[Bug]: Exception OCA\Provisioning_API\Controller\UsersController::editUser(): Argument #3 ($value) must be of type string, null given, called in lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php on line 208 in file lib/Controller/UsersController.php line 893
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Description
⚠️ This issue respects the following points: ⚠️
- This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
- This issue is not already reported on Github OR Nextcloud Community Forum (I've searched it).
- Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
- I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.
Bug description
There's an Error in the log:
Exception OCA\Provisioning_API\Controller\UsersController::editUser(): Argument #3 ($value) must be of type string, null given, called in /var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php on line 208 in file '/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php' line 893
Steps to reproduce
I'm not sure
Expected behavior
No errors in log
Nextcloud Server version
30
Operating system
RHEL/CentOS
PHP engine version
PHP 8.3
Web server
Apache (supported)
Database engine version
MySQL
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
{
"system": {
"passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"trusted_domains": [
"cloud.jendrik.eu"
],
"datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbtype": "mysql",
"version": "30.0.6.2",
"overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/cloud.jendrik.eu",
"dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbport": "",
"dbtableprefix": "oc_",
"mysql.utf8mb4": true,
"dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"installed": true,
"instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"maintenance": false,
"mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtpmode": "sendmail",
"mail_sendmailmode": "pipe",
"htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/",
"memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu",
"redis": {
"host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"port": "0",
"timeout": "1.5"
},
"filelocking.enabled": "true",
"memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
"memcache.distributed": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
"default_phone_region": "DE",
"maintenance_window_start": 0,
"skeletondirectory": ""
}
}
List of activated Apps
Enabled:
- activity: 3.0.0
- bruteforcesettings: 3.0.0
- calendar: 5.1.3
- circles: 30.0.0
- cloud_federation_api: 1.13.0
- contactsinteraction: 1.11.0
- dashboard: 7.10.0
- dav: 1.31.1
- federatedfilesharing: 1.20.0
- federation: 1.20.0
- files: 2.2.0
- files_downloadlimit: 3.0.0
- files_pdfviewer: 3.0.0
- files_sharing: 1.22.0
- files_trashbin: 1.20.1
- files_versions: 1.23.0
- firstrunwizard: 3.0.0
- logreader: 3.0.0
- lookup_server_connector: 1.18.0
- nextcloud_announcements: 2.0.0
- notifications: 3.0.0
- oauth2: 1.18.1
- password_policy: 2.0.0
- privacy: 2.0.0
- provisioning_api: 1.20.0
- related_resources: 1.5.0
- serverinfo: 2.0.0
- settings: 1.13.0
- text: 4.1.0
- theming: 2.6.0
- twofactor_backupcodes: 1.19.0
- updatenotification: 1.20.0
- user_status: 1.10.0
- viewer: 3.0.0
- workflowengine: 2.12.0
Disabled:
- admin_audit: 1.20.0
- app_api: 4.0.6 (installed 4.0.6)
- comments: 1.20.1 (installed 1.20.1)
- encryption: 2.18.0
- files_external: 1.22.0
- files_reminders: 1.3.0 (installed 1.3.0)
- photos: 3.0.2 (installed 3.0.2)
- recommendations: 3.0.0 (installed 3.0.0)
- sharebymail: 1.20.0 (installed 1.20.0)
- support: 2.0.0 (installed 2.0.0)
- survey_client: 2.0.0 (installed 2.0.0)
- suspicious_login: 8.0.0
- systemtags: 1.20.0 (installed 1.20.0)
- twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 4.0.0
- twofactor_totp: 12.0.0-dev
- user_ldap: 1.21.0
- weather_status: 1.10.0 (installed 1.10.0)
- webhook_listeners: 1.1.0-dev (installed 1.1.0-dev)
Nextcloud Signing status
No errors have been found.
