diff --git a/src/gui/activity/activitydata.cpp b/src/gui/activity/activitydata.cpp
index 10baf7bef401c..8d41c85cdd6f6 100644
--- a/src/gui/activity/activitydata.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/activity/activitydata.cpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ OCC::Activity Activity::fromActivityJson(const QJsonObject &json, const AccountP
 QString Activity::relativeServerFileTypeIconPath(const QMimeType &mimeType)
 {
     const auto iconPath = QStringLiteral("/index.php/apps/theming/img/core/filetypes/");
-    const auto defaultIcon = iconPath + QStringLiteral("file.svg");
+    const QString defaultIcon = iconPath + QStringLiteral("file.svg");
     if (!mimeType.isValid()) {
         return defaultIcon;
     }
diff --git a/src/gui/generalsettings.cpp b/src/gui/generalsettings.cpp
index 3d6e2378393a8..1d585bf7059a7 100644
--- a/src/gui/generalsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/generalsettings.cpp
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ void GeneralSettings::confirmEnableFileProviderMode()
 
 void GeneralSettings::confirmDisableFileProviderMode()
 {
-    const auto text = tr("File Provider will be turned off for all accounts, and your files will no longer be available in Finder under the \"Locations\" section.")
+    const QString text = tr("File Provider will be turned off for all accounts, and your files will no longer be available in Finder under the \"Locations\" section.")
         + QStringLiteral("\n\n")
         + tr("Items that were not uploaded yet will be preserved and shown to you. Classic sync folders are not set up again automatically — you can add folder sync connections afterwards in each account's settings.");
 
diff --git a/src/gui/notificationsoundplayer.cpp b/src/gui/notificationsoundplayer.cpp
index 2e668f528860c..4200ed6191189 100644
--- a/src/gui/notificationsoundplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/notificationsoundplayer.cpp
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ QString extractQrcToCache(const QString &qrcResourcePath)
     fingerprint += QByteArray::number(bytes.size());
     const auto hash = QCryptographicHash::hash(fingerprint, QCryptographicHash::Sha1).toHex();
 
-    const auto cacheDir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation) + QStringLiteral("/sounds");
+    const QString cacheDir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::CacheLocation) + QStringLiteral("/sounds");
     const auto suffix = QFileInfo(qrcResourcePath).suffix();
     const auto dottedSuffix = suffix.isEmpty() ? QString() : QStringLiteral(".") + suffix;
-    const auto destinationPath = cacheDir + QStringLiteral("/") + QString::fromLatin1(hash) + dottedSuffix;
+    const QString destinationPath = cacheDir + QStringLiteral("/") + QString::fromLatin1(hash) + dottedSuffix;
 
     if (QFile::exists(destinationPath)) {
         extractedPaths.insert(qrcResourcePath, destinationPath);
diff --git a/src/gui/tray/usermodel.cpp b/src/gui/tray/usermodel.cpp
index b6136e9557a11..3e04f33798550 100644
--- a/src/gui/tray/usermodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/tray/usermodel.cpp
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ void User::slotFileProviderInsufficientQuotaForItem(const QString &domainIdentif
     // user-visible refusal can produce many `reportInsufficientQuotaForItem` calls. Dedupe
     // per (domain, relativePath) so the activity list shows one row per affected file rather
     // than one per retry. See https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/issues/9598.
-    const auto dedupKey = domainIdentifier + QLatin1Char('|') + relativePath;
+    const QString dedupKey = domainIdentifier + QLatin1Char('|') + relativePath;
     if (_reportedQuotaItems.contains(dedupKey)) {
         qCDebug(lcActivity) << "Suppressing duplicate quota-item entry for" << relativePath << "in domain" << domainIdentifier;
         return;
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ void User::slotFileProviderRetryUploads(const QString &domainIdentifier)
     // Re-arm dedupe so the next quota event for this domain produces a fresh summary entry
     // and fresh per-item entries (one per affected file, not one per retry).
     _reportedQuotaSummaryDomains.remove(domainIdentifier);
-    const auto domainPrefix = domainIdentifier + QLatin1Char('|');
+    const QString domainPrefix = domainIdentifier + QLatin1Char('|');
     QMutableSetIterator<QString> it(_reportedQuotaItems);
     while (it.hasNext()) {
         if (it.next().startsWith(domainPrefix)) {
diff --git a/src/libsync/discoveryphase.cpp b/src/libsync/discoveryphase.cpp
index a586016e99330..25d53130ee3cb 100644
--- a/src/libsync/discoveryphase.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/discoveryphase.cpp
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ void DiscoverySingleLocalDirectoryJob::run() {
 
