nextcloud / nextcloud/contacts
intriguing "You updated contact ..."
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bug
feature: contacts
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 642
- Forks
- 220
- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
Describe the bug
Activity reports "You updated contact ...", even if the contact entry was not modified
Steps to reproduce
- send e-mail with Thunderbird, using NC addressbooks via dav
Expected behavior
Activity reports "You updated contact ..." only for actual modifications in contact entries
Actual behavior
report of update of contact entry
Contact version
5.3.2
Operating system
Ubuntu
PHP engine version
PHP 8.0
Web server
None
Database
MariaDB
Additional info
-> contacts interaction app is disabled
from related issue:
https://github.com/nextcloud/contacts/issues/2524
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No implementation file or test is named. Start by reproducing the report with Thunderbird and Nextcloud address books over DAV, then inspect the related contacts issue for context. Done means activity reports are created only when a contact entry is actually modified.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, mariadb, php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100