nextcloud / nextcloud/ios

Duplicate Photos Folder is Generated (Auto-Upload)

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Since Sep 26, 2025.

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Steps to reproduce
  1. Auto-upload enabled
  2. Take a photo
  3. Go to Nextcloud iOS app /Photos
Expected behaviour

Folder /Photos/Photos should not be generated.

Actual behaviour

By default, a /Photos folder exists. For some reason, Nextcloud iOS is generating a new sub-folder Photos — which is always empty. So, it looks like /Photos/Photos.

Auto-upload is copying the new photos into the appropriate folder: /Photos/2025/….
But a /Photos/Photos folder is constantly being generated. I delete the /Photos/Photos folder, but it reappears, and nothing is ever copied into that path.

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If applicable, you can post the iOS app or server logs (removing any sensitive information).
Reasoning or why should it be changed/implemented?
Environment data

iOS version: e.g. iOS 17.6.1
26.0
Nextcloud iOS app version: see More > Settings
7.1.6.1
Server operating system:

Web server: Apache, nginx
Apache
Database:

PHP version:
8.3.25
Nextcloud version: see Nextcloud admin page
31.0.9

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