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error-not-allowed

error-not-allowed

Error message

WebDAV Integration Not Allowed

What it means

The uploadFileToWebdav method checks only Webdav_Integration_Enabled (unlike the preview method, upload is generic WebDAV and needs no Nextcloud URL). If that setting is false, the upload is refused before any file data is touched or converted.

Source

Thrown at apps/meteor/server/bridges/webdav/methods/uploadFileToWebdav.ts:33

	interface ServerMethods {
		uploadFileToWebdav(
			accountId: IWebdavAccount['_id'],
			fileData: string | Buffer | ArrayBuffer,
			name: string,
		): { success: boolean; message?: TranslationKey };
	}
}

Meteor.methods<ServerMethods>({
	async uploadFileToWebdav(accountId, fileData, name) {
		if (!Meteor.userId()) {
			throw new MeteorError('error-invalid-user', 'Invalid User', {
				method: 'uploadFileToWebdav',
			});
		}

		if (!settings.get('Webdav_Integration_Enabled')) {
			throw new MeteorError('error-not-allowed', 'WebDAV Integration Not Allowed', {
				method: 'uploadFileToWebdav',
			});
		}

		try {
			await uploadFileToWebdav(accountId, fileData instanceof ArrayBuffer ? Buffer.from(fileData) : fileData, name);
			return { success: true };
		} catch (err: any) {
			if (typeof err === 'object' && err instanceof Error && err.name === 'error-invalid-account') {
				throw new MeteorError(err.name, 'Invalid WebDAV Account', {
					method: 'uploadFileToWebdav',
				});
			}

			logger.error({ err });

			if (err.response) {
				const { status } = err.response;

View on GitHub (pinned to b2c16d5842)

Solutions

  1. Enable Webdav_Integration_Enabled in Administration > WebDAV Integration
  2. Hide the upload-to-WebDAV affordance in the client when the setting is off, so users never reach the error
  3. Retry the upload after enabling
Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

Validate before calling

// client: read the public setting before offering the action
const webdavEnabled = useSetting('Webdav_Integration_Enabled');
if (!webdavEnabled) {
  return null; // do not render upload-to-WebDAV UI
}

Try / catch

try {
  await Meteor.callAsync('uploadFileToWebdav', accountId, fileBuffer, name);
} catch (e: any) {
  if (e?.error === 'error-not-allowed') {
    // inform user the integration was disabled by the admin
  }
}

Prevention

When it happens

Trigger: Admin disabled the WebDAV integration; setting toggled while a user had an upload dialog open; fresh install where the integration was never enabled.

Common situations: Feature switched off during maintenance; environment drift between staging (enabled) and production (disabled); UI not reacting to the setting change.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of RocketChat/Rocket.Chat@b2c16d5842 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/e838345f531c116f. Report an issue: GitHub.