fix: worker start not allowed exception

[alperozturk96]

• Tests written, or not not needed

Issue

Long-running CoroutineWorkers (like FileUploadWorker, FolderDownloadWorker) attempt to start a foreground service using setForeground() to comply with WorkManager requirements.

On some devices or Android versions, this can throw:

2025-12-01 09:32:51.500  2566-2664  FileUploadWorker  E  com.nextcloud.client
    Error caught at FileUploadWorker: 
    android.app.ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException: 
        startForegroundService() not allowed due to mAllowStartForeground = false
        at service com.nextcloud.client/androidx.work.impl.foreground.SystemForegroundService

2025-12-01 09:32:51.500  2566-2591  WM-GreedyScheduler  D  com.nextcloud.client
    Constraints met: Scheduling work ID WorkGenerationalId(
        workSpecId = 738d8cdc-3311-4dc3-8b3f-019043410db9, 
        generation = 0
    )

2025-12-01 09:32:51.500  2566-2664  FileUploadWorker  E  com.nextcloud.client
    FileUploadWorker stopped

Changes

Previously, this exception would fail the worker, stopping uploads/downloads unnecessarily. Instead of failing the worker, the error is logged as a warning.

Adds OutOfQuotaPolicy.RUN_AS_NON_EXPEDITED_WORK_REQUEST

How to reproduce?

1. Select a one big file (e.g. 1GB) to upload
2. Then again select another big file to upload

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test-Unit test failed: https://www.kaminsky.me/nc-dev/android-integrationTests/16038-Unit-test-09-46

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APK file: https://www.kaminsky.me/nc-dev/android-artifacts/16038.apk



To test this change/fix you can simply download above APK file and install and test it in parallel to your existing Nextcloud app.

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blue-Light-Screenshot test failed, but no output was generated. Maybe a preliminary stage failed.