External Storage - "modified" date bug

[pilsnerbeer]

Steps to reproduce

1. Add an external storage to another nextcloud server, it will be visible in the "Files" list
2. Notice the "Modified" date, let's say it's something like "2 minutes ago"
3. Open the external storage, then go back. Do not edit anything - You will notice the "modified" date has been changed to "seconds ago" as if modifications were made.

Expected behaviour

The "modified" data should not be changed if you merely open the storage. - change it only when modifications were done inside that storage.

Actual behaviour

Modification data updates after opening the storage and not really editing anything inside it

[deusoz]

I just noticed same thing, except some say minutes ago, and some say thousands of years in the future LOL This is on a local Ubuntu 18 Nexcloud Version 16 with the external drive being a 2TB Seagate USB hard drive. I have a smaller folder (36GB) of music on same drive that is reading modification times correctly. The folder with bad mod dates that i just added yesterday with screenshot from my "files" area of my NC install is a 72GB folder of digital photos. I added just the "folder" of the hard drive separately in the External Drives connections. So 1 exernal hard drive connection in my NC is "pathToDrive/MUSIC" and the other "pathToDrive/PHOTOS"

[pjft]

Same here. NextCloud 19.0.2, upgraded from NC 18.

This seems to be a regression from 18. The "Modified Date" is shown as the date it was scanned at, and not the actual filesystem modification date now. Has there been a change?

[pjft]

-- Apologies for double posting, just noticed that this only happens for the folders modified date. The actual files stay with their original date, as expected.

@pilsnerbeer @deusoz let me know if your issue is the same, otherwise I'll create a separate one instead of hijacking yours, which may be a different one altogether.

[szaimen]

The "Modified Date" is shown as the date it was scanned at, and not the actual filesystem modification date now.

I can reproduce this on NC21.0.2.
Was it ever differently, though?

[meonkeys]

Any relation to nextcloud/text#3543 ?

[szaimen]

Hi, please update to 24.0.8 or better 25.0.2 and report back if it fixes the issue. Thank you!

[pjft]

25.0.2 seems fixed. Just scanned old files, it immediately updated the date to the expected date - both files and folders, which was my comment.

[szaimen]

Great! Thanks for verifying! :)