Disclaimer
I don’t want to offend anybody with this list but I think it makes sense to list some well known major issues of Nextcloud features in one place. To add some value to this, I note down possible workarounds to each point.
Please note that this is meant for my own documentation and only reflects my own opinion, but I will try to link Github issues going forward.
The list
- External Storage App:
- SMB breaks regularly (e.g. server#26457)
Workaround: mount SMB shares via the OS and use local external storage to mount it to Nextcloud - SFTP breaks regularly (e.g. server#20979)
Workaround: mount SFTP storage via the OS and use local external storage to mount it to Nextcloud
- SMB breaks regularly (e.g. server#26457)
- Built-in OnlyOffice Documentserver:
- deletes your work (e.g. documentserver_community#100)
Workaround: use the offical OnlyOffice Docker Documentserver for this
- deletes your work (e.g. documentserver_community#100)
- Built-in Collabora Documentserver:
- causes significant slowdown/timeout (e.g. richdocumentscode#1282)
Workaround: use the offical Collabora Online Docker Documentserver for this
- causes significant slowdown/timeout (e.g. richdocumentscode#1282)
- Server side encryption:
- isn’t reliable (e.g. server#24240)
Workaround: use Encryption from the OS or FS
- isn’t reliable (e.g. server#24240)
- Desktop client:
- VFS (Virtual File System) has some initial bugs (see this list)
Workaround: wait until those initial issues are resolved or disable VFS
- VFS (Virtual File System) has some initial bugs (see this list)
- Android client:
- crashes a lot (see this list)
Workaround for now: live with it. - Built-in Video Player doens’t work (see this list)
Workaround: Download the video before playing it - Media Tab doesn’t work (e.g. android#7245)
Workaround for now: don’t use the Media Tab but the normal file view.
- crashes a lot (see this list)
- Photos app:
- timeline view doesn’t work with external storage and groupfolders (e.g. photos#154 and photos#575)
Workaround: Use the Your folders view of the Photos app
- timeline view doesn’t work with external storage and groupfolders (e.g. photos#154 and photos#575)
- Text app:
- Web updater:
- is unreliable (see this list)
Workaround: don’t use the web updater and run the update via CLI or script instead
- is unreliable (see this list)
- Maps:
- Background scanning of pictures produces a lot of issues (e.g. maps#362)
Workaround: never schedule any scanning background job for the maps app
- Background scanning of pictures produces a lot of issues (e.g. maps#362)
- Fulltextsearch:
- has often issues especially after major updates (e.g. fulltextsearch#588)
Workaround: don’t use the fulltextsearch app
- has often issues especially after major updates (e.g. fulltextsearch#588)
- User management:
- spaces in UserIDs aren’t supported (e.g. server#21313)
Workaround: don’t create users with spaces in the UserID
- spaces in UserIDs aren’t supported (e.g. server#21313)
Last updated on 20.04.2021
Feedback
If you found any feature that didn’t work for you and that isn’t already on the list, I would love to hear about it down below. Please provide a link to a Github issue in any case.
If you don’t aggree with a point on the list, I would love to hear about it, too!