From da894c81efc5d411d40828feeb5fb72081da7268 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hamza <hamzamahjoubi221@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:03:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cardDav): Only update user card on actual mapped
 propreties changes

fix(cardDav): Only update user card on actual mapped propreties changes

Signed-off-by: Hamza <hamzamahjoubi221@gmail.com>

[skip ci]
---
 apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/SyncService.php | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/SyncService.php b/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/SyncService.php
index 38c2cef83a58d..793c43ecd0854 100644
--- a/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/SyncService.php
+++ b/apps/dav/lib/CardDAV/SyncService.php
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@ public function updateUser(IUser $user): void {
 					if (is_null($vCard)) {
 						$this->backend->deleteCard($addressBookId, $cardId);
 					} else {
-						$this->backend->updateCard($addressBookId, $cardId, $vCard->serialize());
+						$cardData = $vCard->serialize();
+						// Writing an identical card would still bump the address book
+						// sync token and make every client re-download the card
+						if ($card['carddata'] !== $cardData) {
+							$this->backend->updateCard($addressBookId, $cardId, $cardData);
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}, $this->dbConnection);