode()
 let ipfsdServer
 
 module.exports = {
-  bundlesize: { maxSize: '523kB' },
+  bundlesize: { maxSize: '524kB' },
   karma: {
     files: [{
       pattern: 'node_modules/interface-ipfs-core/test/fixtures/**/*',
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-core/package.json b/packages/ipfs-core/package.json
index 18b5463ff8..08d7aa5751 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-core/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     "ipfs-unixfs": "^2.0.3",
     "ipfs-unixfs-exporter": "^3.0.4",
     "ipfs-unixfs-importer": "^4.0.0",
-    "ipfs-utils": "^4.0.0",
+    "ipfs-utils": "^5.0.0",
     "ipld": "^0.28.0",
     "ipld-block": "^0.11.0",
     "ipld-dag-cbor": "^0.17.0",
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-client/package.json b/packages/ipfs-http-client/package.json
index 0d02397834..61607ab461 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-client/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     "debug": "^4.1.1",
     "form-data": "^3.0.0",
     "ipfs-core-utils": "^0.5.1",
-    "ipfs-utils": "^4.0.0",
+    "ipfs-utils": "^5.0.0",
     "ipld-block": "^0.11.0",
     "ipld-dag-cbor": "^0.17.0",
     "ipld-dag-pb": "^0.20.0",
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/add-all.js b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/add-all.js
index 0ef589ee8a..49be9c7530 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/add-all.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/add-all.js
@@ -13,11 +13,20 @@ module.exports = configure((api) => {
    * @type {import('.').Implements<typeof import('ipfs-core/src/components/add-all/index')>}
    */
   async function * addAll (source, options = {}) {
-    const progressFn = options.progress
-
     // allow aborting requests on body errors
     const controller = new AbortController()
     const signal = anySignal([controller.signal, options.signal])
+    const { headers, body, total, parts } =
+      await multipartRequest(source, controller, options.headers)
+
+    // In browser response body only starts streaming once upload is
+    // complete, at which point all the progress updates are invalid. If
+    // length of the content is computable we can interpret progress from
+    // `{ total, loaded}` passed to `onUploadProgress` and `multipart.total`
+    // in which case we disable progress updates to be written out.
+    const [progressFn, onUploadProgress] = typeof options.progress === 'function'
+      ? createProgressHandler(total, parts, options.progress)
+      : [null, null]
 
     const res = await api.post('add', {
       searchParams: toUrlSearchParams({
@@ -26,10 +35,10 @@ module.exports = configure((api) => {
         progress: Boolean(progressFn)
       }),
       timeout: options.timeout,
+      onUploadProgress,
       signal,
-      ...(
-        await multipartRequest(source, controller, options.headers)
-      )
+      headers,
+      body
     })
 
     for await (let file of res.ndjson()) {
@@ -45,6 +54,48 @@ module.exports = configure((api) => {
   return addAll
 })
 
+/**
+ * Returns simple progress callback when content length isn't computable or a
+ * progress event handler that calculates progress from upload progress events.
+ *
+ * @param {number} total
+ * @param {{name:string, start:number, end:number}[]|null} parts
+ * @param {(n:number, name:string) => void} progress
+ */
+const createProgressHandler = (total, parts, progress) =>
+  parts ? [null, createOnUploadPrgress(total, parts, progress)] : [progress, null]
+
+/**
+ * Creates a progress handler that interpolates progress from upload progress
+ * events and total size of the content that is added.
+ *
+ * @param {number} size - actual content size
+ * @param {{name:string, start:number, end:number}[]} parts
+ * @param {(n:number, name:string) => void} progress
+ * @returns {(event:{total:number, loaded: number}) => void}
+ */
+const createOnUploadPrgress = (size, parts, progress) => {
+  let index = 0
+  const count = parts.length
+  return ({ loaded, total }) => {
+    // Derive position from the current progress.
+    const position = Math.floor(loaded / total * size)
+    while (index < count) {
+      const { start, end, name } = parts[index]
+      // If within current part range report progress and break the loop
+      if (position < end) {
+        progress(position - start, name)
+        break
+      // If passed current part range report final byte for the chunk and
+      // move to next one.
+      } else {
+        progress(end - start, name)
+        index += 1
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * @param {any} input
  * @returns {UnixFSEntry}
@@ -67,6 +118,7 @@ function toCoreInterface ({ name, hash, size, mode, mtime, mtimeNsecs }) {
     }
   }
 
