[Data Loss] File modified in Files app while offline resets on reconnect
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Description
Steps to reproduce
- Make a folder available offline
- Open the folder in the Files app
- Go offline
- Open a file in the folder from the Files app -- e.g. a PDF using markup
- The file will now show a "download" icon -- why?
- Go back online
- File syncs again
- Changes are lost
Expected behaviour
The changes should be uploaded.
Actual behaviour
The changes reset back to the server version.
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Reasoning or why should it be changed/implemented?
Prevent data loss
Environment data
iOS version: iPadOS 16.6
Nextcloud iOS app version: 4.8.6.4
Server operating system: Irrelevant (Docker)
Web server: Apache Docker with nginx proxy
Database: Postgres
PHP version: 7.4
Nextcloud version: 27.0.2
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 reproducing the issue in the iOS Files app with an offline-available folder, an edited file, and a reconnect. Trace the offline file and sync flow described in the report, focusing on why the edited file shows a download icon and is replaced by the server version. Done means local edits are uploaded after reconnect instead of being lost.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, swift
- Domain
- cloud, mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100