Group Folder not working after Nextcloud update!

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The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    • 32.0.13.1
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
    • Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
  • Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
    • Apache 2.4.52
  • Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
    • replace me
  • PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
    • PHP 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.25
  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
    • YES
  • When did this problem seem to first start?
    • After Nextcloud update
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
    • replace me
  • Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
    • replace me

Summary of the issue you are facing:

I have not updated my Nextcloud version in many years, but now I did. After update, my app “Group Folders” dont work or even exists anymore! I had many photos using it with a folder structure that both me and my wife is using with photos of my family…

Is everything lost? Can I get it back somehow?

Apps

  • activity: 5.0.0
  • app_api: 32.0.0
  • circles: 32.0.0
  • cloud_federation_api: 1.16.0
  • comments: 1.22.0
  • contactsinteraction: 1.13.1
  • dashboard: 7.12.0
  • dav: 1.34.2
  • federatedfilesharing: 1.22.0
  • federation: 1.22.0
  • files: 2.4.0
  • files_downloadlimit: 5.0.0
  • files_pdfviewer: 5.0.0
  • files_reminders: 1.5.0
  • files_sharing: 1.24.1
  • files_trashbin: 1.22.0
  • files_versions: 1.25.0
  • firstrunwizard: 5.0.0
  • logreader: 5.0.0
  • lookup_server_connector: 1.20.0
  • nextcloud_announcements: 4.0.0
  • notifications: 5.0.0
  • oauth2: 1.20.0
  • password_policy: 4.0.0
  • photos: 5.0.0
  • privacy: 4.0.0
  • profile: 1.1.0
  • provisioning_api: 1.22.0
  • recommendations: 5.0.0
  • related_resources: 3.0.0
  • serverinfo: 4.0.0
  • settings: 1.15.1
  • sharebymail: 1.22.0
  • support: 4.0.0
  • survey_client: 4.0.0
  • systemtags: 1.22.0
  • text: 6.0.2
  • theming: 2.7.0
  • twofactor_backupcodes: 1.21.0
  • updatenotification: 1.22.0
  • user_status: 1.12.0
  • viewer: 5.0.0
  • weather_status: 1.12.0
  • webhook_listeners: 1.3.0
  • workflowengine: 2.14.0
    Disabled:
  • admin_audit: 1.22.0
  • bruteforcesettings: 5.0.0 (installed 2.2.0)
  • encryption: 2.20.0
  • files_external: 1.24.1
  • files_rightclick: 0.15.1 (installed 1.6.0)
  • suspicious_login: 10.0.0
  • twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 6.0.0
  • twofactor_totp: 14.0.0
  • user_ldap: 1.23.0

Hi @crazytok,

are there any errors / warnings in the nextcloud logs?
You should also update the php version. :see_no_evil_monkey:

and… what happens if you install it? It’s not installed according to your App list.

  1. Open Apps (Your Avatar → Apps)
  2. Search for “Team Folders” top left
  3. Install and Enable it

Or via CLI:

occ app:install groupfolders
occ app:enable groupfolders

Note that the app is called groupfolders in the background, but appears as Team Folders in the UI. Nextcloud renamed the app a few months ago from Group- to Team Folders.

Depends on whether the data is still on the file system. You can search for __groupfolders diretory in your Nextcloud data directory (see datadirectory in your config/config.php).

I have had the same issue after updating from AIO v13.3.1 to 13.4.0.

Like you, I had LDAP & Group Backend not enabled.

If I remember correctly, that was not an issue in the past (since I was able to create and edit groups in the past, despite that app being disabled) so I guess that is a regression?

PS: also had this issue with a LAMP Nextcloud instance, after the update to v34 or something. You might need a reboot, after you activated the app.