+  // @ts-ignore
   return output
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.browser.js b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.browser.js
index 9b75e9d829..417282a7d8 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.browser.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.browser.js
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 'use strict'
 
+// Import browser version otherwise electron-renderer will end up with node
+// version and fail.
 const normaliseInput = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/index.browser')
 const modeToString = require('./mode-to-string')
 const mtimeToObject = require('./mtime-to-object')
 const { File, FormData } = require('ipfs-utils/src/globalthis')
 
 async function multipartRequest (source = '', abortController, headers = {}) {
+  const parts = []
   const formData = new FormData()
   let index = 0
+  let total = 0
 
   for await (const { content, path, mode, mtime } of normaliseInput(source)) {
     let fileSuffix = ''
@@ -41,6 +45,9 @@ async function multipartRequest (source = '', abortController, headers = {}) {
 
     if (content) {
       formData.set(fieldName, content, encodeURIComponent(path))
+      const end = total + content.size
+      parts.push({ name: path, start: total, end })
+      total = end
     } else {
       formData.set(fieldName, new File([''], encodeURIComponent(path), { type: 'application/x-directory' }))
     }
@@ -49,6 +56,8 @@ async function multipartRequest (source = '', abortController, headers = {}) {
   }
 
   return {
+    total,
+    parts,
     headers,
     body: formData
   }
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.js b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.js
index e7db72413b..4febaf9b8f 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.js
@@ -1,87 +1,10 @@
 'use strict'
-
-const normaliseInput = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input/index')
-const { nanoid } = require('nanoid')
-const modeToString = require('../lib/mode-to-string')
-const mtimeToObject = require('../lib/mtime-to-object')
-const merge = require('merge-options').bind({ ignoreUndefined: true })
-const toStream = require('it-to-stream')
 const { isElectronRenderer } = require('ipfs-utils/src/env')
 
