Linux VFS client, indifferently from version, fill up my disk

📱 Desktop & mobile clients
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It is very frustrating.
The “free up local space” is something to click on that never does anything.
Why is the client never able to understand that it is filling up the disk and insists on downloading big files?

I’ve been fighting with this bug for about 4 years on several laptops.

NextCloud Client Version From-To (garuda-linux Rolling OS, until the storage fills up…)
╰─λ sudo pacman -S nextcloud-client
resolving dependencies…
looking for conflicting packages…

Package (1) Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size

extra/nextcloud-client 2:3.16.6-1 2:3.17.1-1 -0,16 MiB 4,62 MiB

Nextcloud Server
[Nextcloud Hub 9] (30.0.12)**
(VM under Proxmox PVE8 and Guest OS Ubuntu 22.04.05 Server)

My disk space…
/dev/nvme0n1p6 841G 831G 6,7G 100% /

My Disk Space analysis…
248G ./Nextcloud/MobileUploads
260G ./Nextcloud/SoftwareRepository
772G ./Nextcloud
834G .

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Your post is unclear. The title mentions a Linux VPS client, but in your message you refer to laptops. Clarify what exactly the environment is.

According to forum basics, provide:

  • Nextcloud server version and setup (AIO, snap, Docker, package, …)
  • Nextcloud desktop client version
  • Operating system and version
  • Whether you use Virtual Files (VFS) or full sync
  • Log excerpts or screenshots showing what happens

Without this information it’s impossible for anyone to reproduce or help with the issue.

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Dear vawaver, I tried answering your question.
Please, try to answer my question.
In the source code, there is a guardrail that stops any download if the disk space is near to be full?
If yes, from which version?

When I click into “Free up local space”, where is this command queued?
Why is it postponed to a full sync that will never be completed with no space?

Thanks.

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Without providing versions, OS and logs this topic has no value.
Closing from my side.

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Can you elaborate on your VFS availability configuration for these folders/files?

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