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fix(webdav): MEGAcmd 2.6 served path, no base entry in listings - #1348

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Two WebDAV fixes found by a live run against MEGAcmd 2.6 (Requested 87 on the 4.2.5 tracker #1318).

GUI: the PROPFIND fix removes the phantom Cloud Drive root entry; the served-path connect already happened in the frontend since #215. CLI / MCP / AeroAgent: both fixes; the 404 on MKCOL was theirs.

MEGAcmd 2.6 serves the account below the server root

mega-webdav / now prints Serving via webdav /: http://127.0.0.1:4443/<handle>/Cloud%20Drive. A profile aimed at http://127.0.0.1:4443/ could list, but MKCOL answered 404, so no folder could be created.

  • ensure_megacmd_webdav_bridge (run on every MEGAcmd connect to start the bridge) now returns the URL that command prints.
  • megacmd_served_base moves the connection to that URL only when the profile points at the root of the same server (same scheme, host and port, empty path). A profile with a path of its own, another host or port, or an older MEGAcmd that serves the root keeps its URL.
  • The change lives in the MEGAcmd block of WebDavProvider::connect() and applies to the session only; the saved profile is never rewritten.

The GUI resolves the served URL in the frontend before provider_connect (App.tsx, mega_webdav_url, #215), which is why it was not affected; the CLI (create_and_connect_with), the MCP pool and AeroAgent's create_temp_provider go straight to ProviderFactory::create and connect().

PROPFIND: a base with escapes listed itself

parse_propfind_response decoded each href but compared it with a base URL it had not decoded. A base whose path carries escapes (/my%20dav, /caf%C3%A8/dav, MEGAcmd's /<handle>/Cloud%20Drive) never matched its own self-reference, relative or absolute (MEGAcmd sends absolute hrefs), so the root listing showed the base as an entry of itself. The base URL is now decoded once before every comparison. This applies to every WebDAV server with an escaped base path, and it is what showed Cloud Drive in the GUI on MEGAcmd 2.6.

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  • Seen red before the fixes: the_root_listing_under_an_escaped_base_skips_the_base_itself and listings_under_an_escaped_base_have_no_phantom_and_no_lost_entry (relative and absolute hrefs, bases with %20 and %C3%A8, the root and an encoded subfolder).
  • New: parses_the_served_path_in_every_megacmd_26_form (the three output forms), a_root_profile_moves_to_the_served_path_and_nothing_else_does, a_base_with_an_escaped_space_keeps_it_and_encodes_only_the_path (no %2520).
  • cargo test --lib -- mega_df:: escaped providers::webdav::: 151 passed. cargo fmt --all -- --check and cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings: clean.

Live (MEGAcmd 2.6, isolated test configuration)

# Scenario Surface Result
1 Connect a profile saved at http://127.0.0.1:4443/ CLI Connected to the served path (logged), root listing without a phantom entry
2 mkdir /AeroFTP-live-tests and /AeroFTP-live-tests/row87, then stat CLI Created (was MKCOL 404), seen by mega-ls too
3 Connect, root listing, mkdir and rmdir of row87/gui through the native commands GUI dev build No Cloud Drive entry, folder created and removed
4 Cleanup CLI + MEGAcmd Folders removed, Rubbish Bin purged, nothing left (checked with mega-find)

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved compatibility with newer MEGAcmd WebDAV bridge URL formats.
    • Uses the detected served URL when connecting through a plaintext bridge, helping maintain access to account contents when the served path changes.
    • Preserves configured profile paths and retains the current session URL when the bridge does not report a URL.
    • Correctly handles escaped characters and base paths in WebDAV directory listings, preventing the base folder from appearing as its own entry.

Two fixes found by a live run against MEGAcmd 2.6 (Requested 87 on the 4.2.5 tracker).

MEGAcmd 2.6 serves the account below the server root, at `/<handle>/Cloud%20Drive` (`mega-webdav /` prints `Serving via webdav /: http://127.0.0.1:4443/<handle>/Cloud%20Drive`). A profile aimed at the root could list but not create a folder: MKCOL answered 404. The connect already runs `mega-webdav /` to start the bridge; it now keeps the URL that command prints, and when the profile points at the root of that same server (same scheme, host and port, empty path) it connects to the served path for the session. The saved profile is not rewritten, and a profile with a path of its own, another host or port, or an older MEGAcmd that serves the root keeps its URL. This reached the CLI, MCP and AeroAgent; the GUI already adopted the served URL in the frontend before connecting (#215).

The PROPFIND parser compared each decoded href with a base URL it had not decoded, so a base whose path carries escapes (`/my%20dav`, `/caf%C3%A8/dav`, MEGAcmd's `/<handle>/Cloud%20Drive`) never matched its own self-reference, relative or absolute, and the root listing showed the base as an entry of itself (`Cloud Drive` in the GUI on MEGAcmd 2.6). The base URL is now decoded once before every comparison. This applies to every WebDAV server with an escaped base path.

Tests seen red before the fixes: the_root_listing_under_an_escaped_base_skips_the_base_itself and listings_under_an_escaped_base_have_no_phantom_and_no_lost_entry (relative and absolute hrefs, bases with %20 and %C3%A8, root and an encoded subfolder). New: parses_the_served_path_in_every_megacmd_26_form, a_root_profile_moves_to_the_served_path_and_nothing_else_does, a_base_with_an_escaped_space_keeps_it_and_encodes_only_the_path.

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The MEGAcmd bridge now returns a parsed served URL when available. WebDAV selects a session URL using the profile URL, current session URL, and served URL. PROPFIND matching decodes the configured URL before comparing it with response hrefs.

Changes: MEGAcmd WebDAV URL handling

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Extract and select the served URL
src-tauri/src/providers/mega_df.rs
ensure_megacmd_webdav_bridge returns a parsed URL when available. URL selection uses a non-root served path only when the profile URL is at the same server’s root. Tests cover MEGAcmd output formats, URL-selection conditions, and reconnects.
Apply session URL and match decoded paths
src-tauri/src/providers/webdav.rs
WebDAV stores the profile URL separately and updates config.url after bridge setup when the selected session URL differs. PROPFIND matching decodes the configured URL before comparing hrefs. Tests cover escaped paths and listing entries.

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  • axpdev-lab/aeroftp#1349: Filters root self markers during recursive scans, while this change excludes the WebDAV base resource from PROPFIND listings.
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Comment thread src-tauri/src/providers/webdav.rs Outdated
Review finding on #1348: after the first connect moved the session to the served path, `config.url` held that path, so a reconnect of the same provider (the GUI's silent reconnect calls `connect()` again) saw a profile with a path of its own and kept probing the old path when the bridge had moved, for example after another account logged in to MEGAcmd.

The provider now keeps the URL the profile was saved with (`profile_url`, taken in the constructor), and `megacmd_session_url` chooses on every connect from it: the path the bridge serves now, or the profile's own URL when the bridge serves the root again. When `mega-webdav /` prints no URL the session keeps the one it has, and a profile with a path of its own is never moved.

Test seen red before the fix, with the helper still choosing from the session's URL: a_reconnect_follows_the_path_the_bridge_serves_now (it stayed on the first served path).

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