The Basics
- Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
32.0.1
- Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
Debian 13/Testing
- Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
Apache 2.4.65
- Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
N/A
- PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
8.4
- Is this the first time you’ve seen this issue? (Yes / No):
Yes
- When did this problem seem to first start?
From Initial Setup
- Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
Community Edition, Bare Metal, Web-Installer
- Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
No
Summary of the issue you are facing:
I have successfully setup a new NC instance with E2EE. I have tested the encryption and it generally works. However, in the NC desktop client (win10, v4.0.1), it would seem that I cannot encrypt any sub-folders. Only the top-level folders in any given sync-connection give me the right-click → “Encrypt” option (I have made sure that the folders in question are empty). I’ve searched the docs (the server and user manuals for v32/stable have nothing about E2EE, while the client manual has very little – I have to dig into the E2E app page to get a link to the GitHub to get any more, and it’s outdated) and forums and Google and can find no mention of this being an acknowledged limitation, and it surely cannot be by design, so: what am I missing?
Steps to replicate it:
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New NC 32 install.
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Setup E2EE, and enable it in client.
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???
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Notable lack of profit.
Log entries
Given the issue in question, I can think of no relevant logs to provide initially. I have checked NC, webserver, and browser console/network logs and can see nothing of remote relevance.
Configuration
Nextcloud
Nextcloud Config
{
"system": {
"instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"trusted_domains": [
"localhost",
"***[Base Domain]***"
],
"datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"version": "32.0.1.2",
"overwrite.cli.url": "***[Base Domain]***",
"htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/",
"dbtype": "mysql",
"dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbtableprefix": "oc_",
"dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbpersistent": true,
"mysql.utf8mb4": true,
"default_phone_region": "GB",
"default_locale": "en_GB",
"default_language": "en_GB",
"default_timezone": "Europe\/London",
"memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu",
"memcache.distributed": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
"memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
"redis": {
"host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"port": 0
},
"installed": true,
"maintenance": false,
"maintenance_window_start": 1,
"mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
"mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
"forbidden_filename_basenames": [
"con",
"prn",
"aux",
"nul",
"com0",
"com1",
"com2",
"com3",
"com4",
"com5",
"com6",
"com7",
"com8",
"com9",
"com\u00b9",
"com\u00b2",
"com\u00b3",
"lpt0",
"lpt1",
"lpt2",
"lpt3",
"lpt4",
"lpt5",
"lpt6",
"lpt7",
"lpt8",
"lpt9",
"lpt\u00b9",
"lpt\u00b2",
"lpt\u00b3"
],
"forbidden_filename_characters": [
"<",
">",
":",
"\"",
"|",
"?",
"*",
"\\",
"\/"
],
"forbidden_filename_extensions": [
" ",
".",
".filepart",
".part"
],
"app_install_overwrite": [],
"mail_smtpauth": true,
"mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtpport": "587",
"mail_smtpname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtppassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"twofactor_enforced": "true",
"twofactor_enforced_groups": [
"admin",
"***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***"
],
"twofactor_enforced_excluded_groups": [],
"theme": "",
"loglevel": 2
}
}
Apps
App List
Enabled:
- activity: 5.0.0-dev.0
- admin_audit: 1.22.0
- bruteforcesettings: 5.0.0-dev.0
- circles: 32.0.0
- cloud_federation_api: 1.16.0
- comments: 1.22.0
- contacts: 8.0.6
- contactsinteraction: 1.13.1
- dav: 1.34.2
- encryption: 2.20.0
- end_to_end_encryption: 1.18.0
- federatedfilesharing: 1.22.0
- files: 2.4.0
- files_accesscontrol: 3.0.1
- files_downloadlimit: 5.0.0-dev.0
- files_external: 1.24.0
- files_pdfviewer: 5.0.0-dev.0
- files_reminders: 1.5.0
- files_sharing: 1.24.0
- files_trashbin: 1.22.0
- files_versions: 1.25.0
- group_default_quota: 0.1.12
- logreader: 5.0.0-dev.0
- lookup_server_connector: 1.20.0
- nextcloud_announcements: 4.0.0-dev.0
- notifications: 5.0.0-dev.0
- oauth2: 1.20.0
- password_policy: 4.0.0-dev.0
- photos: 5.0.0-dev.1
- privacy: 4.0.0-dev.0
- profile: 1.1.0
- provisioning_api: 1.22.0
- quota_warning: 1.22.0
- related_resources: 3.0.0-dev.0
- serverinfo: 4.0.0-dev.0
- settings: 1.15.1
- sharebymail: 1.22.0
- sharereview: 1.5.0
- support: 4.0.0-dev.0
- suspicious_login: 10.0.0-dev.0
- systemtags: 1.22.0
- text: 6.0.1
- theming: 2.7.0
- theming_customcss: 1.19.0
- twofactor_backupcodes: 1.21.0
- twofactor_totp: 14.0.0
- updatenotification: 1.22.0
- user_status: 1.12.0
- viewer: 5.0.0-dev.0
- webhook_listeners: 1.3.0
- workflowengine: 2.14.0
Disabled:
- app_api: 32.0.0 (installed 32.0.0)
- dashboard: 7.12.0 (installed 7.12.0)
- federation: 1.22.0 (installed 1.22.0)
- firstrunwizard: 5.0.0-dev.0 (installed 5.0.0-dev.0)
- recommendations: 5.0.0-dev.0 (installed 5.0.0-dev.0)
- survey_client: 4.0.0-dev.0 (installed 4.0.0-dev.0)
- twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 6.0.0-dev.0
- unroundedcorners: 1.1.5 (installed 1.1.5)
- user_ldap: 1.23.0
- weather_status: 1.12.0 (installed 1.12.0)
