Add remote move and mkdir; distinguish 403 from 401

Soft delete needs to move a photograph into the trash folder and back, and
the stable id must survive the trip. WebDAV MOVE is one request and preserves
oc:fileid; a copy-then-delete would allocate a new one, orphaning the
thumbnail shard entry and the sidecar mapping and turning a restore into a
full re-download. Overwrite: F, because a header that permits overwriting is
one that eventually does.

create_dir does MKCOL outermost-first and treats 405 — Nextcloud's answer for
an existing collection — as the goal state rather than an error. Nothing else
creates the trash folder, so without it the first trashed image of every
library fails with a 409 that reads like a permission problem.

PermissionDenied is now separate from AuthFailed. Folding 403 into 401 sent a
user to re-check a credential that was working perfectly, with reads
succeeding and only the write refused (observed against a real server). The
usual cause is an app password created without "Allow filesystem access" —
which signing in again will not fix.

Assisted-by: LLM
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2026-08-09 20:55:04 +02:00
parent 57f8d42a5c
commit 81e89de7ea
4 changed files with 230 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
//! One-shot write probe: PUT a tiny file, report the status, DELETE it.
use dr_plat::PlatformSecretStore;
use dr_sync::{RemoteBackend, RemoteId, RemotePath};
use dr_sync_nextcloud::{NextcloudBackend, SessionStore};
#[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
async fn main() {
env_logger::Builder::from_env(env_logger::Env::default().default_filter_or("info")).init();
let store = SessionStore::open(Box::new(PlatformSecretStore::new()));
let Some(session) = store.current() else {
println!("no stored session");
return;
};
let creds = match store.credentials(&session) {
Ok(c) => c,
Err(e) => { println!("credentials: {e}"); return; }
};
println!("account: {} root={}", session.describe(), session.root);
let backend = NextcloudBackend::new(&creds, &session.user_id).unwrap();
// Read, which we know works.
let dir = RemotePath::new(&session.root);
match backend.list(&dir, None).await {
Ok(v) => println!("READ ok: {} entries", v.len()),
Err(e) => println!("READ FAILED: {e}"),
}
// Raw HTTP, to see the status the connector maps away.
{
let url = format!("{}/remote.php/dav/files/{}/{}/.darkroom-write-test",
creds.server.trim_end_matches('/'), session.user_id, session.root);
let c = dr_sync_nextcloud::http_client("DarkRoom").unwrap();
match c.put(&url).basic_auth(&creds.login_name, Some(&creds.app_password))
.body("probe").send().await {
Ok(r) => {
println!("RAW PUT status: {}", r.status());
let body = r.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
let body = body.trim();
if !body.is_empty() {
println!("RAW body: {}", &body[..body.len().min(400)]);
}
}
Err(e) => println!("RAW PUT transport error: {e}"),
}
}
// Is it the folder or the account? Probe the account root too: a
// read-only *share* refuses writes inside it while the account writes
// freely elsewhere, which is a different fix from a credential problem.
{
let c = dr_sync_nextcloud::http_client("DarkRoom").unwrap();
let base = format!("{}/remote.php/dav/files/{}",
creds.server.trim_end_matches('/'), session.user_id);
for (what, url) in [
("account root", format!("{base}/.darkroom-write-test")),
("library root", format!("{base}/{}/.darkroom-write-test", session.root)),
] {
match c.put(&url).basic_auth(&creds.login_name, Some(&creds.app_password))
.body("probe").send().await {
Ok(r) => {
println!("PUT {what}: {}", r.status());
if r.status().is_success() {
let _ = c.delete(&url)
.basic_auth(&creds.login_name, Some(&creds.app_password))
.send().await;
}
}
Err(e) => println!("PUT {what}: transport error {e}"),
}
}
}
// Write into the library root.
let p = RemotePath::new(format!("{}/.darkroom-write-test", session.root));
match backend.put(&p, b"darkroom write probe\n".to_vec(), None).await {
Ok(v) => {
println!("WRITE ok: etag={}", v.as_str());
match backend.delete(&RemoteId::Path(p.clone()), None).await {
Ok(()) => println!("CLEAN ok"),
Err(e) => println!("CLEAN failed (harmless): {e}"),
}
}
Err(e) => println!("WRITE FAILED: {e}"),
}
}
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@@ -266,6 +266,91 @@ impl RemoteBackend for NextcloudBackend {
map_status(resp.status(), &url)
}
/// TRACES: FR-CAT-15
/// WebDAV `MOVE`, which preserves `oc:fileid`.
///
/// That preservation is the whole reason this is a `MOVE` and not a
/// `GET`+`PUT`+`DELETE`: the file id is what the thumbnail store keys on and
/// what the sidecar mapping records, so a move that allocated a new one
/// would orphan both and turn a trash-then-restore into a full re-download
/// of every affected file.
///
/// `Overwrite: F` — a move must never destroy something already at the
/// destination. The trash path carries the image id precisely so this cannot
/// normally fire, but a header that permits overwriting is a header that
/// eventually does.
async fn move_to(&self, from: &RemoteId, to: &RemotePath) -> Result<(), RemoteError> {
let src = self.url_for_id(from)?;
let dest = self.url_for(to);
// The parent has to exist; MOVE does not create it. Nothing else
// creates the trash folder, so the first trashed image would otherwise
// fail with a 409 that reads like a permission problem.
if let Some(parent) = to.parent() {
self.create_dir(&parent).await?;
}
let resp = self
.client
.request(
reqwest::Method::from_bytes(b"MOVE").expect("valid method"),
