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[Bug]: Log files getting too large with Windows clientΒ #4394

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Bug description

We have a Nextcloud 23.0.3 server for a customer which uses Nextcloud 3.4.4 Desktop Clients to sync the files to their PCs with Windows 10. The folder size of the log folder (C:\Users[username]\AppData\Roaming\Nextcloud\logs) is getting very large in a short amount of time. Our customer regularly deletes all files out of this folder, when it gets as big as 100-200 GB. After just a night almost 10 GB appeared again. The folder permissions are set to full-access for the user, Nextcloud is also run as the user.
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When the folder is getting very big, a lot of 1-2 GB as well as 400 MB log files can be found. This state in the screenshot is only after one night, so its not as big.
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We did setup the folder synchronisation from scratch to see if something would change. Now also updated on the latest version of the client, the problem still persists.
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Steps to reproduce

  1. Set up folder synchronisation with Nextcloud client.
  2. Wait a time.
  3. Check C:\Users[username]\AppData\Roaming\Nextcloud\logs for big log data.

We couldn't reproduce the error though, so it doesn't seem to affect all PCs.

Expected behavior

Log files should be deleted after a short time or maybe get file size capped to not generate log folders as big as 100-200 GB.

Which files are affected by this bug

x

Operating system

Windows

Which version of the operating system you are running.

Windows 10

Package

Other

Nextcloud Server version

23.0.3

Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?

Fresh desktop client install

Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

Encryption is Disabled

Are you using an external user-backend?

  • Default internal user-backend
  • LDAP/ Active Directory
  • SSO - SAML
  • Other

Nextcloud Server logs

No response

Additional info

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