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[Bug]: CalDAV issues collection ticket

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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

Collecting all bugs that @st3iny and I found when debugging the scheduling:

  1. When deleting events from the trashbin a cancelled email is being sent from scheduling
  2. When manually cancelling a recurring event, the sent email will be a method="REQUEST" email instead of a method="CANCEL".
  3. Something's funky with processing calendar objects from an external client. Could possibly be the ACLs. "Submit my changes anyway" pops up in Thunderbird.
  4. Cannot accept recurrences from external client (internal we have not supported that ... yet)
Steps to reproduce
  1. Install Thunderbird
  2. Add Calendar in Thunderbird
  3. Play around with accepting and declining events generated in Nextcloud
Expected behavior

THe correct email method is set
Events from trashbin do not generate emails
etc

Also, stumbled upon this bug when testing too: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1406402

Installation method

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Operating system

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PHP engine version

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Web server

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Database engine version

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Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?

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Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

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What user-backends are you using?
  • Default user-backend (database)
  • LDAP/ Active Directory
  • SSO - SAML
  • Other
Configuration report

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List of activated Apps
see c.nc.com config for that
Nextcloud Signing status

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Nextcloud Logs

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Additional info

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported behaviors with Thunderbird and Nextcloud Calendar, covering trashbin deletion, manual cancellation, external-client changes, and recurring events. The issue does not name source files or tests, and completion criteria are only described broadly as correcting email methods and preventing unwanted emails.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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