The Basics
- Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
32.0.6 -> 33.0.0
- Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
Debian 13
- Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
Apache 2.4.66
- Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
Apache 2.4.66
- PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
8.4.13
- Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
yes
- When did this problem seem to first start?
at occ upgrade
- Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
bare metal
- Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
no
Summary of the issue you are facing:
upgrading using updater.phar, at occ upgrade, it stops
Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!):
-
upgrade to NxC33 using updater.phar
-
execute occ upgrade
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.
{"reqId":"4Gp1Ovdo7xR0w38G0Yv8","level":3,"time":"2026-02-26T16:15:02+01:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"--","app":"cron","method":"","url":"--","scriptName":"/path/to/NxC/cron.php","message":"Failed opening required '/path/to/NxC/apps/calendar/composer/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/archive_tar:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/console_getopt:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/pear-core-minimal/src:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/pear_exception:/path/to/NxC/apps')","userAgent":"--","version":"32.0.6.1","occ_command":["/path/to/NxC/cron.php"],"exception":{"Exception":"Error","Message":"Failed opening required '/path/to/NxC/apps/calendar/composer/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/archive_tar:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/console_getopt:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/pear-core-minimal/src:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/pear_exception:/path/to/NxC/apps')","Code":0,"Trace":[{"file":"/path/to/NxC/lib/private/legacy/OC_App.php","line":113,"function":"require_once"},{"file":"/path/to/NxC/lib/private/AppFramework/Bootstrap/Coordinator.php","line":79,"function":"registerAutoloading","class":"OC_App","type":"::"},{"file":"/path/to/NxC/lib/private/AppFramework/Bootstrap/Coordinator.php","line":55,"function":"registerApps","class":"OC\\AppFramework\\Bootstrap\\Coordinator","type":"->"},{"file":"/path/to/NxC/lib/base.php","line":747,"function":"runInitialRegistration","class":"OC\\AppFramework\\Bootstrap\\Coordinator","type":"->"},{"file":"/path/to/NxC/lib/base.php","line":1286,"function":"init","class":"OC","type":"::"},{"file":"/path/to/NxC/cron.php","line":18,"args":["/path/to/NxC/lib/base.php"],"function":"require_once"}],"File":"/path/to/NxC/apps/calendar/composer/autoload.php","Line":5,"message":"Failed opening required '/path/to/NxC/apps/calendar/composer/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/archive_tar:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/console_getopt:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/pear-core-minimal/src:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/pear_exception:/path/to/NxC/apps')","exception":"{\"class\":\"Error\",\"message\":\"Failed opening required '/path/to/NxC/apps/calendar/composer/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/archive_tar:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/console_getopt:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/pear-core-minimal/src:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/pear_exception:/path/to/NxC/apps')\",\"code\":0,\"file\":\"/path/to/NxC/apps/calendar/composer/autoload.php:5\",\"trace\":\"#0 /path/to/NxC/lib/private/legacy/OC_App.php(113): require_once()\\n#1 /path/to/NxC/lib/private/AppFramework/Bootstrap/Coordinator.php(79): OC_App::registerAutoloading()\\n#2 /path/to/NxC/lib/private/AppFramework/Bootstrap/Coordinator.php(55): OC\\AppFramework\\Bootstrap\\Coordinator->registerApps()\\n#3 /path/to/NxC/lib/base.php(747): OC\\AppFramework\\Bootstrap\\Coordinator->runInitialRegistration()\\n#4 /path/to/NxC/lib/base.php(1286): OC::init()\\n#5 /path/to/NxC/cron.php(18): require_once('...')\\n#6 {main}\"}","CustomMessage":"Failed opening required '/path/to/NxC/apps/calendar/composer/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/archive_tar:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/console_getopt:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/pear-core-minimal/src:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/pear_exception:/path/to/NxC/apps')"}}
Web server / Reverse Proxy
The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in tty:
Should the "occ upgrade" command be executed? [Y/n] y
An unhandled exception has been thrown:
Error: Failed opening required '/path/to/NxC/apps/calendar/composer/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/archive_tar:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/console_getopt:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/pear-core-minimal/src:/path/to/NxC/3rdparty/pear/pear_exception:/path/to/NxC/apps') in /path/to/NxC/apps/calendar/composer/autoload.php:5
Stack trace:
#0 /path/to/NxC/lib/private/legacy/OC_App.php(113): require_once()
#1 /path/to/NxC/lib/private/AppFramework/Bootstrap/Coordinator.php(79): OC_App::registerAutoloading()
#2 /path/to/NxC/lib/private/AppFramework/Bootstrap/Coordinator.php(55): OC\AppFramework\Bootstrap\Coordinator->registerApps()
#3 /path/to/NxC/lib/base.php(747): OC\AppFramework\Bootstrap\Coordinator->runInitialRegistration()
#4 /path/to/NxC/lib/base.php(1286): OC::init()
#5 /path/to/NxC/console.php(32): require_once('...')
