Missing folders, can see locally but not via web interface

Hi. I’m sorry to say that if you’re using external storage app, it’s probably going to disappear again - it’s a known issue. Re-adding fixes it only temporary, same with re-scanning, and there’s an issue with scan -all command that it rewrites the folder change date displayed in the cloud interface (fixable by editing the database). (also related owncloud issue)

I found this project for scanning based on filesystem update events (makes more sense than scan on cron schedule) and it says that it’s external storage-compatible too, but didn’t have the time to test it yet since I’m running it all under docker compose and use local storage from host as the external one.

Currently I have a script set up that scans the files and rewrites the folder dates back (modified that bit in the script myself), and I run it manually every time a friend doesn’t see something in the cloud (happens more often when there’s a lot of new subfolders added).

Also I heard that creating a file/folder on the same level as disappeared one can trigger an update. I didn’t test it yes but it can be helpful for users without the admin access, if you don’t want to set up auto-scans.

I don’t quite understand why this crucial bug still exists, maybe not that much people are using external storage, and not with that many subdirectory levels.

Also, I noticed that external storage is much slower when mounted as a webdav network drive, and it always shows errors upon deleting or moving files (then refresh shows actions were successful), and once in a while it decides to un-share one of my external storage entries (as if it was re-added, maybe connected to disapppearing), and I’m unable to upload big files via web there for some reason (was using local nextcloud data folder with cron script to update permissions on external changes before, it was much faster and without issues, but it wasn’t supposed to be used this way, so I moved to external storage app).

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