.well-known/CloudIdVerificationCode.txt feature seems to be broken

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Steps to reproduce

1. Go to cloud.website.com/settings/user.
2. Add a Website to your user profile.
3. Click the button to verify.
4. Copy the verification text provided.
5. Go to the Website root and add the file /.well-known/CloudIdVerificationCode.txt with the verification text.
6. Wait for verification.

Expected behaviour

After at most 24 hours, the verification button would either change to a Verified state or to an Error state, as proposed here.

Actual behaviour

Nothing happens and the verification button returns to a Click to Verify state.

Server configuration

Operating system: Debian 10

Web server: Apache 2

Database: MySQL 10.3.27

PHP version: 7.3.19

Nextcloud version: 20.0.5

Updated from an older Nextcloud/ownCloud or fresh install: Updated from version 19

Where did you install Nextcloud from: Web installer

Signing status:

Signing status

No errors have been found.

List of activated apps:

App list

Enabled:
  - accessibility: 1.6.0
  - activity: 2.13.4
  - admin_audit: 1.10.0
  - apporder: 0.11.0
  - bruteforcesettings: 2.0.1
  - calendar: 2.1.3
  - cloud_federation_api: 1.3.0
  - comments: 1.10.0
  - contacts: 3.4.3
  - contactsinteraction: 1.1.0
  - dashboard: 7.0.0
  - dav: 1.16.2
  - end_to_end_encryption: 1.6.2
  - federatedfilesharing: 1.10.2
  - federation: 1.10.1
  - files: 1.15.0
  - files_accesscontrol: 1.10.2
  - files_antivirus: 3.1.1
  - files_automatedtagging: 1.10.1
  - files_external: 1.11.1
  - files_pdfviewer: 2.0.1
  - files_rightclick: 0.17.0
  - files_sharing: 1.12.2
  - files_trashbin: 1.10.1
  - files_versions: 1.13.0
  - files_videoplayer: 1.9.0
  - firstrunwizard: 2.9.0
  - forms: 2.1.0
  - groupfolders: 8.2.0
  - guests: 1.6.2
  - impersonate: 1.7.0
  - integration_github: 0.0.17
  - integration_gitlab: 0.0.10
  - integration_mastodon: 0.0.11
  - integration_twitter: 0.0.7
  - logreader: 2.5.0
  - lookup_server_connector: 1.8.0
  - news: 15.1.1
  - nextcloud_announcements: 1.9.0
  - notifications: 2.8.0
  - oauth2: 1.8.0
  - password_policy: 1.10.1
  - polls: 1.6.3
  - privacy: 1.4.0
  - provisioning_api: 1.10.0
  - quota_warning: 1.9.1
  - recommendations: 0.8.0
  - richdocuments: 3.7.11
  - serverinfo: 1.10.0
  - settings: 1.2.0
  - sharebymail: 1.10.0
  - support: 1.3.0
  - survey_client: 1.8.0
  - systemtags: 1.10.0
  - tasks: 0.13.6
  - text: 3.1.0
  - theming: 1.11.0
  - twofactor_backupcodes: 1.9.0
  - twofactor_totp: 5.0.0
  - updatenotification: 1.10.0
  - user_status: 1.0.1
  - viewer: 1.4.0
  - weather_status: 1.0.0
  - workflowengine: 2.2.0
Disabled:
  - encryption
  - photos
  - user_ldap

Nextcloud configuration:

Config report

{
    "system": {
        "instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "trusted_domains": [
            "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***"
        ],
        "datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtype": "mysql",
        "version": "20.0.5.2",
        "overwrite.cli.url": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/",
        "dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbport": "",
        "dbtableprefix": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mysql.utf8mb4": true,
        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "installed": true,
        "enable_previews": false,
        "filelocking.enabled": true,
        "memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "memcache.distributed": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "redis": {
            "host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "port": ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***
        },
        "default_language": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "default_locale": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "defaultapp": "dashboard",
        "knowledgebaseenabled": true,
        "skeletondirectory": "",
        "maintenance": false,
        "twofactor_enforced": true,
        "twofactor_enforced_groups": [
            "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***"
        ],
        "twofactor_enforced_excluded_groups": [
            "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***"
        ],
        "mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
        "mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
        "mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpsecure": "ssl",
        "mail_smtpport": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpauthtype": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpauth": ***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***,
        "mail_smtpname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtppassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "theme": "",
        "loglevel": 2,
        "trashbin_retention_obligation": "auto, 180",
        "versions_retention_obligation": "auto",
        "updater.release.channel": "stable",
        "data-fingerprint": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***"
    }
}

Are you using external storage, if yes which one: WebDAV

Are you using encryption: No

Are you using an external user-backend, if yes which one: No

Client configuration

Browser: Mozilla Firefox 84.0.2

Operating system: Linux Mint 20.1

Logs

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[szaimen]

I could not reproduce this on NC22 beta 5 because I was able to add a website to my profile without having to verfiy it...

[ghost]

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