#6 /path/to/NxC/occ(33): require_once('...')
#7 {main}
"occ upgrade" failed - return code: 1
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!):
<?php
$CONFIG = array (
'instanceid' => '**REMOVED**',
'passwordsalt' => '**REMOVED**',
'secret' => '**REMOVED**',
'trusted_domains' =>
array (
**REMOVED**
),
'trusted_proxies' =>
array (
**REMOVED**
),
'datadirectory' => '/path/to/data-nuage',
'overwrite.cli.url' => '**REMOVED**/',
'dbtype' => 'mysql',
'version' => '32.0.6.1',
'dbname' => '**REMOVED**',
'dbhost' => '**REMOVED**',
'dbtableprefix' => '**REMOVED**',
'dbuser' => '**REMOVED**',
'dbpassword' => '**REMOVED**',
'logtimezone' => 'Europe/Paris',
'log_type' => 'file',
'logfile' => '/path/to/logs/nextcloud.log',
'loglevel' => 3,
'log_rotate_size' => '10485760',
'installed' => true,
'theme' => '',
'maintenance' => true,
'mail_from_address' => 'noreply',
'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
'mail_domain' => '**REMOVED**',
'htaccess.RewriteBase' => '/',
'filelocking.enabled' => true,
'memcache.locking' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu',
'memcache.distributed' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
'redis' =>
array (
'host' => '/var/run/redis/redis-server.sock',
'port' => 0,
),
'appstore.experimental.enabled' => true,
'updater.release.channel' => 'stable',
'mail_smtpauthtype' => 'LOGIN',
'mail_sendmailmode' => 'smtp',
'mail_smtpsecure' => 'tls',
'mail_smtpauth' => 1,
'mail_smtphost' => '**REMOVED**',
'mail_smtpport' => '587',
'mail_smtpname' => '**REMOVED**',
'mail_smtppassword' => '**REMOVED**',
'mysql.utf8mb4' => true,
'has_rebuilt_cache' => true,
'app_install_overwrite' =>
array (
0 => 'occweb',
1 => 'files_ebookreader',
3 => 'telephoneprovider',
4 => 'radio',
5 => 'dicomviewer',
6 => 'breezedark',
7 => 'checksum',
8 => 'emlviewer',
9 => 'files_retention',
10 => 'ransomware_detection',
11 => 'ocsms',
12 => 'weather',
13 => 'apporder',
14 => 'audioplayer',
15 => 'audioplayer_editor',
16 => 'files_texteditor',
17 => 'extract',
18 => 'passwords',
19 => 'camerarawpreviews',
20 => 'gpxpod',
21 => 'files_markdown',
22 => 'tasks',
23 => 'side_menu',
24 => 'backup',
),
'default_phone_region' => 'FR',
'maintenance_window_start' => '3',
);