-/**
- *
- * @param {Object} source
- * @param {AbortController} abortController
- * @param {Headers|Record<string, string>} [headers]
- * @param {string} [boundary]
- */
-async function multipartRequest (source = '', abortController, headers = {}, boundary = `-----------------------------${nanoid()}`) {
-  async function * streamFiles (source) {
-    try {
-      let index = 0
-
-      for await (const { content, path, mode, mtime } of normaliseInput(source)) {
-        let fileSuffix = ''
-        const type = content ? 'file' : 'dir'
-
-        if (index > 0) {
-          yield '\r\n'
-
-          fileSuffix = `-${index}`
-        }
-
-        let fieldName = type + fileSuffix
-        const qs = []
-
-        if (mode !== null && mode !== undefined) {
-          qs.push(`mode=${modeToString(mode)}`)
-        }
-
-        const time = mtimeToObject(mtime)
-        if (time != null) {
-          const { secs, nsecs } = time
-
-          qs.push(`mtime=${secs}`)
-
-          if (nsecs != null) {
-            qs.push(`mtime-nsecs=${nsecs}`)
-          }
-        }
-
-        if (qs.length) {
-          fieldName = `${fieldName}?${qs.join('&')}`
-        }
-
-        yield `--${boundary}\r\n`
-        yield `Content-Disposition: form-data; name="${fieldName}"; filename="${encodeURIComponent(path)}"\r\n`
-        yield `Content-Type: ${content ? 'application/octet-stream' : 'application/x-directory'}\r\n`
-        yield '\r\n'
-
-        if (content) {
-          yield * content
-        }
-
-        index++
-      }
-    } catch (err) {
-      // workaround for https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch/issues/753
-      // @ts-ignore - abort does not expect an arguments
-      abortController.abort(err)
-    } finally {
-      yield `\r\n--${boundary}--\r\n`
-    }
-  }
-
-  return {
-    headers: merge(headers, {
-      'Content-Type': `multipart/form-data; boundary=${boundary}`
-    }),
-    body: await toStream(streamFiles(source))
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = multipartRequest
-
+// In electron-renderer we use native fetch and should encode body using native
+// form data.
 if (isElectronRenderer) {
   module.exports = require('./multipart-request.browser')
+} else {
+  module.exports = require('./multipart-request.node')
 }
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.node.js b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.node.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d707f4f2b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ipfs-http-client/src/lib/multipart-request.node.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const normaliseInput = require('ipfs-core-utils/src/files/normalise-input')
+const { nanoid } = require('nanoid')
+const modeToString = require('./mode-to-string')
+const mtimeToObject = require('./mtime-to-object')
+const merge = require('merge-options').bind({ ignoreUndefined: true })
+const toStream = require('it-to-stream')
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {Object} source
+ * @param {AbortController} abortController
+ * @param {Headers|Record<string, string>} [headers]
+ * @param {string} [boundary]
+ */
+async function multipartRequest (source = '', abortController, headers = {}, boundary = `-----------------------------${nanoid()}`) {
+  async function * streamFiles (source) {
+    try {
+      let index = 0
+
+      for await (const { content, path, mode, mtime } of normaliseInput(source)) {
+        let fileSuffix = ''
+        const type = content ? 'file' : 'dir'
+
+        if (index > 0) {
+          yield '\r\n'
+
+          fileSuffix = `-${index}`
+        }
+
+        let fieldName = type + fileSuffix
+        const qs = []
+
+        if (mode !== null && mode !== undefined) {
+          qs.push(`mode=${modeToString(mode)}`)
+        }
+
+        const time = mtimeToObject(mtime)
+        if (time != null) {
+          const { secs, nsecs } = time
+
+          qs.push(`mtime=${secs}`)
+
+          if (nsecs != null) {
+            qs.push(`mtime-nsecs=${nsecs}`)
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (qs.length) {
+          fieldName = `${fieldName}?${qs.join('&')}`
+        }
+
+        yield `--${boundary}\r\n`
+        yield `Content-Disposition: form-data; name="${fieldName}"; filename="${encodeURIComponent(path)}"\r\n`
+        yield `Content-Type: ${content ? 'application/octet-stream' : 'application/x-directory'}\r\n`
+        yield '\r\n'
+
+        if (content) {
+          yield * content
+        }
+
+        index++
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      // workaround for https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch/issues/753
+      // @ts-ignore - abort does not expect an arguments
+      abortController.abort(err)
+    } finally {
+      yield `\r\n--${boundary}--\r\n`
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {
+    parts: null,
+    total: -1,
+    headers: merge(headers, {
+      'Content-Type': `multipart/form-data; boundary=${boundary}`
+    }),
+    body: await toStream(streamFiles(source))
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = multipartRequest
diff --git a/packages/ipfs/.aegir.js b/packages/ipfs/.aegir.js
index 47505c2db8..622a7ac601 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs/.aegir.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs/.aegir.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const path = require('path')
 let preloadNode
 let echoServer = new EchoServer()
 
-// the second signalling server is needed for the inferface test 'should list peers only once even if they have multiple addresses'
+// the second signalling server is needed for the interface test 'should list peers only once even if they have multiple addresses'
 let sigServerA
 let sigServerB
 let ipfsdServer
diff --git a/packages/ipfs/package.json b/packages/ipfs/package.json
index 3355ed7751..887f36e4f4 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     "interface-ipfs-core": "^0.142.0",
     "ipfs-http-client": "^48.1.0",
     "ipfs-interop": "^3.0.0",
-    "ipfs-utils": "^4.0.0",
+    "ipfs-utils": "^5.0.0",
     "ipfsd-ctl": "^7.0.2",
     "iso-url": "^1.0.0",
     "libp2p-webrtc-star": "^0.20.1",