Folders with many files not updating
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### Bug description
I have a folder where I dump my scans from a mobile phone app. That folder now has 1,500+ files. The server has no issues managing these files, and the web and iOS clients display the correct file counts and latest files. However, in Finder on macOS, when using FileProvider/VFS, the folder has stopped updating with new files, and it's missing 100+ of the latest files. On the iOS Files app, the folder times ~30 seconds to load, but all the files, including the latest, are present.
I also tested this by uninstalling Nextcloud macOS client completely and doing a fresh sync. It syncs correctly the first time, but eventually stops. (Not sure exactly when; right now, it's been out of sync for 2 months again.)
### Steps to reproduce
1. Have a folder in Nextcloud with 1,500+ files
2. Add a new file to that folder from somewhere other than the macOS FileProvider/VFS client
3. Check the folder in Finder on the machine using the macOS FileProvider/VFS client
4. Note that the folder **does not update** with the most recent added file
5. Note that the Nextcloud client int he menubar thinks everything is up-to-date
6. Force a VFS sync in the Nextcloud menubar client
7. Again, note that the folder **does not update** with the most recent added file
### Expected behavior
Same as above, but the folder does update appropriately.
### Which files are affected by this bug
PDFs of scans from a mobile phone scanning app
### Operating system
macOS
### Which version of the operating system you are running.
macOS 15.7.3 (24G419)
### Package
Official macOS Virtual files 12+ universal pkg
### Nextcloud Server version
32.0.3
### Nextcloud Desktop Client version
4.0.4
### 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
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### Additional info
I created a debug archive, but this is in a production environment, and there's just too much for me to review to remove sensitive information. Given I could reproduce this with a fresh install, I hope it can be reproduced for debugging in a test environment.
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