[Bug]: Download of a file from a group folder does not create a activity

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• This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
• This issue is not already reported on Github OR Nextcloud Community Forum (I've searched it).
• Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
• I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.

Bug description

No activity or mail notification is created if a file from a group folder is downloaded.

The activity / notification "A file or folder shared by mail or by public link was downloaded" is active.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a groupfolder and add some user to that folder
2. activate the "A file or folder shared by mail or by public link was downloaded" notification option.
3. activate the "A file or folder has been changed" notification option.
4. upload a file to the the groupfolder.
5. All users wit access to that folder receives a notification -> OK
6. Download a file from that group folder
7. NO activity was generated and not notification was send -> ERROR

Expected behavior

If any user with access to a group folder downloads a file or folder from that group folder, a activity should be created and all user should receive notification email.

Installation method

Community Manual installation with Archive

Nextcloud Server version

27

Operating system

Other

PHP engine version

PHP 8.0

Web server

Apache (supported)

Database engine version

MariaDB

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

None

Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

Encryption is Disabled

What user-backends are you using?

• Default user-backend (database)
• LDAP/ Active Directory
• SSO - SAML
• Other

Configuration report

{
    "system": {
        "instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "trusted_domains": [
            "10.11.1.21",
            "dmz2-neu.ad.herpa.de",
            "gw7.herpa.de"
        ],
        "datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtype": "mysql",
        "version": "27.1.5.1",
        "overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/gw7.herpa.de\/nextcloud",
        "htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/nextcloud",
        "dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbport": "",
        "dbtableprefix": "oc_",
        "mysql.utf8mb4": true,
        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "installed": true,
        "mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
        "mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
        "mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "default_phone_region": "DE",
        "default_language": "de",
        "default_locale": "de_DE",
        "ldapProviderFactory": "OCA\\User_LDAP\\LDAPProviderFactory",
        "maintenance": false,
        "theme": "",
        "loglevel": 4,
        "activity_use_cached_mountpoints": true
    }
}

List of activated Apps

Enabled:
  - activity: 2.19.0
  - circles: 27.0.1
  - cloud_federation_api: 1.10.0
  - comments: 1.17.0
  - contactsinteraction: 1.8.0
  - dashboard: 7.7.0
  - dav: 1.27.0
  - federatedfilesharing: 1.17.0
  - federation: 1.17.0
  - files: 1.22.0
  - files_external: 1.19.0
  - files_pdfviewer: 2.8.0
  - files_reminders: 1.0.0
  - files_retention: 1.16.0
  - files_rightclick: 1.6.0
  - files_sharing: 1.19.0
  - files_trashbin: 1.17.0
  - files_versions: 1.20.0
  - firstrunwizard: 2.16.0
  - groupfolders: 15.3.4
  - groupquota: 0.1.12
  - logreader: 2.12.0
  - lookup_server_connector: 1.15.0
  - nextcloud_announcements: 1.16.0
  - notifications: 2.15.0
  - oauth2: 1.15.1
  - password_policy: 1.17.0
  - photos: 2.3.0
  - privacy: 1.11.0
  - provisioning_api: 1.17.0
  - recommendations: 1.6.0
  - related_resources: 1.2.0
  - serverinfo: 1.17.0
  - settings: 1.9.0
  - sharebymail: 1.17.0
  - support: 1.10.0
  - survey_client: 1.15.0
  - systemtags: 1.17.0
  - text: 3.8.0
  - theming: 2.2.0
  - twofactor_backupcodes: 1.16.0
  - updatenotification: 1.17.0
  - user_ldap: 1.17.0
  - user_status: 1.7.0
  - viewer: 2.1.0
  - weather_status: 1.7.0
  - workflowengine: 2.9.0
Disabled:
  - admin_audit: 1.17.0
  - bruteforcesettings: 2.7.0
  - encryption: 2.15.0
  - suspicious_login: 5.0.0
  - twofactor_totp: 9.0.0

Nextcloud Signing status

No errors have been found.

Nextcloud Logs

No response

Additional info

No response

Start by reproducing the group-folder download described in the issue and trace how the groupfolders app hands downloads to activity and notifications. The work is done when downloading an accessible group-folder file creates the expected activity and sends the configured notification email.