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Summary

Config can be set using occ command like below:

occ config:app:set files group_recent_files --value=true
occ config:app:set files recent_files_group_mime_types --value='["image/avif","image/gif","image/heic","image/heif","image/jpeg","image/jpg","image/jxl","image/png","image/tiff","image/webp"]'
occ config:app:set files recent_files_group_timespan_minutes --value=2

With the config above, I tested the following scenario:

  • upload img_01.jpg and img_02.jpg
  • wait 2+ minutes (more than recent_files_group_timespan_minutes value)
  • upload mock.json
  • wait a couple of seconds
  • upload img_03.jpg and img_04.jpg

This should generate two groups:

  • one group for the first two files uploaded, since they have mime type defined in recent_files_group_mime_types and the time window (2 minutes) is not "contaminated" with non groupable extension
  • one group for the last two files uploaded, since they were uploaded after mock.json, starting a new time window, also not "contaminated" with non groupable extension

With this PR, the file's time considered for sorting/grouping is max($uploadTime, $creationTime, $lastModified). In this example, max is the upload time.

Result of request/response can be seen below:

// Request
curl -X SEARCH "http://nextcloud.local/remote.php/dav/?XDEBUG_SESSION_START=PHPSTORM"   -u "admin:admin"   -H "Content-Type: application/xml"   -d '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<d:searchrequest xmlns:d="DAV:" xmlns:nc="http://nextcloud.org/ns" xmlns:oc="http://owncloud.org/ns" xmlns:ocs="http://open-collaboration-services.org/ns" xmlns:ns="https://github.com/icewind1991/SearchDAV/ns">
    <d:basicsearch>
        <d:select>
            <d:prop>
                <d:displayname />
                <d:getcontenttype />
                <nc:upload_time />
                <d:getlastmodified />
                <d:creationdate />
                <nc:last_activity />
                <nc:mime_type_group />
            </d:prop>
        </d:select>
        <d:from>
            <d:scope>
                <d:href>/files/admin/</d:href>
                <d:depth>infinity</d:depth>
            </d:scope>
        </d:from>
        <d:where>
            <d:not>
                <d:eq>
                    <d:prop>
                        <d:getcontenttype/>
                    </d:prop>
                    <d:literal>httpd/unix-directory</d:literal>
                </d:eq>
            </d:not>
        </d:where>
        <d:orderby>
            <d:order>
                <d:prop>
                    <nc:last_activity/>
                </d:prop>
                <d:descending/>
            </d:order>
        </d:orderby>
    </d:basicsearch>
</d:searchrequest>'

// Response
<d:multistatus xmlns:d="DAV:" xmlns:s="http://sabredav.org/ns" xmlns:oc="http://owncloud.org/ns" xmlns:nc="http://nextcloud.org/ns">
    <d:response>
        <d:href>/remote.php/dav/files/admin/img_03.jpg</d:href>
        <d:propstat>
            <d:prop>
                <d:displayname>img_03.jpg</d:displayname>
                <d:getcontenttype>image/jpeg</d:getcontenttype>
                <nc:upload_time>1781554263</nc:upload_time>
                <d:getlastmodified>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:16:24 GMT</d:getlastmodified>
                <d:creationdate>1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00</d:creationdate>
                <nc:last_activity>1781554263</nc:last_activity>
                <nc:mime_type_group>2</nc:mime_type_group>
            </d:prop>
            <d:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</d:status>
        </d:propstat>
    </d:response>
    <d:response>
        <d:href>/remote.php/dav/files/admin/img_04.jpg</d:href>
        <d:propstat>
            <d:prop>
                <d:displayname>img_04.jpg</d:displayname>
                <d:getcontenttype>image/jpeg</d:getcontenttype>
                <nc:upload_time>1781554263</nc:upload_time>
                <d:getlastmodified>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:18:40 GMT</d:getlastmodified>
                <d:creationdate>1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00</d:creationdate>
                <nc:last_activity>1781554263</nc:last_activity>
                <nc:mime_type_group>2</nc:mime_type_group>
            </d:prop>
            <d:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</d:status>
        </d:propstat>
    </d:response>
    <d:response>
        <d:href>/remote.php/dav/files/admin/mock.json</d:href>
        <d:propstat>
            <d:prop>
                <d:displayname>mock.json</d:displayname>
                <d:getcontenttype>text/plain</d:getcontenttype>
                <nc:upload_time>1781554221</nc:upload_time>
                <d:getlastmodified>Fri, 29 May 2026 12:51:26 GMT</d:getlastmodified>
                <d:creationdate>1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00</d:creationdate>
                <nc:last_activity>1781554221</nc:last_activity>
            </d:prop>
            <d:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</d:status>
        </d:propstat>
        <d:propstat>
            <d:prop>
                <nc:mime_type_group/>
            </d:prop>
            <d:status>HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found</d:status>
        </d:propstat>
    </d:response>
    <d:response>
        <d:href>/remote.php/dav/files/admin/img_01.jpg</d:href>
        <d:propstat>
            <d:prop>
                <d:displayname>img_01.jpg</d:displayname>
                <d:getcontenttype>image/jpeg</d:getcontenttype>
                <nc:upload_time>1781554017</nc:upload_time>
                <d:getlastmodified>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:13:22 GMT</d:getlastmodified>
                <d:creationdate>1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00</d:creationdate>
                <nc:last_activity>1781554017</nc:last_activity>
                <nc:mime_type_group>1</nc:mime_type_group>
            </d:prop>
            <d:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</d:status>
        </d:propstat>
    </d:response>
    <d:response>
        <d:href>/remote.php/dav/files/admin/img_02.jpg</d:href>
        <d:propstat>
            <d:prop>
                <d:displayname>img_02.jpg</d:displayname>
                <d:getcontenttype>image/jpeg</d:getcontenttype>
                <nc:upload_time>1781554017</nc:upload_time>
                <d:getlastmodified>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:18:58 GMT</d:getlastmodified>
                <d:creationdate>1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00</d:creationdate>
                <nc:last_activity>1781554017</nc:last_activity>
                <nc:mime_type_group>1</nc:mime_type_group>
            </d:prop>
            <d:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</d:status>
        </d:propstat>
    </d:response>
</d:multistatus>

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@cristianscheid cristianscheid force-pushed the feat/noid/recent-mime-type-grouping branch from 512f18e to 48bfb57 Compare June 11, 2026 12:38
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