NC Tasks flattens subtasks after they have been moved beteween calendars by Tasks.org
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Description
Steps to reproduce
- Have a task with subtask
- Use Tasks.org to move it to a different calendar and note the modification timestamp
- Cause a manual sync in Tasks.org and see that it's still a subtask; unmodified (modified timestamp unchanged)
- Wait a minute and open/refresh NC Tasks
Expected behavior
NC tasks should not touch the subtask structure.
In fact, it should not touch any task data whatsoever unless the user explicitly asked for the specific modification to be done and merely refreshing the page should not imply any modification to be done.
Actual behaviour
The task has been modified after the NC Tasks refresh and the subtask is now at the top-level.
If you then sync Tasks.org again, it too has the subtask at the top level now, so it's not a data representation issue; NC tasks actually modified the task (modification timestamp changed) and that caused it to no longer be a subtask.
Tasks app version
0.16.1
CalDAV-clients used
DAVx5
Browser
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Client operating system
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Server operating system
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Web server
None
Database engine version
None
PHP engine version
None
Nextcloud version
31
Updated from an older installed version or fresh install
None
List of activated apps
Nextcloud configuration
Web server error log
Log file
Browser log
Additional info
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue using the listed Tasks.org, DAVx5, Nextcloud 31, and NC Tasks 0.16.1 setup, following the refresh and sync steps. Trace what changes the task modification timestamp and subtask relationship during an NC Tasks refresh; done means refreshing leaves task data and the subtask structure unchanged unless the user explicitly edits it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100