Voice messages aren't being sent in Talk (sometimes)

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The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    • 32.0.6.1
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
    • Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
  • Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
    • Apache/2.4.62 (Debian)
  • PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
    • PHP 8.2.29
  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
    • No
  • When did this problem seem to first start?
    • A few weeks ago, since then maybe five times on two different phones
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
    • Bare Metal/Archive
  • Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
    • No

Summary of the issue you are facing:

Hi everyone, we occasionally (rarely, but every now and then) run into a problem where voice messages aren’t being sent in Talk. The loading circle keeps spinning, but the message never gets sent. The file also isn’t in the Talk folder in Nextcloud.

Log entries

Nextcloud

Expected filesize of 1301790 bytes but read (from Nextcloud client) and wrote (to Nextcloud storage) 262144 bytes. Could either be a network problem on the sending side or a problem writing to the storage on the server side.

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!):

{    "system": {        "instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "trusted_domains": [            "martinfre.ddns.net",            "localhost"        ],        "datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "dbtype": "mysql",        "version": "32.0.6.1",        "overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/martinfre.ddns.net\/nextcloud",        "dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "dbport": "",        "dbtableprefix": "oc_",        "mysql.utf8mb4": true,        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "installed": true,        "twofactor_enforced": "true",        "twofactor_enforced_groups": [],        "twofactor_enforced_excluded_groups": [],        "maintenance": false,        "app_install_overwrite": [            "documentserver_community",            "circlesdb"        ],        "loglevel": 0,        "maintenance_window_start": "02:00",        "mail_smtpmode": "smtp",        "mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",        "mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "mail_smtpport": "587",        "mail_smtpauth": 1,        "mail_smtpname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "mail_smtppassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",        "default_phone_region": "DE",        "memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu",        "trashbin_retention_obligation": "30, 30",        "upload_max_filesize": "1024M",        "post_max_size": "1024M",        "upload_tmp_dir": "\/mnt\/Nextcloud\/temp",        "curl_timeout": 60,        "theme": "",        "htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/nextcloud"    }}

Apps

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

Enabled:

  • activity: 5.0.0

  • app_api: 32.0.0

  • bookmarks: 16.1.3

  • bruteforcesettings: 5.0.0

  • calendar: 6.2.1

  • circles: 32.0.0

  • cloud_federation_api: 1.16.0

  • contacts: 8.3.5

  • cookbook: 0.11.6

  • dav: 1.34.2

  • deck: 1.16.3

  • documentserver_community: 0.2.1

  • drawio: 4.1.4

  • federatedfilesharing: 1.22.0

  • files: 2.4.0

  • files_downloadlimit: 5.0.0-dev.0

  • files_external: 1.24.1

  • files_fulltextsearch_tesseract: 32.0.0

  • files_pdfviewer: 5.0.0

  • files_sharing: 1.24.1

  • files_trashbin: 1.22.0

  • files_versions: 1.25.0

  • firstrunwizard: 5.0.0

  • logreader: 5.0.0

  • lookup_server_connector: 1.20.0

  • mail: 5.7.2

  • news: 28.0.1

  • nextcloud_announcements: 4.0.0

  • notes: 4.13.0

  • notifications: 5.0.0

  • oauth2: 1.20.0

  • password_policy: 4.0.0

  • passwords: 2026.2.10

  • phonetrack: 1.0.1

  • privacy: 4.0.0

  • profile: 1.1.0

  • provisioning_api: 1.22.0

  • recommendations: 5.0.0

  • related_resources: 3.0.0

  • richdocuments: 9.0.3

  • richdocumentscode_arm64: 25.4.902

  • serverinfo: 4.0.0

  • settings: 1.15.1

  • sharebymail: 1.22.0

  • spreed: 22.0.9

  • support: 4.0.0

  • 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

  • viewer: 5.0.0

  • webhook_listeners: 1.3.0

  • workflow_ocr: 1.32.1

  • workflowengine: 2.14.0

Disabled:

  • admin_audit: 1.22.0

  • audioplayer: 3.7.0 (installed 3.7.0)

  • circlesdb: 1.8.2 (installed 1.8.2)

  • collectives: 4.0.0 (installed 4.0.0)

  • comments: 1.22.0 (installed 1.19.0)

  • contactsinteraction: 1.13.1 (installed 1.10.0)

  • dashboard: 7.12.0 (installed 7.9.0)

  • encryption: 2.20.0

  • federation: 1.22.0 (installed 1.19.0)

  • files_reminders: 1.5.0 (installed 1.2.0)

  • photos: 5.0.0 (installed 2.5.0)

  • survey_client: 4.0.0 (installed 1.17.0)

  • suspicious_login: 10.0.0

  • systemtags: 1.22.0 (installed 1.19.0)

  • twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 6.0.0

  • user_ldap: 1.23.0

  • user_status: 1.12.0 (installed 1.9.0)

  • weather_status: 1.12.0 (installed 1.9.0)

Thanks and best regards
Martin