nextcloud / nextcloud/groupfolders
`occ files:scan` scans the same group folders for every user
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- PHP
- Stars
- 343
- Forks
- 106
- Avg merge
- 2d 3h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 34
Description
⚠️ This issue respects the following points: ⚠️
- This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
- This issue is not already reported on Github (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
I have noticed that running occ: files:scan includes whatever group folders the user is a member of as well.
This makes for incredibly slow scanning, especially if you have 30+ users and use the --all option. The same group folders are scanned over 30 times.
Steps to reproduce
- Run occ files:scan on an installation with multiple users belonging to the same group folders.
Expected behavior
Group folders should be scanned separately to avoid the files:scan --all command scanning the same files over and over.
Installation method
No response
Operating system
No response
PHP engine version
No response
Web server
No response
Database engine version
No response
Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
No response
Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?
No response
What user-backends are you using?
- Default user-backend (database)
- LDAP/ Active Directory
- SSO - SAML
- Other
Configuration report
No response
List of activated Apps
Enabled:
- accessibility: 1.8.0
- activity: 2.15.0
- admin_audit: 1.12.0
- circles: 22.1.1
- cloud_federation_api: 1.5.0
- comments: 1.12.0
- contactsinteraction: 1.3.0
- dashboard: 7.2.0
- dav: 1.19.0
- deck: 1.5.5
- federatedfilesharing: 1.12.0
- federation: 1.12.0
- files: 1.17.0
- files_pdfviewer: 2.3.1
- files_rightclick: 1.1.0
- files_sharing: 1.14.0
- files_trashbin: 1.12.0
- files_versions: 1.15.0
- files_videoplayer: 1.11.0
- firstrunwizard: 2.11.0
- groupfolders: 10.0.0
- logreader: 2.7.0
- lookup_server_connector: 1.10.0
- nextcloud_announcements: 1.11.0
- notifications: 2.10.1
- oauth2: 1.10.0
- password_policy: 1.12.0
- photos: 1.4.0
- privacy: 1.6.0
- provisioning_api: 1.12.0
- recommendations: 1.1.0
- serverinfo: 1.12.0
- settings: 1.4.0
- sharebymail: 1.12.0
- support: 1.5.0
- survey_client: 1.10.0
- systemtags: 1.12.0
- text: 3.3.0
- theming: 1.13.0
- twofactor_backupcodes: 1.11.0
- twofactor_totp: 6.2.0
- updatenotification: 1.12.0
- user_status: 1.2.0
- viewer: 1.6.0
- weather_status: 1.2.0
- workflowengine: 2.4.0
Disabled:
- encryption
- files_external
- user_ldap
Nextcloud Signing status
No response
Nextcloud Logs
No response
Additional info
No response
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the occ files:scan entry point in the groupfolders integration and how --all handles users and shared group folders. Reproduce the scan with multiple users sharing a group folder, then verify that each group folder is scanned once rather than once per member.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100