nextcloud / nextcloud/server

[Bug]: mimetype inconsistency between `Detection.detectPath` and `Loader.updateFilecache`

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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.
  • Nextcloud Server is running on 64bit capable CPU, PHP and OS.
  • I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.
Bug description

For files named like .ext e.g. ".gpx", ".ext" or ".maps" get different mimetypes by

https://github.com/nextcloud/server/blob/ce1dddcc642f8de6887a48e778942969b8223d57/lib/private/Files/Type/Detection.php#L195
or
https://github.com/nextcloud/server/blob/ce1dddcc642f8de6887a48e778942969b8223d57/lib/private/Files/Type/Loader.php#L164.

To clearify its about files which start with a . and then just have the extension.
Therefore existing files get different mime-types then new file.

Steps to reproduce
  1. Create ".ext" file
  2. Run Loader->updateFilecache("ext", mimeTypeId)
  3. Create corresponding Mimetype mapping
  4. Uploade a file called ".ext" to a different folder
  5. See that it gets a different Mimetype
Expected behavior
  • Get the same Mimetype
  • It would be nice if it would be the Mimetype in the mapping, then mimetypes can be used to find .noindex and .nomedia files, or in maps a .maps file. Searching the file over the mimetype is faster as there is a db index.
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

MySQL

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

None

Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

None

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

Start with lib/private/Files/Type/Detection.php near line 195 and lib/private/Files/Type/Loader.php near line 164, comparing how names such as .ext are handled. Reproduce the listed file-cache and upload steps, then verify that both paths assign the mimetype from the corresponding mapping consistently.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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