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macOS client sends endless PROPFIND requests

macOS client keeps sending endless PROPFIND requests and high CPU long after a large upload finished.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 30 September 2026 · last reported 30 September 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Several macOS users report the file provider process using high CPU for days after copying a large folder to Nextcloud.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

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  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.