[Bug]: activity parsing fails and shows an error to the user
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Description
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- [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).
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### Bug description
the activities shown in main dialog might be replaced by an error message about activity message failing to be parsed by the client
### Steps to reproduce
1. Enable activity app on your server
2. Sync
3. At a point the activity list may show errors
### Expected behavior
All activities sent by the server are decoded correctly
### Which files are affected by this bug
n/a
### Operating system
Linux
### Which version of the operating system you are running.
linux
### Package
Compiled it myself
### Nextcloud Server version
31.0.4
### Nextcloud Desktop Client version
master branch
### Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
Fresh desktop client install
### 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
```shell
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### Additional info
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
No affected files, tests, entry points, logs, or failing activity payloads are identified. Start by reproducing the error with the activity app on Nextcloud Server 31.0.4 and the desktop client's master branch, then capture the activity data and client context. Done means identifying the parsing failure and confirming that server-sent activities display without an error.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, linux
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100