[Bug]: setting 'updatechecker' => false does not disable update notifications #52125
Description
⚠️ 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
Note: I've checked "Nextcloud Server is up to date" but it isn't (given that it is a requirement for reproducing this issue): it's at 30.0.8.
I have set 'updatechecker' => false on config.php, but I'm still getting update notifications by email and in the web interface. My expectation, given the documentation, is that Nextcloud shouldn't even check for updates:
Check if Nextcloud is up-to-date and shows a notification if a new version is available. It sends current version, php version, installation and last update time and release channel to the updater server which responds with the latest available version based on those metrics.
Possibly related, but without replies: https://help.nextcloud.com/t/notification-of-update-still-visible-after-an-upgrade/193531
Possibly relevant code paths:
Steps to reproduce
- Install an outdated Nextcloud version (e.g., 30.0.8)
- Set
'updatechecker' => false,onconfig.php - Wait for "new update available" notification
Expected behavior
Nextcloud should not check for updates, or at least not send notifications if updatechecker is set to false.
The has_internet_connection option seems to disable the update checker for good, but if I'm not mistaken is also disables other features.
Nextcloud Server version
30
Operating system
Other
PHP engine version
PHP 8.3
Web server
Other
Database engine version
PostgreSQL
Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
None
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": {
"apps_paths": [
{
"path": "\/nix\/store\/la4q6i8rw6zkdcffrjzgxyp0dzr37sfl-nextcloud-30.0.8-with-apps\/apps",
"url": "\/apps",
"writable": false
},
{
"path": "\/nix\/store\/la4q6i8rw6zkdcffrjzgxyp0dzr37sfl-nextcloud-30.0.8-with-apps\/nix-apps",
"url": "\/nix-apps",
"writable": false
}
],
"datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"skeletondirectory": "",
"memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu",
"log_type": "syslog",
"loglevel": 2,
"overwriteprotocol": "https",
"dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbtype": "pgsql",
"trusted_proxies": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"default_phone_region": "PT",
"profile.enabled": false,
"memcache.distributed": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
"memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
"redis": {
"host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"port": 0
},
"mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
"mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
"mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtpauthtype": "LOGIN",
"mail_smtpauth": 1,
"mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtpport": "465",
"mail_smtpsecure": "ssl",
"mail_smtpname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"version": "30.0.8.1",
"overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/removed.example.com\/",
"dbport": "",
"dbtableprefix": "oc_",
"dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"installed": true,
"mail_smtppassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"upgrade.disable-web": true,
"htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/",
"htaccess.IgnoreFrontController": true,
"maintenance": false,
"maintenance_window_start": 2,
"appstoreenabled": false,
"updatechecker": false,
"trusted_domains": [
"removed.example.com"
]
}
}List of activated Apps
Enabled:
- activity: 3.0.0
- app_api: 4.0.6
- bruteforcesettings: 3.0.0
- calendar: 5.2.0
- circles: 30.0.0
- cloud_federation_api: 1.13.0
- comments: 1.20.1
- contacts: 7.0.4
- contactsinteraction: 1.11.0
- cookbook: 0.11.3
- cospend: 3.0.11
- dashboard: 7.10.0
- dav: 1.31.1
- deck: 1.14.4
- federatedfilesharing: 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
- files_versions: 1.23.0
- firstrunwizard: 3.0.0
- gpoddersync: 3.12.0
- lookup_server_connector: 1.18.0
- nextcloud_announcements: 2.0.0
- nextpod: 0.7.7
- notes: 4.11.0
- notifications: 3.0.0
- oauth2: 1.18.1
- password_policy: 2.0.0
- privacy: 2.0.0
- provisioning_api: 1.20.0
- recommendations: 3.0.0
- related_resources: 1.5.0
- richdocuments: 8.5.4
- serverinfo: 2.0.0
- settings: 1.13.0
- sharebymail: 1.20.0
- support: 2.0.0
- survey_client: 2.0.0
- systemtags: 1.20.0
- tasks: 0.16.1
- text: 4.1.0
- theming: 2.6.0
- twofactor_backupcodes: 1.19.0
- twofactor_totp: 12.0.0-dev
- twofactor_webauthn: 2.1.0
- updatenotification: 1.20.0
- user_status: 1.10.0
- viewer: 3.0.0
- weather_status: 1.10.0
- webhook_listeners: 1.1.0-dev
- workflowengine: 2.12.0
Disabled:
- admin_audit: 1.20.0
- encryption: 2.18.0
- federation: 1.20.0 (installed 1.18.0)
- logreader: 3.0.0 (installed 2.14.0)
- photos: 3.0.2 (installed 3.0.2)
- suspicious_login: 8.0.0
- twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 4.0.0
- user_ldap: 1.21.0Nextcloud Signing status
No errors have been found.Nextcloud Logs
Additional info
Operating system: NixOS 24.11.20250405.7819a0d
Webserver: Caddy 2.8.4