&src,
)
.basic_auth(&self.login, Some(&self.password))
.header("Destination", &dest)
.header("Overwrite", "F")
.send()
.await
.map_err(|e| RemoteError::Network(e.to_string()))?;
map_status(resp.status(), &src)
}
/// `MKCOL`, treating "already there" as success.
///
/// Callers use this to guarantee a destination exists, not to claim they
/// created it — so `405 Method Not Allowed`, which is what Nextcloud returns
/// for an existing collection, is the goal state and not an error.
///
/// Parents are created outermost-first: `MKCOL` fails with `409` if the
/// parent is missing, and the trash folder's parent is the library root,
/// which may itself be several levels down.
async fn create_dir(&self, path: &RemotePath) -> Result<(), RemoteError> {
// Build the chain of ancestors, shallowest first.
let mut chain = Vec::new();
let mut current = Some(path.clone());
while let Some(p) = current {
if p.as_str().is_empty() {
break;
}
current = p.parent();
chain.push(p);
}
chain.reverse();
for dir in chain {
let url = self.url_for(&dir);
let resp = self
.client
.request(
reqwest::Method::from_bytes(b"MKCOL").expect("valid method"),
&url,
)
.basic_auth(&self.login, Some(&self.password))
.send()
.await
.map_err(|e| RemoteError::Network(e.to_string()))?;
// 405 is "already a collection here", which is exactly what the
// caller wanted. Anything else is reported.
if resp.status() == reqwest::StatusCode::METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED {
continue;
}
map_status(resp.status(), &url)?;
}
Ok(())
}
async fn thumbnail(&self, id: &RemoteId, size: u32) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, RemoteError> {
let RemoteId::Stable(file_id) = id else {
return Ok(None);
@@ -339,7 +424,12 @@ fn install_crypto_provider() {
fn map_status(status: reqwest::StatusCode, what: &str) -> Result<(), RemoteError> {
match status.as_u16() {
200..=299 => Ok(()),
401 | 403 => Err(RemoteError::AuthFailed),
401 => Err(RemoteError::AuthFailed),
// Not an auth failure: the credential authenticated fine and reads
// work. Reporting this as "authentication rejected" sends the user to
// re-check a working login (observed 2026-08-09: PROPFIND 207, PUT
// 403 `Sabre\DAV\Exception\Forbidden`, same app password).
403 => Err(RemoteError::PermissionDenied),
404 => Err(RemoteError::NotFound(what.to_string())),
// Drives the sidecar merge path rather than an overwrite (ARCH §8.5).
412 => Err(RemoteError::PreconditionFailed),
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@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ pub enum RemoteError {
#[error("authentication rejected")]
AuthFailed,
/// Authenticated, but not permitted to do this.
///
/// **Distinct from [`AuthFailed`](Self::AuthFailed) on purpose.** Folding
/// 403 into 401 sends the user to re-check a credential that is working
/// perfectly: reads succeed, only the write is refused. On Nextcloud the
/// usual cause is an app password created without "Allow filesystem
/// access", or a read-only share — neither of which signing in again will
/// fix.
#[error("permission denied — the account is authenticated but not allowed to write here")]
PermissionDenied,
#[error("not found: {0}")]
NotFound(String),
@@ -78,5 +89,22 @@ mod tests {
.is_transient());
assert!(!RemoteError::PreconditionFailed.is_transient());
assert!(!RemoteError::AuthFailed.is_transient());
// Neither is worth retrying, but they mean different things and a
// caller may want to say so.
assert!(!RemoteError::PermissionDenied.is_transient());
}
}
#[test]
fn permission_denied_is_not_an_auth_failure() {
// 403 folded into 401 sent a user to re-check a credential that was
// working: reads succeeded and only the write was refused (observed
// against a real server, 2026-08-09). The two must read differently.
let denied = RemoteError::PermissionDenied.to_string();
let rejected = RemoteError::AuthFailed.to_string();
assert_ne!(denied, rejected);
assert!(
denied.contains("not allowed to write"),
"the message must point at permissions, not the login: {denied}"
);
}
}
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@@ -115,6 +115,29 @@ pub trait RemoteBackend: Send + Sync {
async fn delete(&self, id: &RemoteId, precond: Option<Precondition>)
-> Result<(), RemoteError>;
/// Move an object, keeping its identity.
///
/// TRACES: FR-CAT-15
/// **The stable id must survive.** This is what a soft delete uses to put a
/// photograph in the trash folder, and what a restore uses to bring it back.
/// A move implemented as copy-then-delete would allocate a *new*
/// `oc:fileid`, which orphans the thumbnail shard entry and the sidecar
/// mapping and turns a restore into a full re-download. WebDAV `MOVE` is one
/// request and preserves the id, which is why this is its own method rather
/// than something the caller composes.
///
/// Creates missing parent directories of `to`: the trash folder does not
/// exist until the first image is trashed, and requiring the caller to
/// create it separately makes the first trash of every library a two-step
/// dance with a failure mode in the middle.
async fn move_to(&self, from: &RemoteId, to: &RemotePath) -> Result<(), RemoteError>;
/// Create a directory, and any missing parents.
///
/// Succeeds if it already exists — callers use this to guarantee a
/// destination, not to claim they created it.
async fn create_dir(&self, path: &RemotePath) -> Result<(), RemoteError>;
// ---- optional ---------------------------------------------------------
/// Server-rendered thumbnail, where available.