align the handler verifier, update docs

Signed-off-by: Jörn Friedrich Dreyer <jfd@butonic.de>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,65 +1,5 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [8.0.0](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/releases/tag/v8.0.0) - 2026-09-08
-
-### ❤️ Thanks to all contributors! ❤️
-
-@butonic, @dschmidt, @fredrikblau, @fschade, @maki5, @pbleser-oc, @v-scharf, @zerox80
-
-### 💥 Breaking changes
-
-- feat(search): check the index schema on startup and refuse breaking changes [[#3197](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3197)]
-- refactor: reflection-based search mapping + location geopoint [[#3345](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3345)]
-- fix(search): make openSearch and bleve behave the same [[#3408](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3408)]
-
-### 🐛 Bug Fixes
-
-- fix(search): extract facets from the main tika document only [[#3484](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3484)]
-- fix(thumbnails): bound declared image dimensions before decoding [[#3457](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3457)]
-- test(search): re-search until the expected files are in the result [[#3488](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3488)]
-- fix(config): correct pending version annotations [[#3487](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3487)]
-- Activitylog event handler split [[#3241](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3241)]
-- test(search): wait for expected properties and documents [[#3486](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3486)]
-- fix: log jwt expired on debug level instead of error [[#3463](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3463)]
-- fix(proxy): restrict JWT signed urls to the allowed HTTP methods [[#3481](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3481)]
-- fix: notification handling for share removal and space membership expiry  [[#3257](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3257)]
-- fix: posix cli commands [[#3348](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3348)]
-
-### 📈 Enhancement
-
-- feat(graph): expand thumbnails on driveItems [[#3471](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3471)]
-- graph: expose lockInfo on driveItems [[#3444](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3444)]
-- graph: expose @libre.graph.shareTypes on driveItems [[#3438](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3438)]
-- feat(search): live photo facet [[#3202](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3202)]
-- feat: support $expand=children on the driveItem endpoint [[#3445](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3445)]
-- feat(search): motion photo facet [[#3200](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3200)]
-- feat(search): video facet [[#3201](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3201)]
-- graph: expose pendingOperations on driveItems [[#3437](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3437)]
-- feat(search): extract more data from tika 4 (if available) [[#3198](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3198)]
-- graph: expose following state, tags and allowed actions on driveItems [[#3113](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3113)]
-- feat(search): scope searches to a drive via the driveId field [[#3424](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3424)]
-- chore(policies): disable gRPC or event handlers by configuration + add metrics [[#3287](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3287)]
-- moved ShareCreated event consumer from frontend to shared service [[#3389](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3389)]
-
-### ✅ Tests
-
-- test(search): fail the parity suite when the committed matrix is stale [[#3423](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3423)]
-- ci: run search API and e2e suites against OpenSearch [[#3379](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3379)]
-- test(search): engine parity suite for bleve and opensearch [[#3418](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3418)]
-
-### 📦️ Dependencies
-
-- build(deps): bump go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp from 0.70.0 to 0.71.0 [[#3441](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3441)]
-- build(deps): bump go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/zpages from 0.70.0 to 0.71.0 [[#3442](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3442)]
-- build(deps): bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel from 1.45.0 to 1.46.0 [[#3426](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3426)]
-- build(deps): bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.83.1 to 1.83.2 [[#3429](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3429)]
-- build(deps): bump github.com/blevesearch/bleve/v2 from 2.6.0 to 2.6.1 [[#3417](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3417)]
-- build(deps): bump github.com/sirupsen/logrus from 1.10.0 to 1.10.1 [[#3409](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3409)]
-- build(deps): bump github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-go/v4 from 4.6.0 to 4.7.3 [[#3216](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3216)]
-- build(deps): bump github.com/KimMachineGun/automemlimit from 0.7.5 to 1.0.0 [[#3404](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3404)]
-- build(deps): bump github.com/nats-io/nats.go from 1.52.0 to 1.53.1 [[#3403](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3403)]
-- build(deps): bump github.com/open-policy-agent/opa from 1.19.0 to 1.19.1 [[#3402](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pull/3402)]
-
 ## [7.5.0](https://github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/releases/tag/v7.5.0) - 2026-08-25
 
