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Mail notification setting not respected

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Steps to reproduce
  1. Check mail notification setting for "A file or folder has been shared"
  2. Get mail notification after file has been shared (correct behaviour)
  3. Uncheck mail notification setting for "A file or folder has been shared"
  4. Receive mail notification after file has been shared nonetheless (incorrect behaviour)
Expected behaviour

I would expect that the mail notification settings that I set for my guest user are respected.

Actual behaviour

I still receive mail notifications when a file or folder has been shared, regardless of whether the setting is enabled or not. This seems to be only the case for mail notifications. Settings for the push notifications are being respected.
Mail notifications for full users are working as expected.

Apps whitelisted for guests are:
files_trashbin
files_versions
files_sharing
files_texteditor
text
activity
firstrunwizard
photos
notifications
user_status
weather_status
collectives
deck
groupfolders
richdocuments
notify_push
Server configuration

Web server: Apache/2.4.66 (Unix)

Database: PostgreSQL

PHP version: 8.3.29

Nextcloud version: 32.0.4

List of activated apps 
Enabled:
  - activity: 5.0.0-dev.0
  - admin_audit: 1.22.0
  - assistant: 2.12.0
  - bruteforcesettings: 5.0.0-dev.0
  - circles: 32.0.0
  - cloud_federation_api: 1.16.0
  - collectives: 3.5.0
  - comments: 1.22.0
  - contacts: 8.3.1
  - contactsinteraction: 1.13.1
  - dashboard: 7.12.0
  - dav: 1.34.2
  - deck: 1.16.3
  - drawio: 3.1.2
  - external: 7.0.0
  - federatedfilesharing: 1.22.0
  - federation: 1.22.0
  - files: 2.4.0
  - files_accesscontrol: 3.0.2
  - files_automatedtagging: 3.0.3
  - files_bpm: 1.7.3
  - files_downloadlimit: 5.0.0-dev.0
  - files_linkeditor: 1.1.23
  - files_pdfviewer: 5.0.0-dev.0
  - files_reminders: 1.5.0
  - files_retention: 3.0.0
  - files_sharing: 1.24.1
  - files_trashbin: 1.22.0
  - files_versions: 1.25.0
  - firstrunwizard: 5.0.0-dev.0
  - flow_notifications: 3.0.0
  - groupfolders: 20.1.10
  - guests: 4.6.0
  - integration_openai: 3.10.0
  - logreader: 5.0.0-dev.0
  - lookup_server_connector: 1.20.0
  - nextcloud-aio: 0.8.0
  - nextcloud_announcements: 4.0.0-dev.0
  - notifications: 5.0.0-dev.0
  - notify_push: 1.3.0
  - oauth2: 1.20.0
  - password_policy: 4.0.0-dev.0
  - privacy: 4.0.0-dev.0
  - profile: 1.1.0
  - provisioning_api: 1.22.0
  - recommendations: 5.0.0-dev.0
  - related_resources: 3.0.0-dev.0
  - richdocuments: 9.0.2
  - serverinfo: 4.0.0-dev.0
  - settings: 1.15.1
  - sharebymail: 1.22.0
  - spreed: 22.0.8
  - support: 4.0.0-dev.0
  - survey_client: 4.0.0-dev.0
  - systemtags: 1.22.0
  - text: 6.0.1
  - theming: 2.7.0
  - theming_customcss: 1.19.0
  - twofactor_backupcodes: 1.21.0
  - twofactor_totp: 14.0.0
  - updatenotification: 1.22.0
  - user_ldap: 1.23.0
  - user_status: 1.12.0
  - viewer: 5.0.0-dev.0
  - weather_status: 1.12.0
  - webhook_listeners: 1.3.0
  - welcome: 1.4.0
  - whiteboard: 1.5.5
  - workflow_script: 3.0.0
  - workflowengine: 2.14.0
Disabled:
  - app_api: 32.0.0 (installed 5.0.2)
  - calendar: 6.1.6 (installed 6.1.6)
  - context_chat: 5.2.1 (installed 5.2.1)
  - encryption: 2.20.0
  - files_external: 1.24.0 (installed 1.23.0)
  - files_inotify: 0.2.4
  - files_mindmap: 0.0.33 (installed 0.0.33)
  - group_everyone: 0.1.18 (installed 0.1.18)
  - integration_excalidraw: 3.0.1 (installed 3.0.1)
  - notes: 4.13.0 (installed 4.13.0)
  - photos: 5.0.0-dev.1 (installed 4.0.0)
  - suspicious_login: 10.0.0-dev.0
  - tables: 1.0.3 (installed 1.0.3)
  - tasks: 0.17.1 (installed 0.17.1)
  - twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 6.0.0-dev.0
Nextcloud configuration 
{
    "system": {
        "one-click-instance": true,
        "one-click-instance.user-limit": 100,
        "memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu",
        "apps_paths": [
            {
                "path": "\/var\/www\/html\/apps",
                "url": "\/apps",
                "writable": false
            },
            {
                "path": "\/var\/www\/html\/custom_apps",
                "url": "\/custom_apps",
                "writable": true
            }
        ],
        "check_data_directory_permissions": false,
        "memcache.distributed": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "redis": {
            "host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "password": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "port": 6379
        },
        "overwritehost": "XXXXXX",
        "overwriteprotocol": "https",
        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "trusted_domains": [
            "localhost",
            "XXXXXX"
        ],
        "datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtype": "pgsql",
        "version": "32.0.4.1",
        "overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/XXXXXX\/",
        "dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbport": "",
        "dbtableprefix": "oc_",
        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "installed": true,
        "instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "maintenance": false,
        "updatechecker": false,
        "loglevel": 1,
        "log_type": "file",
        "logfile": "\/var\/www\/html\/data\/nextcloud.log",
        "log_rotate_size": 10485760,
        "log.condition": {
            "apps": [
                "admin_audit"
            ]
        },
        "preview_max_x": 2048,
        "preview_max_y": 2048,
        "jpeg_quality": 60,
        "enabledPreviewProviders": {
            "1": "OC\\Preview\\Image",
            "2": "OC\\Preview\\MarkDown",
            "3": "OC\\Preview\\MP3",
            "4": "OC\\Preview\\TXT",
            "5": "OC\\Preview\\OpenDocument",
            "6": "OC\\Preview\\Movie",
            "7": "OC\\Preview\\Krita",
            "0": "OC\\Preview\\Imaginary",
            "23": "OC\\Preview\\ImaginaryPDF"
        },
        "enable_previews": true,
        "upgrade.disable-web": true,
        "mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
        "trashbin_retention_obligation": "auto, 30",
        "versions_retention_obligation": "auto, 30",
        "activity_expire_days": 30,
        "simpleSignUpLink.shown": false,
        "share_folder": "\/Shared",
        "one-click-instance.link": "https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/all-in-one\/",
        "upgrade.cli-upgrade-link": "https:\/\/github.com\/nextcloud\/all-in-one\/discussions\/2726",
        "updatedirectory": "\/nc-updater",
        "maintenance_window_start": 100,
        "allow_local_remote_servers": true,
        "davstorage.request_timeout": 3600,
        "documentation_url.server_logs": "https:\/\/github.com\/nextcloud\/all-in-one\/discussions\/5425",
        "htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/",
        "dbpersistent": false,
        "auth.bruteforce.protection.enabled": true,
        "ratelimit.protection.enabled": true,
        "files_external_allow_create_new_local": true,
        "trusted_proxies": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "preview_imaginary_url": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "preview_imaginary_key": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpsecure": "ssl",
        "mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
        "mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpport": "465",
        "mail_smtpauth": true,
        "mail_smtpname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtppassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "skeletondirectory": "\/mnt\/ncdata\/skeleton",
        "twofactor_enforced": "true",
        "twofactor_enforced_groups": [],
        "twofactor_enforced_excluded_groups": [
            "XXXXX",
            "XXXXX"
        ],
        "activity_use_cached_mountpoints": true,
        "ldapProviderFactory": "OCA\\User_LDAP\\LDAPProviderFactory",
        "forwarded_for_headers": [
            "HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR",
            "HTTP_X_REAL_IP"
        ],
        "DOMAIN": "XXXXXX"
    }
}
Browser

Browser name: Firefox

Browser version: 151.0.3 (64-Bit)

Operating system: Windows 11

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Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is identified in the report. Start by tracing the guest user's mail notification handling for “A file or folder has been shared,” then compare it with the working push-notification preference. Done means disabling that mail setting prevents the sharing email while enabled settings continue to send it.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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