Cannot set user quota with uneven values using locales that use a comma as decimal separator

[Anthrazz]

It is not possible to set a decimal user quota with a German locale. The frontend does change the wanted value of e.g "1.5 TB" in the API request to "1,5 TB" which is not correctly interpreted by the backend but still accepted and returns a 200 OK message.

If you try to set "1,5 TB" then is the API request not even sent.

There is no problem if the English locale is activated for the user and it is tried to set "1.5 TB".

Steps to reproduce

1. Go to User Overview
2. Try to set a Quota of "1.5 TB" for a user

Expected behaviour

User gets a quota of 1.5 TB quota.

Actual behaviour

Frontend shows "Unlimited" quota and after reload of the page "1 TB".

Server configuration

Operating system: Ubuntu Server 18.04

Web server: Nginx

Database: MariaDB

PHP version: PHP 7.3.11

Nextcloud version: 17.0.1

Updated from an older Nextcloud/ownCloud or fresh install: upgraded from Nextcloud version 16

Where did you install Nextcloud from: Public Nextcloud Docker Image

Signing status:

Signing status

No errors have been found.

Are you using external storage, if yes which one: No

Are you using encryption: No

Are you using an external user-backend, if yes which one: No

Client configuration

Browser: Chromium and Firefox

Operating system: Fedora

Logs

Web server error log

Web server error log

No errors

Nextcloud log (data/nextcloud.log)

Nextcloud log

No errors

Browser log

Browser log

Client Request:

Path: example.org/ocs/v2.php/cloud/users/Admin
Payload: {key: "quota", value: "1,5 TB"}

Answer:

{"ocs":{"meta":{"status":"ok","statuscode":200,"message":"OK"},"data":[]}}

[rubo77]

Confirmed.

There is a workaround for value below 1 GB though: instead of 0.5 GB use 500 MB.

Did you try this?

 occ user:setting USERNAME files quota "1.5 GB"

[Anthrazz]

Did you try this?
occ user:setting USERNAME files quota "1.5 GB"

This workaround does set the quota correct to 1.5 GB.

[medcloud]

Hello, I confirm I reproduce also on French local also > same issue.
The workaround works for setting quota below 1 GB (ex : 750 MB)
But no solution above 1 GB > 1,5 GB impossible, neither 1500 MB... must be setted 1 GB or 2 GB

Seemed to work on NC14 because an account created 1 year ago with 1,5 GB is still working well. But if I try to modify the quota now with NC17 , I cannot set back 1,5 GB anymore...

[Anthrazz]

I can still reproduce this issue with a Nextcloud 20.0.9.

[go2sh]

I can reproduce it as well. Will have a look.

[go2sh]

Three things happen:

• It looks like none of the javascript parsing code can handle "," as decimal seperator and validation will fail
• The php code takes a string of "1,5 GB" and converts it to float as "1.0" 🙈
• formatFileSize returns a locale dependend file size

Server and javascript code should handle both decimal seperators or it should be clear, that only frontend numbers use the locale dependend decimal seperator. @skjnldsv Any preference?

[skjnldsv]

@skjnldsv Any preference?

The more versatile the better

[RedFoxPi]

#24002 is a duplicate of this issue and it still exists with 22.1.1.
I am using firefox and US local - though my user local was configured in nextcloud to German.

Workaround which worked for me: Set local in nextcloud user settings to US and then enter e.g. "1.5 TB" worked.

[GAS85]

Did you try this?

 occ user:setting USERNAME files quota "1.5 GB"

Somehow didn't work, but this works instead:

occ user:setting USERNAME files quota 1.5GB

[rubo77]

This is still a valid bug in NC 24.0.5

[rubo77]

If you point me to the PHP file, that computers the value, I could create a pr

[szaimen]

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

[GAS85]

Nextcloud 24.0.9 set via UI:

• 1,5 GB does not work
• 1.5 GB was accepted, but in UI I see now "Unlimited", because of PUT Request that didn't deliver any data:

{"ocs":{"meta":{"status":"ok","statuscode":200,"message":"OK"},"data":[]}}

After page renewal Limit was back to the 1 GB = does not work too.

Check via CLI:

occ user:setting USER
...
  - files:
    - quota: 1 GB
...

Quota was not set.

Also I see that yes - you can set via UI some dotted values, but only the integer part will be accepted. E.g. for 1.5 GB will be 1 GB and from the 10.89 GB will be 10 GB

[rubo77]

the problem got worse in 27.0.2:

Now with german Locale, you still cannot set it to broken values, but there is another issue now:

All users seem to have some extra fraction: Users that had 1GB Quota now all have 1.1 GB Quota, users that had 10GB now have 10.7GB. This is the same with english Locale. there the fractioning setting works kind of, although there is also added a few fractions each time, you change it