nextcloud / nextcloud/server

[feature] More friendly failure management when uploading a lot of files

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Description

Related problems
I'm trying to upload a huge directory with many files and subdirectories to nextcloud. And I find in the log, that some of the files failed to be uploaded, because of some exceptions. But it's really hard to figure out which files failed exactly.

Describe the solution you'd like
I hope nextcloud could add a feature that list all the failure happened when uploading (with file name, path, failure type, etc.), and add a button for retry.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by tracing the existing large-directory upload flow and how upload failures reach the user interface; define the failure list, displayed details, and retry behavior before choosing an implementation path.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, php
Domain
cloud, full-stack
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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