nextcloud / nextcloud/desktop

Errors degrade UI performance

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Description

### ⚠️ Before submitting, please verify the following: ⚠️

- [x] This is a **bug**, not a question or a configuration issue.
- [x] This issue is **not** already reported on Github (I have searched for it).
- [x] Nextcloud Server and Desktop Client are **up to date**. See [Server Maintenance and Release Schedule](https://github.com/nextcloud/server/wiki/Maintenance-and-Release-Schedule) and [Desktop Releases](https://nextcloud.com/install/#install-clients) for supported versions.
- [x] I agree to follow Nextcloud's [Code of Conduct](https://nextcloud.com/contribute/code-of-conduct/)

### Bug description

I had a server error, that produced a couple hundred error messages. Those made the settings window unusable. I needed to delete the sync connection to be able to use the settings window again.

### Steps to reproduce

1. Generate hundreds of server errors, that are shown for a sync connection
2. Try to navigate the settings window

### Expected behavior

Number of errors shouldn't degrade UI performance

### Which files are affected by this bug

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### Operating system

Windows

### Which version of the operating system you are running.

Windows 11

### Installation method

Official Windows MSI

### Nextcloud Server version

32.0.6

### Nextcloud Desktop Client version

33.0.7

### Did this occur after an update or on a clean installation?

Minor version update (i.e. 33.0.0 → 33.0.1)

### Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

No

### Are you using an external user-backend?

- [x] Default internal user-backend
- [ ] LDAP or Active Directory
- [ ] SSO - SAML
- [ ] Other

### Nextcloud Server logs

```shell

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### Additional info

Errors are already shown in the taskbar icon window and don't need to be duplicated in the settings window. Just show a message there, that errors exist and to check the taskbar icon window.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Reproduce the issue by generating hundreds of server errors for a sync connection, then navigate the settings window while observing the taskbar icon window. Trace how sync errors are collected and rendered in the settings UI; done means the settings window remains usable at high error counts and errors are not redundantly listed there.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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