[Bug]: Unable to delete a file whose name begins with an emoji in a renamed directory
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Description
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- This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
- This issue is not already reported on Github OR Nextcloud Community Forum (I've searched it).
- Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
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Bug description
It is impossible to delete a file whose name begins with an emoji, if it is in a directory that has been renamed
The problem is present in our production instance (27.1.4) and in our test instance (29.0.3)
Steps to reproduce
- Create a folder test
- In the folder test , create a document that starts with an emoji ( 😁myfile.odt)
- Rename the folder test1
- Try to delete the file (it does not work)
- Rollback the name of the folder to test
- delete the file (it works)
Expected behavior
The file should be deleted even if the directory was previously renamed
Installation method
Community Manual installation with Archive
Nextcloud Server version
29
Operating system
Debian/Ubuntu
PHP engine version
PHP 8.2
Web server
Apache (supported)
Database engine version
MariaDB
Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
Fresh Nextcloud Server install
Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?
Encryption is Disabled
What user-backends are you using?
- Default user-backend (database)
- LDAP/ Active Directory
- SSO - SAML
- Other
Configuration report
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"cron_log": true,
"loglevel": "2",
"maintenance": false,
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List of activated Apps
Enabled:
- activity: 2.21.1
- cloud_federation_api: 1.12.0
- comments: 1.19.0
- contactsinteraction: 1.10.0
- dav: 1.30.1
- federatedfilesharing: 1.19.0
- files: 2.1.0
- files_downloadlimit: 2.0.0
- files_pdfviewer: 2.10.0
- files_sharing: 1.21.0
- files_trashbin: 1.19.0
- files_versions: 1.22.0
- lookup_server_connector: 1.17.0
- notifications: 2.17.0
- oauth2: 1.17.0
- photos: 2.5.0
- provisioning_api: 1.19.0
- richdocuments: 8.4.3
- serverinfo: 1.19.0
- settings: 1.12.0
- sharebymail: 1.19.0
- text: 3.10.1
- theming: 2.4.0
- twofactor_backupcodes: 1.18.0
- user_ldap: 1.20.0
- user_saml: 6.1.3
- viewer: 2.3.0
- workflowengine: 2.11.0
Disabled:
- admin_audit: 1.19.0
- bruteforcesettings: 2.9.0
- circles: 29.0.0-dev (installed 25.0.0)
- dashboard: 7.9.0 (installed 7.0.0)
- encryption: 2.17.0
- federation: 1.19.0 (installed 1.3.0)
- files_external: 1.21.0
- files_reminders: 1.2.0 (installed 1.0.0)
- firstrunwizard: 2.18.0 (installed 2.14.0)
- logreader: 2.14.0 (installed 2.10.0)
- nextcloud_announcements: 1.18.0 (installed 1.14.0)
- password_policy: 1.19.0 (installed 1.15.0)
- privacy: 1.13.0 (installed 1.9.0)
- recommendations: 2.1.0 (installed 1.4.0)
- related_resources: 1.4.0 (installed 1.0.4)
- support: 1.12.0 (installed 1.8.0)
- survey_client: 1.17.0 (installed 1.13.0)
- suspicious_login: 7.0.0
- systemtags: 1.19.0 (installed 1.3.0)
- twofactor_totp: 11.0.0-dev
- updatenotification: 1.19.1 (installed 1.17.0)
- user_status: 1.9.0 (installed 1.0.1)
- weather_status: 1.9.0 (installed 1.7.0)
Nextcloud Signing status
No response
Nextcloud Logs
No response
Additional info
No response
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 on Nextcloud 29.0.3 using the described sequence: create an emoji-prefixed file, rename its parent directory, and attempt deletion. Trace the server-side file deletion and renamed-directory handling; done means the file can be deleted after the directory is renamed, with regression coverage for this sequence.
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
- 45/100