Nextcloud repair steps: Is there a way to distinguish between app deactivation and deinstallation?

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Hello!

According to the Nextcloud developer manual (https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/23/developer_manual/digging_deeper/repair.html#repair-step-types) repair steps that are registered as type “uninstall” will be run on both app deactivation and app deinstallation.

Is there a way to explicitly identify if a deactivation (i. e. assuming an app will be re-activated at a later date) or a deinstallation is taking place when the repair step is run?

Thank you very much!
With best regards,
Fabian

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From an API perspective it looks like this distinction is not possible right now.

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Would a patch adding this distinction useful for other third-party apps, or is this an isolated use case?

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I’ve wondered about this myself before. Especially, since the lack of an actual uninstall hook leaves unnecessary database tables floating around from all apps you ever installed. I’d like to offer a clean uninstall, but I don’t want people to lose data when deactivating an app.