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[Bug]: TypeError: can't access property "from", window.Buffer is undefined

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Description

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Bug description

Opening Nextcloud an unsupported user agent throws a console error.

Steps to reproduce
  1. Set user agent to Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 14_6 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/14.0.3 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 (Firefox desktop mobile emulation)
Expected behavior

Redirect according to https://github.com/nextcloud/server/blob/5c7f52f40ead14d7635bc1327cdcede54e5258cc/core/src/utils/RedirectUnsupportedBrowsers.js#L32-L39

Nextcloud Server version

master

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

List of activated Apps

Nextcloud Signing status

Nextcloud Logs

Additional info

No response

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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with core/src/utils/RedirectUnsupportedBrowsers.js, especially the referenced lines, and reproduce the issue with the supplied iPhone Safari user agent in Firefox mobile emulation. Trace why window.Buffer is undefined during the unsupported-browser flow. Done means the user is redirected as expected without the console TypeError.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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