         // Access lock state on the worker thread so a blocking open cannot freeze the GUI #10464
         if (!i.isSymLink && !i.isVirtualFile && !i.isDirectory) {
-            const auto absoluteLocalPath = localPath + QLatin1Char('/') + i.name;
+            const QString absoluteLocalPath = localPath + QLatin1Char('/') + i.name;
             i.isLocked = FileSystem::isFileLocked(absoluteLocalPath, FileSystem::LockMode::SharedRead);
             qCDebug(lcDiscovery) << "File" << absoluteLocalPath << "isLocked" << i.isLocked;
         }
diff --git a/src/libsync/filesystem.cpp b/src/libsync/filesystem.cpp
index 88731dc75e1c0..99fdb8d5b0f7c 100644
--- a/src/libsync/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/filesystem.cpp
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ QString FileSystem::filePathLockFilePatternMatch(const QString &path)
     // Adobe lock files (.idlk / .prlock) are identified by extension, not prefix.
     const auto suffix = QFileInfo{pathSplit.last()}.suffix().toLower().toStdString();
     if (adobeLockFileDocumentExtensions.contains(suffix)) {
-        const auto pattern = QStringLiteral(".") + QString::fromStdString(suffix);
+        const QString pattern = QStringLiteral(".") + QString::fromStdString(suffix);
         qCDebug(OCC::lcFileSystem) << "Found an Adobe lock file with extension:" << pattern << "in path:" << path;
         return pattern;
     }
diff --git a/test/testlockedfiles.cpp b/test/testlockedfiles.cpp
index d4d84ffcdff47..3f89fab12a261 100644
--- a/test/testlockedfiles.cpp
+++ b/test/testlockedfiles.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,46 @@ private slots:
         QVERIFY(tmp.remove());
     }
 
+    // Functional check for local directory discovery #10535: DiscoverySingleLocalDirectoryJob
+    // must return every regular file and subdirectory with its name and flags intact.
+    void testLocalDirectoryDiscoveryReturnsAllEntries()
+    {
+        QTemporaryDir tmp;
+        QVERIFY(tmp.isValid());
+        QStringList expectedFiles;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 50; ++i) {
+            // Varied lengths and non ascii, matching the discovery concat path.
+            const QString name = QStringLiteral("entry_%1_ααβγ_%2.txt").arg(i).arg(QString(i % 20, QChar('x')));
+            QFile file(tmp.filePath(name));
+            QVERIFY(file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly));
+            file.write("data");
+            expectedFiles.append(name);
+        }
+        QVERIFY(QDir(tmp.path()).mkdir(QStringLiteral("subdir")));
+
+        const auto job = new DiscoverySingleLocalDirectoryJob({}, tmp.path(), nullptr, false);
+        QSignalSpy finishedSpy(job, &DiscoverySingleLocalDirectoryJob::finished);
+        QThreadPool::globalInstance()->start(job);
+        QTRY_COMPARE_WITH_TIMEOUT(finishedSpy.count(), 1, 5000);
+
+        const auto results = finishedSpy.takeFirst().at(0).value<QVector<OCC::LocalInfo>>();
+        QCOMPARE(results.size(), expectedFiles.size() + 1);
+
+        QStringList seenFiles;
+        for (const auto &info : results) {
+            QVERIFY(!info.name.isEmpty());
+            if (info.isDirectory) {
+                QCOMPARE(info.name, QStringLiteral("subdir"));
+                continue;
+            }
+            QVERIFY(!info.isLocked);
+            seenFiles.append(info.name);
+        }
+        seenFiles.sort();
+        expectedFiles.sort();
+        QCOMPARE(seenFiles, expectedFiles);
+    }
+
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
     void testLockDetectionUsesRealFileSystemCheck()
     {