Apps page error after update to 25

tflidd · October 24, 2022, 9:58am

If you have suggestions for improvements, please submit a pull request on Issues · nextcloud/server · GitHub. This way, it will get in the updates, it will be tested and reviewed.

There is already a corresponding bug report, please refer to it when submitting a fix:

github.com/nextcloud/server

[Bug]: Applications menu empty after fresh install of Nextcloud Server v25

opened 02:48AM - 21 Oct 22 UTC

Lysarion

bug 0. Needs triage 25-feedback

### ⚠️ This issue respects the following points: ⚠️ - [X] This is a **bug**, no…t a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue. - [X] This issue is **not** already reported on Github _(I've searched it)_. - [X] Nextcloud Server **is** up to date. See [Maintenance and Release Schedule](http://github.com/nextcloud/server/wiki/Maintenance-and-Release-Schedule) for supported versions. - [X] Nextcloud Server **is** running on 64bit capable CPU, PHP and OS. - [X] I agree to follow Nextcloud's [Code of Conduct](http://nextcloud.com/contribute/code-of-conduct/). ### Bug description After fresh install of Nextcloud Server 25, "Applications" page does not load properly. Log page shows the following error: > [index] Erreur: Exception: OC\App\PlatformRepository::normalizeVersion(): Argument #1 ($version) must be of type string, null given, called in /home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/PlatformRepository.php on line 53 in file '/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/PlatformRepository.php' line 148 at <<closure>> > > 0. /home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/AppFramework/App.php line 172 > OC\AppFramework\Http\Dispatcher->dispatch() > 1. /home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/Route/Router.php line 298 > OC\AppFramework\App::main() > 2. /home/qamydtds/drive/lib/base.php line 1047 > OC\Route\Router->match() > 3. /home/qamydtds/drive/index.php line 36 > OC::handleRequest() > > GET /index.php/settings/apps/list > from 81.251.75.201 by ******************** at 2022-10-21T01:57:46+00:00 Seems to be a problem with the way the exception is handled in the [following code](http://github.com/nextcloud/server/blob/67ce025d6190975b6c2b5a09ae700051d28f6b73/lib/private/App/PlatformRepository.php): ```php $ext = new \ReflectionExtension($name); try { $prettyVersion = $ext->getVersion(); $prettyVersion = $this->normalizeVersion($prettyVersion); } catch (\UnexpectedValueException $e) { $prettyVersion = '0'; $prettyVersion = $this->normalizeVersion($prettyVersion); } ``` ### Steps to reproduce 1. Do a fresh install using the [web installer](http://download.nextcloud.com/server/installer/setup-nextcloud.php) 2. Go the the "Applications" page ### Expected behavior Applications page should load list of installed apps. ### Installation method Community Web installer on a VPS or web space ### Operating system Other ### PHP engine version PHP 8.0 ### Web server Apache (supported) ### Database engine version MariaDB ### Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install? Fresh Nextcloud Server install ### Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module? Encryption is Disabled ### What user-backends are you using? - [X] Default user-backend _(database)_ - [ ] LDAP/ Active Directory - [ ] SSO - SAML - [ ] Other ### Configuration report ```shell { "system": { "instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "trusted_domains": [ "drive.brassbanddulaonnois.fr" ], "datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "dbtype": "mysql", "version": "25.0.0.18", "overwrite.cli.url": "http:\/\/drive.brassbanddulaonnois.fr", "dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "dbport": "", "dbtableprefix": "oc_", "mysql.utf8mb4": true, "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "installed": true, "mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "mail_smtpmode": "smtp", "mail_sendmailmode": "smtp", "mail_smtpsecure": "ssl", "mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "mail_smtpport": "465", "mail_smtpauthtype": "LOGIN", "mail_smtpauth": 1, "mail_smtpname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "mail_smtppassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***", "default_phone_region": "FR" } } ``` ### List of activated Apps ```shell Enabled: - activity: 2.17.0 - circles: 25.0.0 - cloud_federation_api: 1.8.0 - comments: 1.15.0 - contactsinteraction: 1.6.0 - dashboard: 7.5.0 - dav: 1.24.0 - federatedfilesharing: 1.15.0 - federation: 1.15.0 - files: 1.20.1 - files_pdfviewer: 2.6.0 - files_rightclick: 1.4.0 - files_sharing: 1.17.0 - files_trashbin: 1.15.0 - files_versions: 1.18.0 - firstrunwizard: 2.14.0 - logreader: 2.10.0 - lookup_server_connector: 1.13.0 - nextcloud_announcements: 1.14.0 - notifications: 2.13.1 - oauth2: 1.13.0 - password_policy: 1.15.0 - photos: 2.0.0 - privacy: 1.9.0 - provisioning_api: 1.15.0 - recommendations: 1.4.0 - related_resources: 1.0.0 - serverinfo: 1.15.0 - settings: 1.7.0 - sharebymail: 1.15.0 - support: 1.8.0 - survey_client: 1.13.0 - systemtags: 1.15.0 - text: 3.6.0 - theming: 2.0.0 - twofactor_backupcodes: 1.14.0 - updatenotification: 1.15.0 - user_status: 1.5.0 - viewer: 1.9.0 - weather_status: 1.5.0 - workflowengine: 2.7.0 Disabled: - admin_audit - bruteforcesettings - encryption - files_external - suspicious_login - twofactor_totp - user_ldap ``` ### Nextcloud Signing status ```shell No errors have been found. ``` ### Nextcloud Logs ```shell {"reqId":"Y1IGzjFupGkiWxMNgsXoGQAAUQo","level":3,"time":"2022-10-21T02:41:19+00:00","remoteAddr":"81.251.75.201","user":"Mathieu Desmidt","app":"index","method":"GET","url":"/index.php/settings/apps/list","message":"OC\\App\\PlatformRepository::normalizeVersion(): Argument #1 ($version) must be of type string, null given, called in /home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/PlatformRepository.php on line 53 in file '/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/PlatformRepository.php' line 148","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; rv:105.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/105.0","version":"25.0.0.18","exception":{"Exception":"Exception","Message":"OC\\App\\PlatformRepository::normalizeVersion(): Argument #1 ($version) must be of type string, null given, called in /home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/PlatformRepository.php on line 53 in file '/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/PlatformRepository.php' line 148","Code":0,"Trace":[{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/AppFramework/App.php","line":172,"function":"dispatch","class":"OC\\AppFramework\\Http\\Dispatcher","type":"->"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/Route/Router.php","line":298,"function":"main","class":"OC\\AppFramework\\App","type":"::"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/base.php","line":1047,"function":"match","class":"OC\\Route\\Router","type":"->"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/index.php","line":36,"function":"handleRequest","class":"OC","type":"::"}],"File":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php","Line":165,"Previous":{"Exception":"TypeError","Message":"OC\\App\\PlatformRepository::normalizeVersion(): Argument #1 ($version) must be of type string, null given, called in /home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/PlatformRepository.php on line 53","Code":0,"Trace":[{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/PlatformRepository.php","line":53,"function":"normalizeVersion","class":"OC\\App\\PlatformRepository","type":"->"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/PlatformRepository.php","line":37,"function":"initialize","class":"OC\\App\\PlatformRepository","type":"->"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/Platform.php","line":79,"function":"__construct","class":"OC\\App\\PlatformRepository","type":"->"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/DependencyAnalyzer.php","line":276,"function":"getLibraryVersion","class":"OC\\App\\Platform","type":"->"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/DependencyAnalyzer.php","line":70,"function":"analyzeLibraries","class":"OC\\App\\DependencyAnalyzer","type":"->"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php","line":285,"function":"analyze","class":"OC\\App\\DependencyAnalyzer","type":"->"},{"function":"OCA\\Settings\\Controller\\{closure}","class":"OCA\\Settings\\Controller\\AppSettingsController","type":"->","args":["*** sensitive parameters replaced ***"]},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/apps/settings/lib/Controller/AppSettingsController.php","line":251,"function":"array_map"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php","line":225,"function":"listApps","class":"OCA\\Settings\\Controller\\AppSettingsController","type":"->"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/AppFramework/Http/Dispatcher.php","line":133,"function":"executeController","class":"OC\\AppFramework\\Http\\Dispatcher","type":"->"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/AppFramework/App.php","line":172,"function":"dispatch","class":"OC\\AppFramework\\Http\\Dispatcher","type":"->"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/Route/Router.php","line":298,"function":"main","class":"OC\\AppFramework\\App","type":"::"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/base.php","line":1047,"function":"match","class":"OC\\Route\\Router","type":"->"},{"file":"/home/qamydtds/drive/index.php","line":36,"function":"handleRequest","class":"OC","type":"::"}],"File":"/home/qamydtds/drive/lib/private/App/PlatformRepository.php","Line":148},"CustomMessage":"--"}} ``` ### Additional info Just going to mention that the error was reproducible with php 7.4 and 8.1 too.

I just see that you disable the type hints. That might be a workaround if you are blocked by the issue. For a clean fix, there should probably be a cleaner fix that the type hints won’t fail any more. Sorry for the noise about the pull request.