[Bug]: Error while running background job ExpireVersions - Missing permissions to delete version
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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 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
Error while running background job (class: OCA\Files_Versions\BackgroundJob\ExpireVersion: Exception OCP\Files\NotPermittedException
(86 occurrences in 2 days)
Steps to reproduce
This happens if you have a S3 as primary storage. See background job logs
Expected behavior
I dont see the error.
A solution would be:
https://github.com/nextcloud/server/blob/master/apps/files_versions/lib/Storage.php#L596
- to put that line inside a try/catch in order to catch the NotPermittedException, so that it does not exit the loop as soon as an exception like that is thrown
- in the catch, to add an error log message indicating the file id and the exception type
Installation method
None
Nextcloud Server version
28
Operating system
None
PHP engine version
None
Web server
None
Database engine version
None
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
Configuration report
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Research direction
Start in apps/files_versions/lib/Storage.php around line 596 and trace how the ExpireVersion background job reaches that operation for S3 primary storage. Done means a NotPermittedException no longer stops the deletion loop and the catch records the file ID and exception type in the error log.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend, cloud
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100