ownCloud X/10.0.x (known issues, faq and upgrade problems)

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Blogpost about upgrading: https://owncloud.org/blog/introducing-owncloud-x/

General changes in this release: Changelog - ownCloud

Please read those links carefully!!!

If you find another issue which should be in this FAQ, please write me a DM with a link to the problem/solution.

Common issues

Updates between multiple major versions and downgrades are unsupported.

Please see:

Updates between multiple major versions and downgrades are unsupported

Problem: A “updates between multiple major versions and downgrades are unsupported” message is shown during an update/upgrade Description: As the message is telling you, you have done an unsupported upgrade path. For example: Original version: 8.0.2 Upgraded version: 8.2.6 In this case you have skipped the 8.1.x major upgrade which is unsupported as stated within the documentation. In order to find out between which versions your are stuck, check the following files in the ownCloud folder: …

• On every major upgrade it is recommended to do a full upgrade by deleting all files and folders within your installation directory except /data/ and /config/ and then extract the new code into this installation directory. How to do a full upgrade can be found at the documentation: ownCloud Documentation Overview

• There are some issues with the web updater. If you encounter them, you can look here for the patch: Patches for known update issues from versions 10.0.0-10.0.2 (updated on June, 13)

• Guest accounts and custom groups are available via the marketplace, you have to look there.

##Known Bugs

• Adding local external storage is disabled by default, for security reasons.
  Can't add local external storage, option not available
  There is a workaround in the central thread; you should only enable it if sysadmin and owncloud admin are the same person on you system.

• Copy-pasting a link for sharing doesn’t work with the Safari browser.
  Copying public links is not possible using safari. · Issue #28105 · owncloud/core · GitHub

Already fixed Bugs

• Local External Storage missing, not able to assign folders to single users.
  Owncloud 10.0.0 Local external storage missing
  Fix: was turned off due to security reasons, you can turn it on in the config.php.

• Upgrade doesn’t work because Calendar app can’t be disabled.
  Upgradeproblem auf 10.0.0
  Fix: turn it off before the update or anytime with occ app:disable calendar

• With maintenance mode on and client 2.3.x, sometimes files got deleted on clientside.
  [10.0.0] The ownCloud desktop client is temporarily removing most of my files locally when server gets into maintenance mode · Issue #5738 · owncloud/client · GitHub
  Fix is available via github.

• When upgrading to 10.0.0, sometimes the calendar app broke.
  missing databasefield "publicuri" in oc_dav_shares after upgrade to 10.0.0 (stable) from 9.1.5 · Issue #27754 · owncloud/core · GitHub
  The problem is solved with 10.0.1.

• The “old” CalDAV and CardDAV URLs have not been working and clients which used them stopped working: caldav/carddav syncing problem after upgrade to 10.0.0 · Issue #27778 · owncloud/core · GitHub
  This is fixed with 10.0.1.