Photos/Media "tab" not showing all media

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Hello all

The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    • 32.0.3
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
    • Fedora 43
  • Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
    • AIO Install
  • Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
    • AIO Install
  • PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
    • 8.3.29
  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
    • Yes
  • When did this problem seem to first start?
    • Since installation
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
    • AIO
  • Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
    • No

Summary of the issue you are facing:

I recently switched over from the manual installation (which worked perfectly fine) to the AIO install for easyness sake.
Since then I have an issue where the Photos “app” does not show all media and is only showing files as of a certain date dependent on what I select, but I am unable to show ALL media

The folder layout I am using for my media is /Phone/Photos/*YEAR*/(files)

Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!):

  1. When adding the root folder /Phone/ or /Phone/Photos/ (which worked before) it shows media but for some reason omits pictures I’ve added ever since I reinstalled everything on 9/1/2026
    (These files are visible under files)

  2. When adding the specific folder /Phone/Photos/2026: I can see the files that I was missing in when using the method of step1.
    But if I then add /Phone/Photos/2025: It reverts to the files I originally saw when using the rootfolder method and dissappears the pictures taken after 9/1/2026

  3. The Android app despite being incredibly slow and having its own issues, does show all the media which I expect it to show with as media folder set /Phone/Photos

There is also a /Phone/Screenshots folder and than one works perfectly fine.
Does it have to do that something is broken where it has issues with scanning for files recursively?

Log entries

Nextcloud

Please provide the log entries from your Nextcloud log that are generated during the time of problem (via the Copy raw option from Administration settings->Logging screen or from your nextcloud.log located in your data directory). Feel free to use a pastebin/gist service if necessary.

Not relevant

Web Browser

If the problem is related to the Web interface, open your browser inspector Console and Network tabs while refreshing (reloading) and reproducing the problem. Provide any relevant output/errors here that appear.

Not relevant

Web server / Reverse Proxy

The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in /var/log/____:

Not relevant

Configuration

Nextcloud

The output of occ config:list system or similar is best, but, if not possible, the contents of your config.php file from /path/to/nextcloud is fine (make sure to remove any identifiable information!):

timbox@timbox:~$ docker exec --user www-data -it nextcloud-aio-nextcloud php occ config:list system
{
    "system": {
        "one-click-instance": true,
        "one-click-instance.user-limit": 100,
        "memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu",
        "apps_paths": [
            {
                "path": "\/var\/www\/html\/apps",
                "url": "\/apps",
                "writable": false
            },
            {
                "path": "\/var\/www\/html\/custom_apps",
                "url": "\/custom_apps",
                "writable": true
            }
        ],
        "check_data_directory_permissions": false,
        "memcache.distributed": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "redis": {
            "host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "password": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "port": 6379
        },
        "overwritehost": "nextcloud..com",
        "overwriteprotocol": "https",
        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "trusted_domains": [
            "localhost",
            "nextcloud.timretrobox.com"
        ],
        "datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtype": "pgsql",
        "version": "32.0.3.2",
        "overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/nextcloud..com\/",
        "dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtableprefix": "oc_",
        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "installed": true,
        "instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "maintenance": false,
        "updatechecker": false,
        "loglevel": 2,
        "log_type": "file",
        "logfile": "\/var\/www\/html\/data\/nextcloud.log",
        "log_rotate_size": 10485760,
        "log.condition": {
            "apps": [
                "admin_audit"
            ]
        },
        "preview_max_x": 2048,
        "preview_max_y": 2048,
        "jpeg_quality": 60,
        "enabledPreviewProviders": {
            "1": "OC\\Preview\\Image",
            "2": "OC\\Preview\\MarkDown",
            "3": "OC\\Preview\\MP3",
            "4": "OC\\Preview\\TXT",
            "5": "OC\\Preview\\OpenDocument",
            "6": "OC\\Preview\\Movie",
            "7": "OC\\Preview\\Krita",
            "0": "OC\\Preview\\Imaginary",
            "23": "OC\\Preview\\ImaginaryPDF"
        },
        "enable_previews": true,
        "upgrade.disable-web": true,
        "mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
        "trashbin_retention_obligation": "auto, 30",
        "versions_retention_obligation": "auto, 30",
        "activity_expire_days": 30,
        "simpleSignUpLink.shown": false,
        "share_folder": "\/Shared",
        "one-click-instance.link": "https:\/\/nextcloud.com\/all-in-one\/",
        "upgrade.cli-upgrade-link": "https:\/\/github.com\/nextcloud\/all-in-one\/discussions\/2726",
        "updatedirectory": "\/nc-updater",
        "maintenance_window_start": 100,
        "allow_local_remote_servers": true,
        "davstorage.request_timeout": 3600,
        "documentation_url.server_logs": "https:\/\/github.com\/nextcloud\/all-in-one\/discussions\/5425",
        "htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/",
        "dbpersistent": false,
        "auth.bruteforce.protection.enabled": true,
        "ratelimit.protection.enabled": true,
        "files_external_allow_create_new_local": false,
        "trusted_proxies": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "preview_imaginary_url": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "preview_imaginary_key": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "config_preset": 1,
        "twofactor_enforced": "true",
        "twofactor_enforced_groups": [
            "admin"
        ],
        "twofactor_enforced_excluded_groups": [],
        "defaultapp": "files",
        "DOMAIN": "nextcloud..com"
    }
}