Nextcloud Logs
{
"reqId": "Z8_fJp63c72YtzczKQ8pTAAAAAg",
"level": 3,
"time": "2025-03-11T06:58:46+00:00",
"remoteAddr": "2a02:560:558b:c300:db7c:aa40:7ccb:fe54",
"user": "jonas",
"app": "no app in context",
"method": "PUT",
"url": "/ocs/v2.php/cloud/users/jonas",
"message": "OCA\\Provisioning_API\\Controller\\UsersController::editUser(): Argument #3 ($value) must be of type string, null given, called in /var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php on line 208 in file '/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php' line 893",
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0",
"version": "30.0.6.2",
"exception": {
"Exception": "Exception",
"Message": "OCA\\Provisioning_API\\Controller\\UsersController::editUser(): Argument #3 ($value) must be of type string, null given, called in /var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php on line 208 in file '/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php' line 893",
"Code": 0,
"Trace": [
{
"file": "/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/AppFramework/App.php",
"line": 161,
"function": "dispatch",
"class": "OC\\AppFramework\\Http\\Dispatcher",
"type": "->",
"args": [
{
"__class__": "OCA\\Provisioning_API\\Controller\\UsersController"
},
"editUser"
]
},
{
"file": "/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/Route/Router.php",
"line": 302,
"function": "main",
"class": "OC\\AppFramework\\App",
"type": "::",
"args": [
"OCA\\Provisioning_API\\Controller\\UsersController",
"editUser",
{
"__class__": "OC\\AppFramework\\DependencyInjection\\DIContainer"
},
{
"userId": "jonas",
"_route": "ocs.provisioning_api.users.edituser"
}
]
},
{
"file": "/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/ocs/v1.php",
"line": 43,
"function": "match",
"class": "OC\\Route\\Router",
"type": "->",
"args": [
"/ocsapp/cloud/users/jonas"
]
},
{
"file": "/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/ocs/v2.php",
"line": 7,
"args": [
"/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/ocs/v1.php"
],
"function": "require_once"
}
],
"File": "/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php",
"Line": 146,
"Previous": {
"Exception": "TypeError",
"Message": "OCA\\Provisioning_API\\Controller\\UsersController::editUser(): Argument #3 ($value) must be of type string, null given, called in /var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php on line 208",
"Code": 0,
"Trace": [
{
"file": "/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php",
"line": 208,
"function": "editUser",
"class": "OCA\\Provisioning_API\\Controller\\UsersController",
"type": "->",
"args": [
"jonas",
"birthdate",
null
]
},
{
"file": "/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php",
"line": 114,
"function": "executeController",
"class": "OC\\AppFramework\\Http\\Dispatcher",
"type": "->",
"args": [
{
"__class__": "OCA\\Provisioning_API\\Controller\\UsersController"
},
"editUser"
]
},
{
"file": "/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/AppFramework/App.php",
"line": 161,
"function": "dispatch",
"class": "OC\\AppFramework\\Http\\Dispatcher",
"type": "->",
"args": [
{
"__class__": "OCA\\Provisioning_API\\Controller\\UsersController"
},
"editUser"
]
},
{
"file": "/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/Route/Router.php",
"line": 302,
"function": "main",
"class": "OC\\AppFramework\\App",
"type": "::",
"args": [
"OCA\\Provisioning_API\\Controller\\UsersController",
"editUser",
{
"__class__": "OC\\AppFramework\\DependencyInjection\\DIContainer"
},
{
"userId": "jonas",
"_route": "ocs.provisioning_api.users.edituser"
}
]
},
{
"file": "/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/ocs/v1.php",
"line": 43,
"function": "match",
"class": "OC\\Route\\Router",
"type": "->",
"args": [
"/ocsapp/cloud/users/jonas"
]
},
{
"file": "/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/ocs/v2.php",
"line": 7,
"args": [
"/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/ocs/v1.php"
],
"function": "require_once"
}
],
"File": "/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php",
"Line": 893
},
"message": "OCA\\Provisioning_API\\Controller\\UsersController::editUser(): Argument #3 ($value) must be of type string, null given, called in /var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php on line 208 in file '/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php' line 893",
"exception": [],
"CustomMessage": "OCA\\Provisioning_API\\Controller\\UsersController::editUser(): Argument #3 ($value) must be of type string, null given, called in /var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php on line 208 in file '/var/www/virtual/jendrik/SERVERNAME/apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php' line 893"
},
"id": "67d29989d7a74"
}
Additional info
No response
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Research direction
Start with the PUT request to /ocs/v2.php/cloud/users/{userId} and inspect apps/provisioning_api/lib/Controller/UsersController.php around line 893, where the log shows editUser receiving a null birthdate value. Trace how the request reaches the controller and determine the expected handling for that value. Done should include a reproducible test or case and no resulting TypeError in the log.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100