# Code integrity .htaccess not passed the integrity check

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/code-integrity-htaccess-not-passed-the-integrity-check/251676>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** nc34, cloudflare\
**Created:** [November 2, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/code-integrity-htaccess-not-passed-the-integrity-check/251676 "2026-11-02T16:08:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cirrus](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/cirrus/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Cirrus](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Cirrus)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/code-integrity-htaccess-not-passed-the-integrity-check/251676/1 "2026-11-02T16:08:32Z")

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## The Basics

- Nextcloud Server version _(e.g., 29.x.x)_:
  - `35.0.2`

- Operating system and version _(e.g., Ubuntu 24.04)_:
  - `Ubuntu 22.04`

- Web server and version _(e.g, Apache 2.4.25)_:
  - `2.4.69`

- Reverse proxy and version \_(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
  - `n/a`

- PHP version _(e.g, 8.3)_:
  - `8.3.36`

- Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
  - `Yes`

- When did this problem seem to first start?
  - `Just before and since upgrading from v 34.0.5 to v 35.0.2`

- Installation method _(e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)_
  - `Bare metal`

- Are you using CloudfIare, mod\_security, or similar? _(Yes / No)_
  - `Cloudflare - Yes`

### Summary of the issue you are facing:

My .htaccess file has failed a “code integrity” check

From my Admin Settings Overview page:

```auto
Code integrity

Some files have not passed the integrity check. List of invalid files… Rescan…

```

And when I hit the “List of invalid files”-option, i get:

```auto
Raw output
==========
Array
(
    [core] => Array
        (
            [INVALID_HASH] => Array
                (
                    [.htaccess] => Array
                        (
                            [expected] => a2d827c...
                            [current] => 17477516e...
                        )

                )

        )

)

```

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

The problem appeared just _before_ I updated NC from v 34.0.5 to 35.0.2 (my current version) and I thought I had successfully dealt with it via the second solution below:

**Solutions attempted** :

1. Tried **ernolf** ’s “nc-integrity-fix”-script, as detailed here:

[https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nc-integrity-fix-script-to-resolve-some-files-have-not-passed-the-integrity-check-warnings/194729](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nc-integrity-fix-script-to-resolve-some-files-have-not-passed-the-integrity-check-warnings/194729)

Didn’t help:

```auto
azed@azed-byte:~$ nc-integrity-fix
This app is affected:

core
The hash of this file in [core] is invalid:

.htaccess

Q: Do you want to replace this invalid file with a file downloaded from github
for your version?
Make your choice: ([y]es or [n]o) [yes]: y
download of '.htaccess' failed. You must check this one yourself

```

1. Tried to replace my .htaccess-file for an “uncorrupted” one, as detailed here:

[https://help.nextcloud.com/t/code-integrity-check-problems/1895/2](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/code-integrity-check-problems/1895/2)

Downloaded the appropriate (v. 34.0.5) nextcloud files from here:

[https://nextcloud.com/changelog/#latest34](https://nextcloud.com/changelog/#latest34)

-- Extracted the .htaccess file

-- Checked permissions matched:

OLD

`azed@azed-byte:~$ ls -l /var/www/nextcloud/.htaccess`  
`-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 7940 Oct 17 17:02 /var/www/nextcloud/.htaccess`

NEW

```auto
azed@azed-byte:~$ ls -l /home/azed/Downloads/Nextcloud/nextcloud-34.0.5/.htaccess
-rw-r--r-- 1 azed azed 6677 Oct 15 09:17 /home/azed/Downloads/Nextcloud/nextcloud-34.0.5/.htaccess

```

-- Fixed file ownership:

`sudo chown www-data:www-data /home/azed/Downloads/Nextcloud/nextcloud-34.0.5/.htaccess`

`azed@azed-byte:~$ ls -l /home/azed/Downloads/Nextcloud/nextcloud-34.0.5/.htaccess`  
`-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 7940 Oct 24 15:44 /home/azed/Downloads/Nextcloud/nextcloud-34.0.5/.htaccess`

-- Replaced the old .htaccess-file with the new

```auto
azed@azed-byte:~$ sudo mv /home/azed/Downloads/Nextcloud/nextcloud-34.0.5/.htaccess /var/www/nextcloud/.htaccess

```

-- Reloaded apache2

`azed@azed-byte:~$ sudo systemctl reload apache2`

When I re-loaded the Administrator Settings Overview page, the code integrity warning had disappeared (hoorah!)

However, after the update to NC v 35.0.2, it re-appeared (boo!)

