Group Admin Error: 'Failed to Load Groups' Prevents User Creation in Assigned Groups

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The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    • 30.0.10
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
    • Ubuntu 24.04.2
  • Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
    • Apache 2.4.63
  • Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
    • N/A
  • PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
    • 8.3.20
  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
    • Yes
  • When did this problem seem to first start?
    • After updating from 30.0.4 to 30.0.10
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
    • AIO
  • Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
    • No

Summary of the issue you are facing:

Group administrators in Nextcloud are unable to create users within the groups they administer. Instead, they are only shown the admin group, which they are not admins of, preventing them from managing the members of their assigned groups.

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

  1. Access Nextcloud with an account (ex. ThisIsTestAdmin)
  2. Go to the Accounts page (https://cloud.example.com/settings/users)
  3. First hint that something’s wrong is that I can’t see the groups I’m part of nor group admin of.
    Current behavior:

    Expected behavior (Paint edit):
  4. Press the + New Account button.
  5. Try to assign a group in the “Member of the following groups” sections.
  6. You’ll only be able to select the “admin” group, even if the group admin is not an admin.
    Current behavior:

    Expected behavior (Paint edit):
  7. As expected, trying to create an admin as a non-admin user throws an error.
    image

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.

https://pastebin.com/hM2fdv9e

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.

When loading:

vue:98 
 [ERROR] settings: Failed to load groups 
{app: 'settings', uid: 'ThisIsGroupAdmin', level: '2', error: r}
S	@	AppNavigationGroupList.vue:98
await in S		
(anonymous)	@	AppNavigationGroupList.vue:27
Promise.then		
18539	@	main-apps-users-management.ts:29
o	@	bootstrap:19
(anonymous)	@	settings-vue-setting….js?v=10ad9177-25:1
o.O	@	chunk loaded:25
(anonymous)	@	settings-vue-setting….js?v=10ad9177-25:1
(anonymous)	@	settings-vue-setting….js?v=10ad9177-25:1

Checking after a while:

/ocs/v2.php/cloud/gr…offset=0&limit=25:1 
 
 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 ()
AppNavigationGroupList.vue:98 
 [ERROR] settings: Failed to load groups 
Object
app
: 
"settings"
error
: 
r {message: 'Request failed with status code 403', name: 'AxiosError', code: 'ERR_BAD_REQUEST', config: {…}, request: XMLHttpRequest, …}
level
: 
"2"
uid
: 
"ThisIsGroupAdmin"
[[Prototype]]
: 
Object
constructor
: 
ƒ Object()
hasOwnProperty
: 
ƒ hasOwnProperty()
isPrototypeOf
: 
ƒ isPrototypeOf()
propertyIsEnumerable
: 
ƒ propertyIsEnumerable()
toLocaleString
: 
ƒ toLocaleString()
toString
: 
ƒ toString()
valueOf
: 
ƒ valueOf()
__defineGetter__
: 
ƒ __defineGetter__()
__defineSetter__
: 
ƒ __defineSetter__()
__lookupGetter__
: 
ƒ __lookupGetter__()
__lookupSetter__
: 
ƒ __lookupSetter__()
__proto__
: 
(...)
get __proto__
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ƒ __proto__()
set __proto__
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S	@	AppNavigationGroupList.vue:98

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!):

