Missing hidden files

[mcarbonne]

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Describe the bug

I have an Owncloud Infinite Scale space containing ~70Gb of files, including some hidden files. When doing the initial synchronization on a new computer, some hidden files are missing. By default, the "Sync hidden files" features is disabled but even after enabling it, some files are still missing. I also try to "force synchronize now", without any success.

A work around I found : touch a && sleep 10 && rm a (in the folder where there is a missing hidden file/folder)

Expected behavior

I expect that all hidden files are synced when I enable the "sync hidden files", even the one that were previously skipped. I also expect that the "force synchronize now" feature do check for locally missing files.

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Have a space with hidden files
2. Synchronize it with "sync hidden files" disabled
3. Enabled "sync hidden files" (during initial sync or after ?)
4. Hidden files are missing
5. Try to "force synchronize now" => hidden files are still missing

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Logs

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Client version number

ownCloud version 5.3.2.15463

Desktop environment (Linux only)

Ubuntu 24.04

Client package version and origin (Linux only)

Ubuntu 24.04 PPA from https://download.owncloud.com/desktop/ownCloud/stable/latest/linux/download/

Installation path (Windows only)

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Server information

OCIS 7.2.0

Additional context

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[mcarbonne]

Detailed steps to reproduce

After initial sync on my computer:

├── A
│   ├── B
│   │   └── test.txt
│   └── test.txt
├── .owncloudsync.log
├── .sync_journal.db
├── .sync_journal.db-wal
└── test.txt

3 directories, 6 files

Then, I enable "sync hidden files" in the desktop client:

├── A
│   ├── B
│   │   └── test.txt
│   └── test.txt
├── .hidden.test.txt
├── .owncloudsync.log
├── .space
│   ├── image.png
│   └── readme.md
├── .sync_journal.db
├── .sync_journal.db-wal
└── test.txt

4 directories, 9 files

Then I run touch a A/a A/B/a (wait a little) rm a A/a A/B/a

├── A
│   ├── B
│   │   ├── .test.txt
│   │   └── test.txt
│   ├── .test.txt
│   └── test.txt
├── .hidden.test.txt
├── .owncloudsync.log
├── .space
│   ├── image.png
│   └── readme.md
├── .sync_journal.db
├── .sync_journal.db-wal
└── test.txt

4 directories, 11 files

(the latest state is the correct one)

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[mcarbonne]

The issue is still relevant. From the analysis I did for issue #12249, when clicking on "force sync now", only top-level folders and files are retrieved from the server. This explains why hidden files aren't added to the local database (and therefore never retrieved locally).

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