1. I also tried this suggested fool-the-system work-around:

[https://help.nextcloud.com/t/27-1-1-howto-reset-invalid-hash-on-htaccess-to-eliminate-issue-in-admin-overview/170766](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/27-1-1-howto-reset-invalid-hash-on-htaccess-to-eliminate-issue-in-admin-overview/170766)

see also here:

[https://help.nextcloud.com/t/integrity-check-failed-htaccess-file-invalid/163774/2](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/integrity-check-failed-htaccess-file-invalid/163774/2)

Did as suggested:

-- Edited end of /var/www/nextcloud/config/config.php

From:

`'mail_smtpport' => '465',`  
`'mail_smtpauth' => 1,`  
`'mail_smtpname' => ``'``withheld',`  
`'mail_smtppassword' => 'withheld',`  
`'theme' => '',`  
`'loglevel' => 2,`  
`'htaccess.RewriteBase' => '/',`  
`'serverid' => '0',`  
`);`

To:

`'mail_smtpport' => '465',`  
`'mail_smtpauth' => 1,`  
`'mail_smtpname' => 'withheld',`  
`'mail_smtppassword' => 'withheld',`  
`'theme' => '',`  
`'loglevel' => 2,`  
`'htaccess.RewriteBase' => '/',`  
`'serverid' => '0',`  
`'integrity.check.disabled' => true,`  
`);`

-- Saved file

-- Re-loaded Admin Settings Overview page - code-integrity error had vanished

-- Removed the line " ‘integrity.check.disabled’ =\> true, " from /var/www/nextcloud/config/config.php

-- Logged out and in again: code integrity problem was back (sigh)

**QUESTIONS:**

1. **Why am I getting this error**
2. **How do I get rid of it (permanently)?**

### Log entries

#### Nextcloud

Please provide the log entries from your Nextcloud log that are generated during the time of problem (via the _Copy raw_ option from _Administration settings-\>Logging_ screen or from your `nextcloud.log` located in your data directory). Feel free to use a pastebin/gist service if necessary.

Here are a couple of entries from the Administrator Settings Overview “Logging”-page from the time of my update to v35.0.2. They don’t appear to me to be very useful:

`{"reqId":"wUKyvHlXi3QI9dtIWqOU","level":1,"time":"2026-10-24T14:23:27+00:00","remoteAddr":"192.168.1.237","user":"--","app":"updater","method":"GET","url":"/ocs/v2.php/core/update?requesttoken=YbI9hp8CZHCM4T1rGdgDoxh9N9PqUVUjQO%2FMcgIOb0w%3D%3AEvdL4fBnUgSng2wyd6Fl8ltMTrrTGjpvCt%2BFHHA5IQA%3D","scriptName":"/ocs/v2.php","message":"\OC\Updater::startCheckCodeIntegrity: Starting code integrity check...","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 OPR/138.0.0.0","version":"34.0.5.1","data":{"app":"updater"},"id":"6ae8a58bc769b"}`

`{"reqId":"wUKyvHlXi3QI9dtIWqOU","level":1,"time":"2026-10-24T14:23:35+00:00","remoteAddr":"192.168.1.237","user":"--","app":"updater","method":"GET","url":"/ocs/v2.php/core/update?requesttoken=YbI9hp8CZHCM4T1rGdgDoxh9N9PqUVUjQO%2FMcgIOb0w%3D%3AEvdL4fBnUgSng2wyd6Fl8ltMTrrTGjpvCt%2BFHHA5IQA%3D","scriptName":"/ocs/v2.php","message":"\OC\Updater::finishedCheckCodeIntegrity: Finished code integrity check","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/154.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 OPR/138.0.0.0","version":"34.0.5.1","data":{"app":"updater"},"id":"6ae8a58bc7696"}`

#### Web Browser

If the problem is related to the Web interface, open your browser inspector _Console_ and _Network_ tabs while refreshing (reloading) and reproducing the problem. Provide any relevant output/errors here that appear.

N/A

#### Web server / Reverse Proxy

The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in `/var/log/ ____ `:

Couldn’t see anything relevant

### Configuration

#### Nextcloud

The output of `occ config:list system` or similar is best, but, if not possible, the contents of your `config.php` file from `/path/to/nextcloud` is fine (make sure to remove any identifiable information!):

Can be provided if you think it would help

#### Apps

Again, list of apps can be provided if you think it would help

### Tips for increasing the likelihood of a response

- Use the `preformatted text` formatting option in the editor for all log entries and configuration output.
- If screenshots are useful, feel free to include them.
  - If possible, also include key error output in text form so it can be searched for.

- Try to edit log output only minimally (if at all) so that it can be ran through analyzers / formatters by those trying to help you.

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**Author:** ![jtr](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/jtr/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@jtr](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/jtr)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/code-integrity-htaccess-not-passed-the-integrity-check/251676/2 "2026-11-02T19:41:36Z")

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> [@Cirrus](#):
>
> However, after the update to NC v 35.0.2, it re-appeared (boo!)

How, precisely, are you updating?