{
    "system": {
        "skeletondirectory": "",
        "one-click-instance": true,
        "one-click-instance.user-limit": 100,
        "memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu",
        "apps_paths": [
            {
                "path": "\/var\/www\/html\/apps",
                "url": "\/apps",
                "writable": false
            },
            {
                "path": "\/var\/www\/html\/custom_apps",
                "url": "\/custom_apps",
                "writable": true
            }
        ],
        "check_data_directory_permissions": false,
        "memcache.distributed": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "redis": {
            "host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "password": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "port": 6379
        },
        "overwritehost": "cloud.uva-studio.com",
        "overwriteprotocol": "https",
        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "trusted_domains": [
            "localhost",
            "cloud.uva-studio.com"
        ],
        "datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtype": "pgsql",
        "version": "30.0.10.1",
        "overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/cloud.uva-studio.com\/",
        "dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbport": "",
        "dbtableprefix": "oc_",
        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "installed": true,
        "instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "maintenance": false,
        "loglevel": "2",
        "log_type": "file",
        "logfile": "\/var\/www\/html\/data\/nextcloud.log",
        "log_rotate_size": "10485760",
        "log.condition": {
            "apps": [
                "admin_audit"
            ]
        },
        "preview_max_x": "2048",
        "preview_max_y": "2048",
        "jpeg_quality": "60",
        "enabledPreviewProviders": {
            "1": "OC\\Preview\\Image",
            "2": "OC\\Preview\\MarkDown",
            "3": "OC\\Preview\\MP3",
            "4": "OC\\Preview\\TXT",
            "5": "OC\\Preview\\OpenDocument",
            "6": "OC\\Preview\\Movie",
            "7": "OC\\Preview\\Krita",
            "0": "OC\\Preview\\Imaginary",
            "23": "OC\\Preview\\ImaginaryPDF"
        },
        "enable_previews": true,
        "upgrade.disable-web": true,
        "mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
        "trashbin_retention_obligation": "auto, 30",
        "versions_retention_obligation": "auto, 30",
        "activity_expire_days": "30",
        "simpleSignUpLink.shown": false,
        "share_folder": "\/Shared",
        "one-click-instance.link": "https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/all-in-one\/",
        "upgrade.cli-upgrade-link": "https:\/\/github.com\/nextcloud\/all-in-one\/discussions\/2726",
        "updatedirectory": "\/nc-updater",
        "davstorage.request_timeout": 43200,
        "htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/",
        "dbpersistent": false,
        "files_external_allow_create_new_local": false,
        "trusted_proxies": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "preview_imaginary_url": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpsecure": "ssl",
        "mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
        "mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpauth": 1,
        "mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpport": "465",
        "default_phone_region": "EC",
        "appsallowlist": false,
        "maintenance_window_start": 100,
        "allow_local_remote_servers": true,
        "auth.bruteforce.protection.enabled": true,
        "ratelimit.protection.enabled": true,
        "preview_imaginary_key": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "documentation_url.server_logs": "https:\/\/github.com\/nextcloud\/all-in-one\/discussions\/5425",
        "DOMAIN": "cloud.[redacted].com"
    }
}

Apps

The output of occ app:list (if possible).

Enabled:
  - bruteforcesettings: 3.0.0
  - circles: 30.0.0
  - cloud_federation_api: 1.13.0
  - comments: 1.20.1
  - contactsinteraction: 1.11.0
  - dav: 1.31.1
  - federatedfilesharing: 1.20.0
  - files: 2.2.0
  - files_downloadlimit: 3.0.0
  - files_pdfviewer: 3.0.0
  - files_reminders: 1.3.0
  - files_sharing: 1.22.0
  - files_trashbin: 1.20.1
  - files_versions: 1.23.0
  - firstrunwizard: 3.0.0
  - impersonate: 1.17.1
  - logreader: 3.0.0
  - lookup_server_connector: 1.18.0
  - nextcloud-aio: 0.7.0
  - notifications: 3.0.0
  - notify_push: 1.0.0
  - oauth2: 1.18.1
  - password_policy: 2.0.0
  - photos: 3.0.2
  - privacy: 2.0.0
  - provisioning_api: 1.20.0
  - related_resources: 1.5.0
  - serverinfo: 2.0.0
  - settings: 1.13.0
  - sharebymail: 1.20.0
  - support: 2.0.0
  - text: 4.1.0
  - theming: 2.6.0
  - twofactor_backupcodes: 1.19.0
  - twofactor_totp: 12.0.0-dev
  - user_status: 1.10.0
  - viewer: 3.0.0
  - webhook_listeners: 1.1.0-dev
  - whiteboard: 1.0.5
  - workflowengine: 2.12.0
Disabled:
  - activity: 3.0.0 (installed 2.19.0)
  - admin_audit: 1.20.0 (installed 1.17.0)
  - app_api: 4.0.6 (installed 4.0.6)
  - calendar: 5.2.2 (installed 5.2.2)
  - contacts: 7.0.6 (installed 7.0.6)
  - dashboard: 7.10.0 (installed 7.7.0)
  - deck: 1.14.4 (installed 1.14.4)
  - encryption: 2.18.0
  - federation: 1.20.0 (installed 1.17.0)
  - files_external: 1.22.0
  - files_rightclick: 0.15.1 (installed 1.6.0)
  - nextcloud_announcements: 2.0.0 (installed 1.16.0)
  - notes: 4.12.0 (installed 4.12.0)
  - recommendations: 3.0.0 (installed 2.1.0)
  - survey_client: 2.0.0 (installed 1.15.0)
  - suspicious_login: 8.0.0
  - systemtags: 1.20.0 (installed 1.17.0)
  - tasks: 0.16.1 (installed 0.16.1)
  - twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 4.0.0
  - user_ldap: 1.21.0
  - weather_status: 1.10.0 (installed 1.7.0)

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