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*Updated 9/3* Syncing in Microsoft Edge Preview Channels
Hi All,
We have rolled out a fix to the problem where clients were reporting error on sync. We expect an app restart should get the client back into a functional state for sync now. We so much appreciate your patience and willingness to help all this while. Apologies that it took us time to get this fix across to you. If you still see any errors, please submit using in-app feedback button (and drop me a private message so that we jump on it faster). Sincere thanks for working with us on building a better product.
Ankur
CC. @Mike_BNL , @DiggsMcGee , @bassoprofundo , @indospot , @Stephen Berard , @billbyrnes
I have been running Canary for awhile. I have everything set the way I want in regards to Settings and Extensions. I just installed the beta and waited about 15 minutes and still see that the settings and extensions have not synced to the beta. My Favorites did sync correctly.
Is this supposed to work?
Thanks,
Bill
Deleted Thanks for trying our beta channel. We have recently updated this article (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Articles/Updated-9-3-Syncing-in-Microsoft-Edge-Preview-Channels/m-p/510159) to reflect the latest status of sync. As called out in the article, Extension sync is not yet enabled. Your settings are expected to sync. Which settings were you expecting to sync from Canary to Beta channel?
- Beta is still on version 77 while Dev and Canary are on 78, soon 79. the difference is so huge and new features are adding so fast to the browser. i don't think users can sync every part of the settings page between Canary and Beta, at least not any time soon.
when Stable will be released, it will make the difference even bigger..My point was that all settings currently defined in both should be synced between any two versions. I realize you can't sync the ones that are not currently defined in one or the other.
- Yes that's right, hopefully they'll fix it in the next major update for Beta
currently even between 2 Canaries or Canary and Dev, things like bookmarks get duplicated along the way!
Of course you are right... extensions don't sync yet. I guess that was just wishful
thinking.
I was thinking that all setting that are currently defined in the Beta would sync. I had quite a few that didn't sync. These are the ones that I noticed that didn't sync:
Addresses, phone, numbers, and more
Passwords
Show home button
New Tab Page > Custom layout
Allow sites to check if you have payment info saved
Site permissions
Camera
Microphone
Motion or light sensors
Handlers
Downloads
Ask where to save each file before downloading
Thanks,
Bill
- akhator
So, should the settings I mentioned be synced or is there a bug?
"Addresses, phone, numbers, and more
Passwords
Show home button
New Tab Page > Custom layout
Allow sites to check if you have payment info saved
Site permissions
Camera
Microphone
Motion or light sensors
Handlers
Downloads
Ask where to save each file before downloading"I think, you can pretty much check for yourself - edge://sync-internals/
there you can see what exactly is synced. It's not convenient tho for basic users, but again, we all are part of beta testing, so it shouldn't be issue. (:EDIT:
Alright, I was bored anyway.
This is what preferences sync contain:
Deleted Microsoft has been claiming for quite a while now that Settings are synced. But it's not true. The vast majority of Settings are not synced. I have placed a bug report about pretty much the same list as the one you have put together. I asked Elliot Kirk because I thought there might be a small chance I didn't understand properly what they meant by synced settings.
Thanks. I would have thought they would not have moved into a public beta if that function was still not working, but apparently they did. I think they should really warn people that it isn't working otherwise people will rely on it at their own peril. Hope Microsoft gets this fixed before they go GA.
Bill