Apps

The output of occ app:list (if possible).

Enabled:

  • activity: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • admin_audit: 1.22.0
  • app_api: 32.0.0
  • bruteforcesettings: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • calendar: 6.1.5
  • circles: 32.0.0
  • cloud_federation_api: 1.16.0
  • comments: 1.22.0
  • contacts: 8.2.1
  • contactsinteraction: 1.13.1
  • dashboard: 7.12.0
  • dav: 1.34.2
  • deck: 1.16.3
  • federatedfilesharing: 1.22.0
  • federation: 1.22.0
  • files: 2.4.0
  • files_downloadlimit: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • files_fulltextsearch: 32.0.2
  • files_pdfviewer: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • files_reminders: 1.5.0
  • files_sharing: 1.24.1
  • files_trashbin: 1.22.0
  • files_versions: 1.25.0
  • firstrunwizard: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • fulltextsearch: 32.0.0
  • fulltextsearch_elasticsearch: 32.0.2
  • logreader: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • lookup_server_connector: 1.20.0
  • nextcloud-aio: 0.8.0
  • nextcloud_announcements: 4.0.0-dev.0
  • notes: 4.12.4
  • notifications: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • notify_push: 1.3.0
  • oauth2: 1.20.0
  • password_policy: 4.0.0-dev.0
  • photos: 5.0.0-dev.1
  • privacy: 4.0.0-dev.0
  • profile: 1.1.0
  • provisioning_api: 1.22.0
  • recommendations: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • related_resources: 3.0.0-dev.0
  • richdocuments: 9.0.2
  • serverinfo: 4.0.0-dev.0
  • settings: 1.15.1
  • sharebymail: 1.22.0
  • support: 4.0.0-dev.0
  • survey_client: 4.0.0-dev.0
  • systemtags: 1.22.0
  • tasks: 0.17.1
  • text: 6.0.1
  • theming: 2.7.0
  • twofactor_backupcodes: 1.21.0
  • twofactor_totp: 14.0.0
  • updatenotification: 1.22.0
  • user_status: 1.12.0
  • viewer: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • weather_status: 1.12.0
  • webhook_listeners: 1.3.0
  • whiteboard: 1.5.2
  • workflowengine: 2.14.0
    Disabled:
  • encryption: 2.20.0
  • files_external: 1.24.0
  • suspicious_login: 10.0.0-dev.0
  • twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 6.0.0-dev.0
  • user_ldap: 1.23.0

Anyone else with this issue? What is the best way to report this?
It makes the Photos tab almost impossible to use in a normal way right now.

There is in the end nothing really strange with the way it is setup right now