nextcloud / nextcloud/deck

Activity log is flooded with "You have updated the due date..." when edit the card description

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Describe the bug
When changing a card description without touching the "due date" many entries are generated in the activity log.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Click on a desk card with existing due date
  2. Edit the description of a desk card.
  3. Close the edit windows

Expected behavior
No notification about a changed 'due date' in the activity log.

Screenshots
not applicable.

Client details:

  • OS: linux ubuntu
  • Browser firefox
  • Version 128.12.0
  • Device: desktop
Server details

Operating system:
linux

Web server:
apache

Database:
mysql

PHP version:
8.3

Nextcloud version: (see Nextcloud admin page)
30.0.10

Where did you install Nextcloud from:

Signing status:
No errors have been found.

List of activated apps:

  • activity: 3.0.0
  • app_api: 4.0.6
  • calendar: 5.3.6
  • circles: 30.0.0
  • cloud_federation_api: 1.13.0
  • comments: 1.20.1
  • contacts: 7.2.0
  • contactsinteraction: 1.11.0
  • dashboard: 7.10.0
  • dav: 1.31.1
  • deck: 1.14.5
  • federatedfilesharing: 1.20.0
  • files: 2.2.0
  • files_downloadlimit: 3.0.0
  • files_external: 1.22.0
  • files_pdfviewer: 3.0.0
  • files_reminders: 1.3.0
  • files_sharing: 1.22.0
  • files_trashbin: 1.20.1
  • files_versions: 1.23.0
  • logreader: 3.0.0
  • lookup_server_connector: 1.18.0
  • notifications: 3.0.0
  • oauth2: 1.18.1
  • password_policy: 2.0.0
  • polls: 8.1.4
  • previewgenerator: 5.9.0
  • privacy: 2.0.0
  • provisioning_api: 1.20.0
  • quota_warning: 1.21.0
  • related_resources: 1.5.0
  • serverinfo: 2.0.0
  • settings: 1.13.0
  • sharebymail: 1.20.0
  • systemtags: 1.20.0
  • text: 4.1.0
  • theming: 2.6.0
  • twofactor_backupcodes: 1.19.0
  • twofactor_totp: 12.0.0-dev
  • updatenotification: 1.20.0
  • viewer: 3.0.0
  • webhook_listeners: 1.1.0-dev
  • workflowengine: 2.12.0

Nextcloud configuration:
"system": {
"instanceid": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"passwordsalt": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"secret": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"trusted_domains": [
"c.b0j.de"
],
"datadirectory": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"overwrite.cli.url": "https://c.b0j.de",
"dbtype": "mysql",
"version": "30.0.13.1",
"dbname": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"dbhost": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"dbuser": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"dbpassword": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"dbtableprefix": "oc_",
"installed": true,
"skeletondirectory": "",
"maintenance_window_start": 3,
"enabledPreviewProviders": [
"OC\Preview\BMP",
"OC\Preview\GIF",
"OC\Preview\JPEG",
"OC\Preview\Krita",
"OC\Preview\MarkDown",
"OC\Preview\MP3",
"OC\Preview\OpenDocument",
"OC\Preview\PNG",
"OC\Preview\TXT",
"OC\Preview\XBitmap",
"OC\Preview\Illustrator",
"OC\Preview\MSOffice2003",
"OC\Preview\MSOffice2007",
"OC\Preview\MSOfficeDoc",
"OC\Preview\PDF",
"OC\Preview\StarOffice",
"OC\Preview\SVG",
"OC\Preview\TIFF"
],
"log_rotate_size": 52428800,
"default_phone_region": "DE",
"default_language": "de",
"default_locale": "de_DE",
"default_timezone": "Europe/Berlin",
"trashbin_retention_obligation": "auto, 3",
"versions_retention_obligation": "auto, 5",
"activity_expire_days": 250,
"logtimezone": "UTC",
"updater.release.channel": "stable",
"mail_from_address": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
"mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
"mail_domain": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"maintenance": false,
"theme": "",
"loglevel": 1,
"mysql.utf8mb4": true,
"twofactor_enforced": "false",
"twofactor_enforced_groups": [],
"twofactor_enforced_excluded_groups": [],
"app_install_overwrite": [
"deck"
],
"mail_smtphost": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"mail_smtpport": "465",
"mail_smtpauth": 1,
"mail_smtpname": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"mail_smtppassword": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"mail_smtpsecure": "ssl",
"forbidden_filename_basenames": [
"con",
"prn",
"aux",
"nul",
"com0",
"com1",
"com2",
"com3",
"com4",
"com5",
"com6",
"com7",
"com8",
"com9",
"com\u00b9",
"com\u00b2",
"com\u00b3",
"lpt0",
"lpt1",
"lpt2",
"lpt3",
"lpt4",
"lpt5",
"lpt6",
"lpt7",
"lpt8",
"lpt9",
"lpt\u00b9",
"lpt\u00b2",
"lpt\u00b3"
],
"forbidden_filename_characters": [
"<",
">",
":",
""",
"|",
"?",
"*",
"\",
"/"
],
"forbidden_filename_extensions": [
" ",
".",
".filepart",
".part"
]
}

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in the Deck card description editor with an existing due date, then inspect the edit flow and activity-log entry generation. Done means changing only the description produces no due-date update entries; verify the result using the listed reproduction steps.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
full-stack
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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