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[Bug]: Linux VFS, file explorer sync-status overlay icon broken

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### ⚠️ 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've searched 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

On OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, after installing `nextcloud-desktop`, `nextcloud-desktop-vfs-plugin`, and `nautilus-extension-nextcloud` packages - as well as configuring `nextcloud.cfg` and configuring sync connections - the overlay icons in nautilus appear, but are all stuck on fully green, indicating all files and folder are "Always available locally" - even when this is not the case. On my system, all files and folders except for one file are in fact "Available online only". So the desktop client and the virtual files feature in fact work as intended - it's just the overlay check mark that is incorrect.

The right-click Nextcloud menu also works fine (EDIT: turns out I noticed a little [bug](https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/7075)). I can choose which files and folders to "Make always available locally" or to "Free up local space" and the desktop client syncs them correctly.

Here is a screenshot of two folders that should have different check marks:
![nextcloud](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/28416182-92a3-4164-aef2-29f91a00b759)

### Steps to reproduce

1. install `nextcloud-desktop`, `nextcloud-desktop-vfs-plugin`, and `nautilus-extension-nextcloud` packages
2. configure `nextcloud.cfg` according to instructions
3. configure a sync connection
4. by default, all files are available online only - the overlay icon is a solid green check mark
5. right click on a file and choose "Always available locally"
6. the file is correctly made available offline, but the overlay check mark stays a solid green.

### Expected behavior

The overlay check mark should change. On an older Debian system I remember that it did.

### Which files are affected by this bug

all files

### Operating system

Linux

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

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

### Package

Distro package manager

### Nextcloud Server version

29.0.4

### Nextcloud Desktop Client version

3.13.3

### Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?

Fresh desktop client install (the current version was an update, but the issue also existed on the previous freshly installed version)

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

Encryption is Disabled

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

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

### Nextcloud Server logs

_No response_

### Additional info

(I will add a screenshot shortly.) EDIT: screenshot added.

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