Mirror federated storage locally [$20]
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Description
Steps to reproduce
- Mount remote federated share
2.take remote federated share offline
3.attempt to access remote federated share data locally
Expected behaviour
Federated data from remote host will still be accessible from the web client while the remote host is offline. Federated share owner can allow those with remote access to keep local copies of the shared data.
Actual behaviour
All access to federated remote shares is lost until host goes back online.
Server
Nextcloud 13 and Nextcloud 12.0.5
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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
The issue names no files or tests. Start by reproducing the three listed steps on Nextcloud 12 or 13 and trace how federated shares are accessed when the remote host is offline. Done means remote users can access a permitted local copy while the federated host remains unavailable.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend, cloud, distributed-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100