Check for expected files failed The following extra files have been found: nextcloud

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    • 25.0.4
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
    • Unraid 7.0.1
  • Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
    • replace me
  • Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
    • HAProxy 2.8.3
  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
    • Yes
  • When did this problem seem to first start?
    • when running the following command:
      docker exec -it nextcloud updater.phar
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
    • docker container
  • Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
    • Cloudflare DNS

I’ve searched through similar issues in this forum, but they had problems with different files. The concluded solution seems to be to delete those problem files; however, I don’t know where to find the “nextcloud” file to be deleted.

Need help…thanks

Summary of the issue you are facing:

When running the following command in order to upgrade my nextcloud, it produced below error

docker exec -it nextcloud updater.phar
Nextcloud Updater - version: v25.0.3-2-gd49ee0d

Current version is 25.0.4.

Update to Nextcloud 25.0.13 available. (channel: "stable")
Following file will be downloaded automatically: https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/nextcloud-25.0.13.zip
Open changelog ↗

Steps that will be executed:
[ ] Check for expected files
[ ] Check for write permissions
[ ] Create backup
[ ] Downloading
[ ] Verify integrity
[ ] Extracting
[ ] Enable maintenance mode
[ ] Replace entry points
[ ] Delete old files
[ ] Move new files in place
[ ] Done

Start update? [y/N] y

Info: Pressing Ctrl-C will finish the currently running step and then stops the updater.

[✘] Check for expected files failed
**The following extra files have been found:**
    nextcloud

Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!):

  1. enter Unraid console
  2. run command docker exec -it nextcloud updater.phar

Log entries

no relevant logs generated

Nextcloud

no relevant logs generated

Okay. I found that I have to delete the blank folder ‘nextcloud’ in /config/www/nextcloud folder, i.e. /config/www/nextcloud/nextcloud

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