Nextcloud Server 29.0.0 → 30.0.0

9 versions, 7 critical-change sections in 1 version, 1 required stop

Required stops

29.0.16
Latest 29.x release.
Nextcloud must be upgraded step by step:
- Before you can upgrade to the next major release, you need to upgrade to the latest point release of your current major version.
- Then run the upgrade again to upgrade to the next major release’s latest point release.
- You cannot skip major releases. Please re-run the upgrade until you have reached the highest available (or applicable) release.
- Example: 18.0.5 -> 18.0.11 -> 19.0.5 -> 20.0.2
Wait for background migrations to finish after major upgrades. After upgrading to a new major version, some migrations are scheduled to run as a background job. If you plan to upgrade directly to another major version (e.g. 24 -> 25 -> 26) you need to make sure these migrations were executed before starting the next upgrade. To do so you should run the cron.php file 2-3 times, for example:
```
$ sudo -E -u www-data php -f /var/www/nextcloud/cron.php
```
Source: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/maintenance/upgrade.html (checked 2026-09-26)

Version by version, oldest first

29.0.1 – 29.0.7: no action items (7 versions)

29.0.8 – 29.0.15: released after 30.0.0; not on this route

29.0.16 2025-04-17

Required stop

See required stops, above

Full release notes for 29.0.16

30.0.0 2024-09-25

Quoted from docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/release_notes/upgrade_to_30.html

Critical change

System requirements

PHP 8.1 is now deprecated but still supported.
PHP 8.0 is no longer supported.
PostgreSQL 9.4 is no longer supported.
MariaDB 10.3 and 10.5 are no longer supported.

Critical change

Web server configuration

Make sure that your web server is serving files with the webp extension (WebP images) correctly as static assets. This is included in the shipped .htaccess file but if you use another web server or custom configuration you need to check this manually.

Critical change

Nextcloud configuration

Changes to the available options in config.php.

The option blacklisted_files is now deprecated and replaced with forbidden_filenames
The option forbidden_chars is now deprecated and replaced with forbidden_filename_characters
The option forbidden_filename_basenames was added to allow bocking files with specific basenames (the filename without extension (before the first dot))
The option forbidden_filename_extensions was added to allow blocking extensions from being used on filenames

Critical change

Previews for PDF files with Imaginary

The preview provider OC\Preview\Imaginary is no longer generating previews for PDF files. Add the new preview provider OC\Preview\ImaginaryPDF to enabledPreviewProviders to enable preview generation with Imaginary for PDF files.

Critical change

Automated clean-up of app password

Nextcloud 30 will clean-up unused app passwords.

Critical change

Monitoring: Counting of active users

Starting with Nextcloud 30.0.12 the monitoring app was adjusted to count the active users in the same way as occ user:report and the support app.

Critical change

AppAPI (app_api) is now a default app

Starting with Nextcloud 30.0.1, the AppAPI app is included and enabled by default. See ExApps management for details.

You can disable this app in the standard manner via the Apps menu if you do not expect to use AppAPI integrations in the near future.

If AppAPI is disabled, other apps that depend on it will not be visible in the app store. AppAPI-related setup checks will also be deactivated.

Full release notes for 30.0.0

Release notes from github.com/nextcloud/server/releases, and Upgrade to Nextcloud 30, checked 17 hours ago. Only text the vendor marks as breaking, or puts in a warning/caution/important note, is shown; read the full notes for anything else. Nextcloud's GitHub release notes are lists of merged pull requests and mark nothing as breaking. What is quoted instead is the admin manual's “Critical changes” page for each major version (Upgrade to Nextcloud 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 35; there is none for 29 or 34), one item per section, labelled “Critical change”, on the x.0.0 release. The manual has no such pages before 26. Versions are covered from 23.0.0; GitHub has no complete release list before that. Required stops are the latest point release of each major version on the way, per the manual's upgrade page.