[Bug]: Flow: file created is triggered when file is modified
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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.
- I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.
Bug description
"File created" workflow triggers when an existing file is modified.
If a file is created, flow notification is triggered twice.
Steps to reproduce
- Create a new workflow: notification or chat
- Choose "File created"
- Set some options
- Modify a file
Expected behavior
"File created" should trigger only when a new file is created
Nextcloud Server version
30.0.4
Operating system
Debian/Ubuntu
PHP engine version
PHP 8.3
Web server
Apache (supported)
Database engine version
PostgreSQL
Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
Updated from a MINOR version (ex. 28.0.1 to 28.0.2)
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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"skeletondirectory": "\/mnt\/storage\/nextcloud\/skeleton",
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"filesystem_check_changes": 1,
"maintenance": false,
"maintenance_window_start": 1,
"theme": "",
"app_install_overwrite": [
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]
}
}
List of activated Apps
Enabled:
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- admin_audit: 1.20.0
- announcementcenter: 7.0.1
- app_api: 4.0.0
- auto_groups: 1.6.0
- calendar: 5.0.6
- cloud_federation_api: 1.13.0
- comments: 1.20.1
- contacts: 6.1.1
- contactsinteraction: 1.11.0
- dashboard: 7.10.0
- dav: 1.31.1
- deck: 1.14.2
- external: 5.5.2
- federatedfilesharing: 1.20.0
- federation: 1.20.0
- files: 2.2.0
- files_accesscontrol: 1.20.1
- files_antivirus: 5.6.1
- files_automatedtagging: 1.20.0
- files_downloadlimit: 3.0.0
- files_fulltextsearch: 30.0.0
- files_pdfviewer: 3.0.0
- files_reminders: 1.3.0
- files_sharing: 1.22.0
- files_trashbin: 1.20.1
- files_versions: 1.23.0
- firstrunwizard: 3.0.0
- flow_notifications: 1.10.0
- fulltextsearch: 30.0.0
- fulltextsearch_opensearch: 30.0.0
- guests: 4.0.1
- impersonate: 1.17.0
- integration_zammad: 3.0.1
- logreader: 3.0.0
- lookup_server_connector: 1.18.0
- mail: 4.0.5
- music: 2.0.1
- nextcloud_announcements: 2.0.0
- notes: 4.11.0
- notifications: 3.0.0
- notify_push: 0.7.0
- oauth2: 1.18.1
- ocs_api_viewer: 1.0.7
- onlyoffice: 9.5.0
- password_policy: 2.0.0
- passwords: 2024.11.20
- photos: 3.0.2
- previewgenerator: 5.7.0
- privacy: 2.0.0
- provisioning_api: 1.20.0
- recommendations: 3.0.0
- related_resources: 1.5.0
- serverinfo: 2.0.0
- settings: 1.13.0
- sharebymail: 1.20.0
- spreed: 20.0.2
- systemtags: 1.20.0
- tables: 0.8.1
- text: 4.1.0
- theming: 2.5.0
- twofactor_backupcodes: 1.19.0
- updatenotification: 1.20.0
- user_status: 1.10.0
- viewer: 3.0.0
- weather_status: 1.10.0
- webhook_listeners: 1.1.0-dev
- whiteboard: 1.0.4
- workflow_script: 1.15.0
- workflowengine: 2.12.0
Disabled:
- bruteforcesettings: 3.0.0 (installed 2.9.0)
- circles: 30.0.0 (installed 27.0.1)
- encryption: 2.18.0
- files_external: 1.22.0
- files_mindmap: 0.0.30 (installed 0.0.30)
- files_rightclick: 0.15.1 (installed 0.15.1)
- news: 24.0.0 (installed 24.0.0)
- richdocuments: 8.5.2 (installed 8.5.2)
- support: 2.0.0 (installed 1.10.0)
- survey_client: 2.0.0 (installed 1.15.0)
- suspicious_login: 8.0.0
- tasks: 0.16.1 (installed 0.16.1)
- twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 4.0.0
- twofactor_totp: 12.0.0-dev
- user_ldap: 1.21.0
Nextcloud Logs
no relevant errors
Additional info
No response
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