nextcloud / nextcloud/desktop

Client Automatically Syncs New Files and Folders

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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

The client starts syncing new folders on itself and there does not seem to be a toggle to disable this behavior.

### Steps to reproduce

1. Choose folders to sync
2. Create new folder on the server
3. The client immediately starts syncing this folder.

### Expected behavior

Do not do that. When I choose which folders to sync, I deliberately do that.

### Which files are affected by this bug

?

### Operating system

Linux

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

Fedora Linux 44 KDE

### Installation method

Distro package manager

### Nextcloud Server version

Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring (34.0.3)

### Nextcloud Desktop Client version

34.0.2

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

I don't know.

### 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

### Additional info

The client apparently also did non bother about the toggle "Ask for confirmation before synchronizing new folders larger than: 500 MB (default)" and happily synced a new 11 GB folder on it's own.

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue using the listed folder-selection steps on the Nextcloud Desktop Client, including a newly created 11 GB server folder. No affected files or tests are identified, so first locate the folder-selection and new-folder confirmation behavior. Done means newly created folders do not sync unless selected and the configured confirmation threshold is respected.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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