Warning "updatenotification Cleared old `updater.secret` that was created 1763885703 seconds ago" every hour

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The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    • 32.0.2
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
    • Debian 12(Proxmox VM)
  • Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
    • Apache/2.4.65
  • Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
    • replace me
  • PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
    • 8.3
  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
    • yes
  • When did this problem seem to first start?
    • Update to Nextcloud 32.0.2
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
    • NCP
  • Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
    • No

Summary of the issue you are facing:

I get the following warning every hour: “Cleared old `updater.secret` that was created 1763889601 seconds ago”.

There is no updater.secret in my config file. The warning appeared first time after the update to Nextcloud 32.0.2. Before the update I moved my datadir to an other location on the drive.

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

  1. Logfile

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":"hdxc15x7pX1juwjDao2g","level":2,"time":"2025-11-23T09:20:01+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"--","app":"updatenotification","method":"","url":"--","message":"Cleared old `updater.secret` that was created 1763889601 seconds ago","userAgent":"--","version":"32.0.2.2","data":{"app":"updatenotification"},"id":"6922d504b9a17"}

{"reqId":"aHG9OvcTPJr7wHq2OkkQ","level":2,"time":"2025-11-23T08:15:03+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"--","app":"updatenotification","method":"","url":"--","message":"Cleared old `updater.secret` that was created 1763885703 seconds ago","userAgent":"--","version":"32.0.2.2","data":{"app":"updatenotification"},"id":"6922d50f07e33"}

{"reqId":"BTrw5LTPZTUoW8dJa1QY","level":2,"time":"2025-11-23T07:10:02+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"--","app":"updatenotification","method":"","url":"--","message":"Cleared old `updater.secret` that was created 1763881802 seconds ago","userAgent":"--","version":"32.0.2.2","data":{"app":"updatenotification"},"id":"6922d50f07e37"}

{"reqId":"87ZTao7SAQrLnxCRQ7Di","level":2,"time":"2025-11-23T06:05:02+00:00","remoteAddr":"","user":"--","app":"updatenotification","method":"","url":"--","message":"Cleared old `updater.secret` that was created 1763877902 seconds ago","userAgent":"--","version":"32.0.2.2","data":{"app":"updatenotification"},"id":"6922d50f07e3a"}

etc.

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.

PASTE

Web server / Reverse Proxy

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

no errors

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": {
        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "trusted_domains": {
            "0": "localhost",
            "5": "nextcloudpi.local",
            "2": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "7": "nextcloudpi",
            "8": "nextcloudpi.lan",
            "11": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "1": "192.168.178.250",
            "12": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "14": "nextcloudpi",
            "3": "nextcloudpi"
        },
        "datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtype": "mysql",
        "version": "32.0.2.2",
        "overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/nextcloudpi\/",
        "dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbport": "",
        "dbtableprefix": "oc_",
        "mysql.utf8mb4": true,
        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "installed": true,
        "instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "redis": {
            "host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "port": 0,
            "timeout": 0,
            "password": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***"
        },
        "tempdirectory": "\/opt\/data\/tmp",
        "default_phone_region": "DE",
        "mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
        "mail_smtpauthtype": "LOGIN",
        "mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "preview_max_x": 2048,
        "preview_max_y": 2048,
        "jpeg_quality": 60,
        "overwriteprotocol": "https",
        "loglevel": "2",
        "log_type": "file",
        "maintenance": false,
        "logfile": "\/opt\/data\/nextcloud.log",
        "theme": "",
        "mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
        "mail_smtpsecure": "tls",
        "mail_smtpauth": 1,
        "mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpport": "587",
        "mail_smtpname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtppassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "has_rebuilt_cache": true,
        "data-fingerprint": "f504b60c5ef0b34f9d06ff0d44b9983b",
        "app_install_overwrite": [
            "previewgenerator",
            "gpxmotion",
            "gpxedit",
            "news"
        ],
        "trusted_proxies": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "maintenance_window_start": 1,
        "memories.db.triggers.fcu": true,
        "memories.exiftool": "\/var\/www\/nextcloud\/apps\/memories\/bin-ext\/exiftool-aarch64-glibc",
        "memories.vod.path": "\/var\/www\/nextcloud\/apps\/memories\/bin-ext\/go-vod-aarch64",
        "memories.exiftool_no_local": true,
        "telemetry.enabled": false
    }
}

Apps

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

  • activity: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • bruteforcesettings: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • calendar: 6.1.0
  • circles: 32.0.0
  • cloud_federation_api: 1.16.0
  • comments: 1.22.0
  • contacts: 8.1.0
  • contactsinteraction: 1.13.1
  • cookbook: 0.11.5
  • dashboard: 7.12.0
  • dav: 1.34.2
  • federatedfilesharing: 1.22.0
  • federation: 1.22.0
  • files: 2.4.0
  • files_downloadlimit: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • files_external: 1.24.0
  • 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
  • integration_google: 4.3.0
  • integration_paperless: 1.0.7
  • logreader: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • lookup_server_connector: 1.20.0
  • memories: 7.7.0
  • news: 27.2.0
  • nextcloud_announcements: 4.0.0-dev.0
  • notes: 4.12.4
  • notifications: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • notify_push: 1.2.1
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • workflowengine: 2.14.0
    Disabled:
  • admin_audit: 1.22.0
  • app_api: 32.0.0 (installed 5.0.2)
  • encryption: 2.20.0
  • nextcloudpi: 0.0.2 (installed 0.0.1)
  • previewgenerator: 99.99.99 (installed 102.2.0)
  • suspicious_login: 10.0.0-dev.0
  • systemtags: 1.22.0 (installed 1.14.0)
  • twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 6.0.0-dev.0
  • user_ldap: 1.23.0
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the message I receive in my log-file:
{“reqId”:“BUdMxx2z8WlObUDt431k”,“level”:2,“time”:“2025-11-23T13:25:02+00:00”,“remoteAddr”:“”,“user”:“–”,“app”:“updatenotification”,“method”:“”,“url”:“–”,“message”:“Cleared old updater.secret that was created 1763904302 seconds ago”,“userAgent”:“–”,“version”:“32.0.2.2”,“data”:{“app”:“updatenotification”},“id”:“69230dbe52d9c”}

Same issue overhere, so looking for a solution too

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I’m getting the same error too…

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Same here, the message appears twice every 65 minutes.

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Seems to be a regression from fix(updater): Stop expiring secret prematurely by joshtrichards · Pull Request #49578 · nextcloud/server · GitHub. Maybe someone can open an issue and link the PR.

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I have the ResetToken.php replaced with the one proposed on:

and the warning-message are gone now.

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I can confirm the same behavior here. I had the two warning messages appear every hour before replacing ResetToken.php (with the one proposed in the above link). Now those warnings no longer appear.

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I too receive this error message, but in addition I cannot access the admin settings or reach the app-update page when clicking the notification icon when it shows a red-dot. The results is an “Internal Server Error” related to OC\Security\idn_to_utf8(). I’ve opened a thread specifically on the undefined function call NC32 - Call to undefined function OC\Security\idn_to_utf8()

I’ll try the updated file and see if it solves both issues.