From ac3bff93510b844764b30d162e05c903f04c31e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Thomas=20Gra=CC=88fenstein?= <mail@thomas-graefenstein.de>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:49:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix nginx to fall through to PHP for dynamic assets like
 theming CSS

Static file locations were returning hard 404s instead of falling
through to PHP, which broke dynamically generated assets like
theming CSS files.
---
 nextcloud/nginx.conf | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nextcloud/nginx.conf b/nextcloud/nginx.conf
index 14d77f3..f5aa800 100644
--- a/nextcloud/nginx.conf
+++ b/nextcloud/nginx.conf
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ server {
     location ~ ^/(?:build|tests|config|lib|3rdparty|templates|data)(?:$|/) { return 404; }
     location ~ ^/(?:\.|autotest|occ|issue|indie|db_|console)              { return 404; }
 
-    # Serve static files directly — only if file exists on disk
+    # Serve static files directly, fall through to PHP for dynamic assets (e.g. theming)
     location ~ \.(?:css|js|mjs|svg|gif|png|jpg|ico|wasm|tflite|map|ogg|flac)$ {
-        try_files $uri =404;
+        try_files $uri /index.php$request_uri;
         expires 6M;
         access_log off;
     }
 
     location ~ \.woff2?$ {
-        try_files $uri =404;
+        try_files $uri /index.php$request_uri;
         expires 7d;
         access_log off;
     }