 ### ❤️ Thanks to all contributors! ❤️

services/activitylog/pkg/config/parser/parse.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 
 	occfg "github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/activitylog/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/activitylog/pkg/config/defaults"
 
@@ -34,5 +35,8 @@ func ParseConfig(cfg *config.Config) error {
 
 // Validate validates the config
 func Validate(cfg *config.Config) error {
+	if cfg.Events.Disabled && cfg.HTTP.Disabled {
+		return shared.AllComponentsDisabledError(cfg.Service.Name)
+	}
 	return nil
 }

services/frontend/README.md

@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ Store specific notes:
   -   When using `nats-js-kv` it is recommended to set `OC_CACHE_STORE_NODES` to the same value as `OC_EVENTS_ENDPOINT`. That way the cache uses the same nats instance as the event bus.
   -   When using the `nats-js-kv` store, it is possible to set `OC_CACHE_DISABLE_PERSISTENCE` to instruct nats to not persist cache data on disc.
 
-### Auto-Accept Shares
-
-When setting the `SHARING_AUTO_ACCEPT_SHARES` to `true` (sharing service), all incoming shares will be accepted automatically. Users can overwrite this setting individually in their profile. The deprecated `FRONTEND_AUTO_ACCEPT_SHARES` is still supported for backwards compatibility.
-
 ## Passwords
 
 ### The Password Policy

services/graph/pkg/config/parser/parse.go

@@ -40,11 +40,7 @@ func ParseConfig(cfg *config.Config) error {
 
 func Validate(cfg *config.Config) error {
 	if cfg.HTTP.Disabled && cfg.Events.DisabledConsumer {
-		// might be debatable, but this situation should be treated as an error,
-		// as the process wouldn't be able to serve either API and would thus be
-		// completely useless -- in that case, just don't start this service
-		// in the first place (especially since it's optional)
-		return shared.AllComponentsDisabledError("graph")
+		return shared.AllComponentsDisabledError(cfg.Service.Name)
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager.JWTSecret == "" {

services/policies/pkg/config/parser/parse.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 
 	occfg "github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/policies/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/policies/pkg/config/defaults"
 
@@ -33,12 +34,8 @@ func ParseConfig(cfg *config.Config) error {
 }
 
 func Validate(cfg *config.Config) error {
-	if cfg.GRPC.Disabled && cfg.Events.Disabled {
-		// might be debatable, but this situation should be treated as an error,
-		// as the process wouldn't be able to serve either API and would thus be
-		// completely useless -- in that case, just don't start this service
-		// in the first place (especially since it's optional)
-		return errors.New("both gRPC and events APIs are disabled by configuration; at least one must be enabled")
+	if cfg.Events.Disabled && cfg.GRPC.Disabled {
+		return shared.AllComponentsDisabledError(cfg.Service.Name)
 	}
 	return nil
 }

services/search/pkg/config/parser/parse.go

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ func ParseConfig(cfg *config.Config) error {
 }
 
 func Validate(cfg *config.Config) error {
+	if cfg.Events.Disabled && cfg.GRPC.Disabled {
+		return shared.AllComponentsDisabledError(cfg.Service.Name)
+	}
+
 	if cfg.TokenManager.JWTSecret == "" {
 		return shared.MissingJWTTokenError(cfg.Service.Name)
 	}

services/sharing/README.md

@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@ Share behavior can be configured via environment variables:
 - Auto-acceptance of shares
 - Share permissions and restrictions
 
-See the `frontend` service README for more details on share-related configuration options.
+### Auto-Accept Shares
+
+When setting the `SHARING_AUTO_ACCEPT_SHARES` to `true` (sharing service), all
+incoming shares will be accepted automatically. Users can overwrite this
+setting individually in their profile. The deprecated
+`FRONTEND_AUTO_ACCEPT_SHARES` is still supported for backwards compatibility.
 
 ## Scalability