Hi David,
Thanks for fixing this issue. I’ve tested the behavior in Apache NiFi release 2.8.0, and I can confirm that the recursive file listing with symbolic links now works correctly. I appreciate your effort in resolving this problem! Best regards, Marek On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM David Handermann <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marek, > > Thanks for flagging this problem. > > On evaluation, changes in NiFi 2.6.0 introduced a bug in symbolic link > status resolution, causing nested directories to be treated as files. > > I filed a Jira issue NIFI-15562 [1] and submitted a pull request to > correct the problem. > > Regards, > David Handermann > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-15562 > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 3:32 AM Marek Kovar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > Is anyone else experiencing issues with recursive file listing when > using recursive search with Following Symbolic Link enabled in NiFi? > Instead of listing the files inside the symlinked directory, the ListSFTP > processor creates flowfile corresponding to the symlink itself. > > > > I am encountering this problem specifically in NiFi version 2.7.2. Has > anyone found a workaround or fix for this behavior? > > > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > >
