Ignoring `readonly` attribute leads to `500` when origin is another instance
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Description
Steps to reproduce
- Create a folder with a text file on Nextcloud instance A
- Share this folder without write permissions to a user on Nextcloud instance B (via federated sharing)
- Move the folder in Nextcloud instance B into your
/Notesfolder - Try editing and saving it on Nextcloud instance B
Expected behaviour
Http 403 should be returned
Actual behaviour
Http 500 will be returned
Screenshots

Server
Please complete the following information.
- Notes app version: 4.3.1
- Nextcloud version: 23.0.3
- OS:
- Web server:
- PHP version: 8.1
- Database: MySQL
Nextcloud configuration:
```
If you have access to your command line run e.g.:
sudo -u www-data php occ config:list system
from within your Nextcloud installation folder
```
Client
Please complete the following information.
- Browser (incl. version): Firefox
- OS: Debian
Log files
{
"reqId":"YkIQE-M1vxwFYekKdJU9PgAAAB0",
"level":3,
"time":"2022-03-28T19:44:23+00:00",
"remoteAddr":"2a01:c23:c1d5:a700:7801:4875:61b8:ec3b",
"user":"userB",
"app":"notes",
"method":"PUT",
"url":"/index.php/apps/notes/notes/227690",
"message":"Controller failed with GuzzleHttp\\Exception\\ClientException",
"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:98.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/98.0",
"version":"23.0.3.2",
"exception":{
"Exception":"GuzzleHttp\\Exception\\ClientException",
"Message":"Client error: `PUT https://a.example.com/public.php/webdav/Shared%20note.md` resulted in a `403 Forbidden` response:\n<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<d:error xmlns:d=\"DAV:\" xmlns:s=\"http://sabredav.org/ns\">\n <s:exception>Sabre\\DA (truncated...)\n",
"Code":403,
"Trace":[
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"line":69,
"function":"create",
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"type":"::"
},
{
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"line":204,
"function":"GuzzleHttp\\{closure}",
"class":"GuzzleHttp\\Middleware",
"type":"::",
"args":[
"*** sensitive parameters replaced ***"
]
},
{
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"line":153,
"function":"callHandler",
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"type":"::"
},
{
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"line":48,
"function":"GuzzleHttp\\Promise\\{closure}",
"class":"GuzzleHttp\\Promise\\Promise",
"type":"::",
"args":[
"*** sensitive parameters replaced ***"
]
},
{
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"line":248,
"function":"run",
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"type":"->"
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{
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"line":224,
"function":"invokeWaitFn",
"class":"GuzzleHttp\\Promise\\Promise",
"type":"->"
},
{
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"line":269,
"function":"waitIfPending",
"class":"GuzzleHttp\\Promise\\Promise",
"type":"->"
},
{
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"line":226,
"function":"invokeWaitList",
"class":"GuzzleHttp\\Promise\\Promise",
"type":"->"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/3rdparty/guzzlehttp/promises/src/Promise.php",
"line":62,
"function":"waitIfPending",
"class":"GuzzleHttp\\Promise\\Promise",
"type":"->"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/3rdparty/guzzlehttp/guzzle/src/Client.php",
"line":187,
"function":"wait",
"class":"GuzzleHttp\\Promise\\Promise",
"type":"->"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/lib/private/Http/Client/Client.php",
"line":329,
"function":"request",
"class":"GuzzleHttp\\Client",
"type":"->"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/lib/private/Files/Storage/DAV.php",
"line":515,
"function":"put",
"class":"OC\\Http\\Client\\Client",
"type":"->"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/lib/private/Files/Storage/DAV.php",
"line":422,
"function":"uploadFile",
"class":"OC\\Files\\Storage\\DAV",
"type":"->"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/lib/private/Files/Storage/DAV.php",
"line":413,
"function":"writeBack",
"class":"OC\\Files\\Storage\\DAV",
"type":"->"
},
{
"function":"OC\\Files\\Storage\\{closure}",
"class":"OC\\Files\\Storage\\DAV",
"type":"->",
"args":[
"*** sensitive parameters replaced ***"
]
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/3rdparty/icewind/streams/src/CallbackWrapper.php",
"line":119,
"function":"call_user_func"
},
{
"function":"stream_close",
"class":"Icewind\\Streams\\CallbackWrapper",
"type":"->"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/lib/private/Files/Storage/Common.php",
"line":209,
"function":"fclose"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/lib/private/Files/Storage/DAV.php",
"line":494,
"function":"file_put_contents",
"class":"OC\\Files\\Storage\\Common",
"type":"->"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Wrapper.php",
"line":258,
"function":"file_put_contents",
"class":"OC\\Files\\Storage\\DAV",
"type":"->"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/lib/private/Files/Storage/Wrapper/Availability.php",
"line":274,
"function":"file_put_contents",
"class":"OC\\Files\\Storage\\Wrapper\\Wrapper",
"type":"->"
},
{
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"function":"file_put_contents",
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"type":"->"
},
{
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"line":1169,
"function":"file_put_contents",
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"type":"->"
},
{
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"line":706,
"function":"basicOperation",
"class":"OC\\Files\\View",
"type":"->"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/lib/private/Files/Node/File.php",
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"function":"file_put_contents",
"class":"OC\\Files\\View",
"type":"->"
},
{
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"line":171,
"function":"putContent",
"class":"OC\\Files\\Node\\File",
"type":"->"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/apps/notes/lib/Controller/NotesController.php",
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"function":"setContent",
"class":"OCA\\Notes\\Service\\Note",
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},
{
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"line":28,
"function":"OCA\\Notes\\Controller\\{closure}",
"class":"OCA\\Notes\\Controller\\NotesController",
"type":"->",
"args":[
"*** sensitive parameters replaced ***"
]
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/apps/notes/lib/Controller/Helper.php",
"line":145,
"function":"retryIfLocked",
"class":"OCA\\Notes\\Service\\Util",
"type":"::"
},
{
"file":"/var/www/vhosts/b.example.com/b.example.com/apps/notes/lib/Controller/NotesController.php",
"line":228,
"function":"handleErrorResponse",
"class":"OCA\\Notes\\Controller\\Helper",
"type":"->"
},
{
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"line":217,
"function":"update",
"class":"OCA\\Notes\\Controller\\NotesController",
"type":"->",
"args":[
"*** sensitive parameters replaced ***"
]
},
{
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"function":"main",
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"type":"::"
},
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"class":"OC",
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}
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"Line":113,
"CustomMessage":"Controller failed with GuzzleHttp\\Exception\\ClientException"
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}
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 with apps/notes/lib/Service/Note.php and apps/notes/lib/Controller/NotesController.php from the trace, then follow the write through lib/private/Files/Storage/DAV.php. Reproduce the federated read-only save attempt and inspect how the upstream 403 is handled. Done means the Notes endpoint returns HTTP 403 instead of 500 for this case.
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
- 38/100