[Bug]: Login always needed when you open a NC url (e.g. Files / Talk) via browser bookmark

[Speed7811]

⚠️ This issue respects the following points: ⚠️

• This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
• This issue is not already reported on Github OR Nextcloud Community Forum (I've searched it).
• Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
• I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.

Bug description

In our company many people access NC via browser Bookmark, e.g. Files or Talk rooms. Now it happens every time that a login dialog occur from NC when a user click on the bookmark - regardless of whether you have already logged or not. This happens only if you access NC via browser bookmark. If you paste the url in the browser it doesn't happen.

Steps to reproduce

1. Login via URL on your nextcloud instance e.g. https://cloud.mycompany.com/
2. Save a URL as a bookmark of a room/call e.g. https://cloud.mycompany.com/index.php/call/znq3okmr or Files e.g. https://cloud.mycompany.com/index.php/apps/files/files
3. Close the browser completely (all tabs etc.)
4. Open the browser and the the url of your login instance e.g. https://cloud.mycompany.com/ => Now your are logged in => That's ok! This step is only to check that you are logged in.
5. Close the browser completely again (all tabs etc.)
6. Open the browser and click on the bookmark you saved in step 2. (yes it sounds crazy but it must be a bookmark - paste the URl will work) - repeat this step if necessary. Sometime it happens directly - sometime I need two or three tries.

Expected behavior

The NC url should be opened and the user is still logged in without any dialog. The user can use NC directly without doing any login.

Nextcloud Server version

30

Operating system

Debian/Ubuntu

PHP engine version

PHP 8.3

Web server

Apache (supported)

Database engine version

MariaDB

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

Upgraded to a MAJOR version (ex. 28 to 29)

Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

Encryption is Disabled

What user-backends are you using?

• Default user-backend (database)
• LDAP/ Active Directory
• SSO - SAML
• Other

Configuration report

{
    "system": {
        "instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "trusted_domains": [
            "cloud.mycompany.de"
        ],
        "datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtype": "mysql",
        "version": "30.0.4.1",
        "overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/cloud.mycompany.de",
        "dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbport": "",
        "dbtableprefix": "oc_",
        "mysql.utf8mb4": true,
        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "installed": true,
        "memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu",
        "memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "redis": {
            "host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "port": 0,
            "timeout": 0
        },
        "default_language": "de",
        "default_phone_region": "DE",
        "mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
        "mail_smtpsecure": "tls",
        "mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
        "mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpauth": 1,
        "mail_smtpauthtype": "LOGIN",
        "mail_smtpname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtppassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "enable_previews": true,
        "preview_max_x": "1024",
        "preview_max_y": "1024",
        "preview_max_scale_factor": "1",
        "jpeg_quality": "60",
        "enabledPreviewProviders": [
            "OC\\Preview\\PNG",
            "OC\\Preview\\JPEG",
            "OC\\Preview\\GIF",
            "OC\\Preview\\BMP",
            "OC\\Preview\\XBitmap",
            "OC\\Preview\\Movie",
            "OC\\Preview\\PDF",
            "OC\\Preview\\MP3",
            "OC\\Preview\\TXT",
            "OC\\Preview\\MarkDown"
        ],
        "maintenance": false,
        "theme": "",
        "logfile": "\/var\/log\/nextcloud\/nextcloud.log",
        "loglevel": 0,
        "logtimezone": "Europe\/Berlin",
        "log_rotate_size": 104857600,
        "app_install_overwrite": [
            "previewgenerator",
            "files_rightclick",
            "unsplash"
        ],
        "updater.release.channel": "stable",
        "twofactor_enforced": "true",
        "twofactor_enforced_groups": [],
        "twofactor_enforced_excluded_groups": [],
        "maintenance_window_start": 1
    }
}

List of activated Apps

Enabled:
  - activity: 3.0.0
  - app_api: 4.0.3
  - bruteforcesettings: 3.0.0
  - circles: 30.0.0
  - cloud_federation_api: 1.13.0
  - comments: 1.20.1
  - contacts: 6.1.1
  - contactsinteraction: 1.11.0
  - dav: 1.31.1
  - federatedfilesharing: 1.20.0
  - federation: 1.20.0
  - files: 2.2.0
  - files_downloadlimit: 3.0.0
  - files_external: 1.22.0
  - files_pdfviewer: 3.0.0
  - files_reminders: 1.3.0
  - files_sharing: 1.22.0
  - files_trashbin: 1.20.1
  - firstrunwizard: 3.0.0
  - keeweb: 0.6.20
  - logreader: 3.0.0
  - lookup_server_connector: 1.18.0
  - mail: 4.1.0
  - nextcloud_announcements: 2.0.0
  - notifications: 3.0.0
  - oauth2: 1.18.1
  - password_policy: 2.0.0
  - photos: 3.0.2
  - previewgenerator: 5.7.0
  - privacy: 2.0.0
  - provisioning_api: 1.20.0
  - related_resources: 1.5.0
  - serverinfo: 2.0.0
  - settings: 1.13.0
  - sharebymail: 1.20.0
  - spreed: 20.1.1
  - support: 2.0.0
  - survey_client: 2.0.0
  - systemtags: 1.20.0
  - text: 4.1.0
  - theming: 2.5.0
  - twofactor_backupcodes: 1.19.0
  - twofactor_totp: 12.0.0-dev
  - unsplash: 3.0.3
  - updatenotification: 1.20.0
  - viewer: 3.0.0
  - webhook_listeners: 1.1.0-dev
  - workflowengine: 2.12.0
Disabled:
  - admin_audit: 1.20.0
  - dashboard: 7.10.0 (installed 7.0.0)
  - encryption: 2.18.0
  - files_versions: 1.23.0 (installed 1.20.0)
  - recommendations: 3.0.0 (installed 1.2.0)
  - suspicious_login: 8.0.0
  - twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 4.0.0
  - user_ldap: 1.21.0
  - user_status: 1.10.0 (installed 1.8.1)
  - weather_status: 1.10.0 (installed 1.0.0)

Nextcloud Signing status

No errors have been found.

Nextcloud Logs

I will add it if really necessary. Please let me know.

Additional info

Info 1: We just updated last week from 28 one instance to 29 and another instance to 30 (Latest patch level). In <=28 it works many years without any problem.

Info 2: This doesn't happens if you are logged in, let the browser open and then click on the bookmark

Info 3: I can share a video if necessary.

Info 4: First I thought it was a Spreed thing but (See: nextcloud/spreed#14045) it looks like to be a server thing.

[joshtrichards]

Sometime it happens directly - sometime I need two or three tries.

Do you have a reverse proxy?

What is indicated in the browser inspector under the Network tab (and maybe Console) when reproducing the problem?

[Speed7811]

Hey @joshtrichards,

no I don't have a reverse proxy.

I tried it with the network tab but whenever it is opened it works as expected. I tried it around 10 times with Chrome. If the developer console is closed the issue occur directly - and this is not a joke!

Best regards

Rainer