Can't access files in root folder when folder access is restricted about directus HOT 6 CLOSED

My bad forgot to include the null check in the screenshot.

Currently nulls are not matched by other operators as described in this issue #13778

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For a non-technical user that doesn't understand how Directus resolves those rules, it's simply false to not grant access to a file as described in the bug report.

I understand that its inconvenient which is why the original issue (linked) for this is still active which would cover your A scenario.

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To cover the folder === null scenario make sure to not use a relational filter like folder -> id but instead directly check against the folder field.

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Many thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately, the problem still occurs when I run the check on folder instead of folder.id.

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As I understand the issue, it should also run into problems when filtering for other attributes of an folder, e.g. folder name.

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I understand that I can create a series of rules which eventually will return the wanted result, however the statement/returned data is simply not what the original rule should return, imho. For a non-technical user that doesn't understand how Directus resolves those rules, it's simply false to not grant access to a file as described in the bug report.

At the very least, this workaround is something that need to go into the docs. However, I would prefer to
a) have "null" evaluated correctly
b) (another workaround) make folders mandatory (e.g. by creating a root-folder which is set automatically when a file is not assigned to another folder)

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