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A heads up about Edge Classic Sync
@akhator I just recieved confirmation from Microsoft Support that the support lead replicated the issue of Edge Classic installed on one computer failing to sync with Edge Classic on another computer when both Edge Classic and Edge Chromium are installed on the two computers. The lead also told me that the issue is going to be submitted to additional teams for review and resolution. The issue is tricky to test and isolate, but I am now confident that MS is aware of the issue and working on it.
This is probably not an issue for most Edge Chromium Insiders because few are doing what I am doing, testing Edge Chromium on three computers to allow me to compare performance in high-end, mid-range and low-end computing environments.
When Edge Chromium replaces Edge Classic, the problem will, of course, go away. But it is likely to take months for Edge Chromium to be released, and so the issue is something to be aware of as you test.
tomscharbach Thanks for your feedback. Edge Insider preview builds (Edge-Chromium) is not expected to sync with the earlier Edge (what you called Edge-classic). If you have Edge Insider preview builds installed on multiple devices, they all should cross-sync fine.
You should be able to import your favorites from Edge-classic to the Edge preview build. Also note that we currently support only favorites sync and are actively working on enabling other attributes.
akhator Well, I have to take back what I previously said.
While I was sitting here preparing my response above, Edge Classic on the three computers synced. Whatever was broken the other day now isn't, and both Edge Dev and Edge Classic appear to be syncing internally. But what is interesting about it is that the Edge Classic browsers synced to my OLD favorites, not the stripped down favorites I put on all three computers after I installed Edge Dev. I guess the sync function in Edge Classic went to sleep for a few days, and work up again.
The only difference between the two environments (that is, when Edge Classic did not sync, and now when it does) is that I upgraded to Version 75.0.131.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit).
In any event, let me say that this is not something worth worrying about.
Okay, not it is time to modify my "Edge Classic now syncs" reply. I made a couple of simple changes in my Edge Classic favorites on one computer after I wrote that reply and the changes have not synced to the other two. I think that sync on Edge Classic now works only to sync to the favorites list as it existed prior to installing Edge Dev, but doesn't sync in real time. That is the only thing that makes sense given the timeline: Install Edge Dev. Make changes to Edge Classic and try to sync. Nothing happens. Manually make the changes on all three computers. A week later, after install of the updated version of Edge Dev, all the Edge Classic instances sync to the favorites list as it existed before Edge Dev was initially installed.
Trust me, I'm sober as a judge and not crazy.
And again, no problem. I'm not using Edge Classic any more. But it is strange.
tomscharbach I appreciate your willingness to test the system and offer clarification to other folks. To summarize and to prevent confusion, I can confirm the expected behavior
- Edge preview builds should sync favorites across Edge preview builds on other devices. More attributes will start to sync over time.
- Installing and using Edge preview builds should have no impact on the sync of old Edge eco system. Old Edge is still expected to sync deletes/updates/creates etc. irrespective of whether you tried Edge preview builds or not.
- Using the same account on old Edge as well as Edge preview builds plays no significant role on the sync behavior of either.
I understand that you noticed a different behavior but we should consider them as bugs and not expected behavior. Please submit those issues as feedback using the in-app feedback options.
Hope this helps.
akhator "Please submit those issues as feedback using the in-app feedback options."
Okay, will do. After the confusion reflected above, I did careful testing for about 48 hours using (1-3) three W10 computers running both Edge Classic and Edge Chromium, (4) one computer running only Edge Classic, and (5) an Android tablet using Edge Android. I have good logs and I'll submit them.
Thanks for following up.