From d65d58a1a2efb1c144ae35ef205f6098579ef69d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lazerg <lazerg2@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:04:25 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(files): skip listing children beyond the requested folder
 tree depth

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Signed-off-by: lazerg <lazerg2@gmail.com>
---
 apps/files/lib/Controller/ApiController.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/files/lib/Controller/ApiController.php b/apps/files/lib/Controller/ApiController.php
index dac95e914aa76..b2fbfd4e34db2 100644
--- a/apps/files/lib/Controller/ApiController.php
+++ b/apps/files/lib/Controller/ApiController.php
@@ -275,7 +275,9 @@ private function getChildren(array $nodes, int $depth = 1, int $currentDepth = 0
 			$entry = [
 				'id' => $node->getId(),
 				'basename' => $basename,
-				'children' => $this->getChildren($node->getDirectoryListing($mimeTypeFilter), $depth, $currentDepth + 1),
+				'children' => $currentDepth + 1 < $depth
+					? $this->getChildren($node->getDirectoryListing($mimeTypeFilter), $depth, $currentDepth + 1)
+					: [],
 			];
 			$displayName = $node->getName();
 			if ($basename !== $displayName) {