Nextcloud Client on Linux (34.0.1) asks to sign in every time it opens

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• This is a bug, not a question or a configuration issue.
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Bug description

The client requests to sign in every time it is opened, hammering the server and disabling the account.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open the client

Expected behavior

Only sign in once.

Which files are affected by this bug

No files

Operating system

Linux

Which version of the operating system you are running.

Arch Linux (Linux 7.1.8-1-cachyos) GNOME 50.4

Installation method

Distro package manager (please test with the AppImage package ?)

Nextcloud Server version

34.0.3

Nextcloud Desktop Client version

34.0.1

Did this occur after an update or on a clean installation?

Minor version update (i.e. 33.0.0 → 33.0.1)

Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

No

Are you using an external user-backend?

• Default internal user-backend
• LDAP or Active Directory
• SSO - SAML
• Other

Nextcloud Server logs

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{"reqId":"QD8R80JDvBOrJAdYUz7u","level":2,"time":"2026-08-15T15:42:32+00:00","remoteAddr":"172.18.0.1","user":"--","app":"core","method":"OPTIONS","url":"/remote.php/dav/calendars/admin","scriptName":"/remote.php","message":"Login failed: 'admin' (Remote IP: '172.18.0.1')","userAgent":"curl/7.54","version":"34.0.3.2","data":{"app":"core"}}
{"reqId":"AMT8UtmMWWBg0YwqIHqW","level":2,"time":"2026-08-15T15:53:35+00:00","remoteAddr":"172.18.0.1","user":"--","app":"core","method":"GET","url":"/index.php/apps/notes/api/v1/notes?pruneBefore=1786670926","scriptName":"/index.php","message":"Login failed: 'admin' (Remote IP: '172.18.0.1')","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Android) Nextcloud-android/34.1.0","version":"34.0.3.2","data":{"app":"core"}}
{"reqId":"u26p0TYyWBymJ7PFIdFU","level":2,"time":"2026-08-15T15:53:35+00:00","remoteAddr":"172.18.0.1","user":"--","app":"core","method":"GET","url":"/index.php/apps/notes/api/v1/notes?pruneBefore=1786670926","scriptName":"/index.php","message":"Login failed: 'admin' (Remote IP: '172.18.0.1')","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Android) Nextcloud-android/34.1.0","version":"34.0.3.2","data":{"app":"core"}}
{"reqId":"QXcDsRtetfhDmxhesUEL","level":2,"time":"2026-08-15T15:53:35+00:00","remoteAddr":"172.18.0.1","user":"--","app":"core","method":"PROPFIND","url":"/remote.php/dav/files/admin/","scriptName":"/remote.php","message":"Login failed: 'admin' (Remote IP: '172.18.0.1')","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Android) Nextcloud-android/34.1.0","version":"34.0.3.2","data":{"app":"core"}}
{"reqId":"QXcDsRtetfhDmxhesUEL","level":2,"time":"2026-08-15T15:53:35+00:00","remoteAddr":"172.18.0.1","user":"--","app":"password_policy","method":"PROPFIND","url":"/remote.php/dav/files/admin/","scriptName":"/remote.php","message":"Too many consecutive failed login attempts, disabling user","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Android) Nextcloud-android/34.1.0","version":"34.0.3.2","data":{"app":"password_policy","uid":"admin"}}
{"reqId":"wQXxQkSXgBk25jV8nibo","level":2,"time":"2026-08-15T15:53:35+00:00","remoteAddr":"172.18.0.1","user":"--","app":"core","method":"PROPFIND","url":"/remote.php/dav/files/admin/Papers/","scriptName":"/remote.php","message":"Login failed: 'admin' (Remote IP: '172.18.0.1')","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Android) Nextcloud-android/34.1.0","version":"34.0.3.2","data":{"app":"core"}}
{"reqId":"XhzMc1c2zNP2BkS1OHID","level":2,"time":"2026-08-15T15:53:36+00:00","remoteAddr":"172.18.0.1","user":"--","app":"core","method":"PROPFIND","url":"/remote.php/dav/files/admin/Notes/","scriptName":"/remote.php","message":"Login failed: 'admin' (Remote IP: '172.18.0.1')","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Android) Nextcloud-android/34.1.0","version":"34.0.3.2","data":{"app":"core"}}
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{"reqId":"qnS6fNXn0NFNmsDmZOYw","level":2,"time":"2026-08-15T15:55:21+00:00","remoteAddr":"172.18.0.1","user":"admin","app":"core","method":"GET","url":"/","scriptName":"/index.php","message":"Session token credentials are invalid","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:153.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/153.0","version":"34.0.3.2","data":{"app":"core","user":"[unknown(NULL)]"}}
{"reqId":"lcc9sS1onLIfHZVEAT0A","level":2,"time":"2026-08-15T15:55:28+00:00","remoteAddr":"172.18.0.1","user":"--","app":"no app in context","method":"POST","url":"/login","scriptName":"/index.php","message":"Login failed: my_user disabled (Remote IP: 172.18.0.1)","userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:153.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/153.0","version":"34.0.3.2","data":[]}

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