[Bug]: File locks UI doesn't allow unocking for owner
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⚠️ 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
The Files Lock feature allows users to manually lock files to prevent concurrent modifications. The file owner is always allowed to unlock any existing lock on an API level, regardless of who created the lock, but the frontend UI only enables the Unlock action when the current user is the lock owner.
Steps to reproduce
Alice shares the file with Bob with edit permissions.
Bob locks the file.
Alice can't unlock the file from her side via the UI, even as the file owner.
Expected behavior
Alice can unlock the file any time as the owner
Nextcloud Server version
32
Operating system
Debian/Ubuntu
PHP engine version
PHP 8.3
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
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Additional info
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the Files Lock frontend action and compare its owner check with the existing API behavior described in the issue. Reproduce the Alice-and-Bob scenario, then verify that the file owner can unlock Bob's lock through the UI without removing the restriction for other users.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100