macOS client nextcloud 33.0.0 is contiuously accessing files and consuming CPU time

📱 Desktop & mobile clients 💻 Desktop
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Since the upgrade to client version 33.0.0 I see a lot of disk activity (the disk activity LED flashes) and ~50% of continuous CPU activity (from activity monitor).

I am on macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 on Intel CPU.

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I had to disconnect and reconnect the account to solve the problem.

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I also note a lot of trafic on the server side with stupid requests like:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:da6c:49b1:23a - - [27/Mar/2026:23:09:51 +0100] "GET /apps/passwords/img/app.svg HTTP/1.1" 200 1914 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows) mirall/33.0.0 (build 20260323) (Nextcloud, windows-10.0.26200 ClientArchitecture: x86_64 OsArchitecture: x86_64)"
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:da6c:49b1:23a - - [27/Mar/2026:23:09:51 +0100] "GET /apps/passwords/img/app.svg HTTP/1.1" 200 1914 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows) mirall/33.0.0 (build 20260323) (Nextcloud, windows-10.0.26200 ClientArchitecture: x86_64 OsArchitecture: x86_64)"
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:da6c:49b1:23a - - [27/Mar/2026:23:09:51 +0100] "GET /apps/passwords/img/app.svg HTTP/1.1" 200 1914 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows) mirall/33.0.0 (build 20260323) (Nextcloud, windows-10.0.26200 ClientArchitecture: x86_64 OsArchitecture: x86_64)"
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:da6c:49b1:23a - - [27/Mar/2026:23:09:51 +0100] "GET /apps/passwords/img/app.svg HTTP/1.1" 200 1914 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows) mirall/33.0.0 (build 20260323) (Nextcloud, windows-10.0.26200 ClientArchitecture: x86_64 OsArchitecture: x86_64)"

Why is the (Windows here) client requesting the same URL many times per second?

It was the same problem with the macOS client before I found the solution:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.fbx.proxad.net - - [27/Mar/2026:07:04:16 +0100] "GET /apps/passwords/img/app.svg HTTP/1.1" 200 1914 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh) mirall/33.0.0 (Nextcloud, macos-24.6.0 ClientArchitecture: arm64 OsArchitecture: arm64)"
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.fbx.proxad.net - - [27/Mar/2026:07:04:16 +0100] "GET /apps/passwords/img/app.svg HTTP/1.1" 200 1914 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh) mirall/33.0.0 (Nextcloud, macos-24.6.0 ClientArchitecture: arm64 OsArchitecture: arm64)"
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.fbx.proxad.net - - [27/Mar/2026:07:04:16 +0100] "GET /apps/passwords/img/app.svg HTTP/1.1" 200 1914 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh) mirall/33.0.0 (Nextcloud, macos-24.6.0 ClientArchitecture: arm64 OsArchitecture: arm64)"
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.fbx.proxad.net - - [27/Mar/2026:07:04:16 +0100] "GET /apps/passwords/img/app.svg HTTP/1.1" 200 1914 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh) mirall/33.0.0 (Nextcloud, macos-24.6.0 ClientArchitecture: arm64 OsArchitecture: arm64)"
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The problem is solved for SOME client but not all.
I still have one case with continuous requests “GET /apps/passwords/img/app.svg HTTP/1.1”.

I will wait for a client (or server) update from 33.0.0 to something else.

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The issue is also reported on github.com in [Bug]: Constant Upload & Download of 30kb to server with new version doing nothing · Issue #9726 · nextcloud/desktop · GitHub

The problem is with .svg files that do not start with <svg …

An easy fix is to edit the file apps/passwords/img/app.svg and remove the first line.

patch:

--- apps/passwords/img/app.svg.orig	2026-03-29 15:52:20.407991168 +0200
+++ apps/passwords/img/app.svg	2026-03-29 15:52:39.884886198 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="passwords" x="0px" y="0px" width="836.127px" height="836.127px" viewBox="0 0 836.127 836.127" style="enable-background:new 0 0 836.127 836.127;" xml:space="preserve">
 <g>
   <path fill="#FFFFFF" d="M827.065,263.7c0-35.6-7-70.1-20.7-102.7c-13.3-31.4-32.3-59.6-56.5-83.8s-52.4-43.2-83.8-56.5
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