Sync Collections now can be turned on in CanaryCheers,Drew

Drew1903 Ahhhh! Thank you so much for noticing! We have turned this feature back on in our Canary channel, but are still working on bringing this to our Dev channel. I'm sure you're used to this broken record phrase, but sync is absolutely our top priority right now. If there's anyone in here who is currently on Dev, please sign out of your browser and sign back in. Let me know if you see favorites sync enabled under ... > Settings > Profiles > Sync. Missy Quarry (she/her/hers)Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

Oh, well they are the same as favorites, just on different folders.i have lots of folders too, doesn't matter what name they have, they must be treated the same.not 6 weeks ago but 6 months ago. or better yet, just like when Edge browser first launched.I never had a stable sync, from the day 1 the favorites were duplicated when i used Edge on different devices at the same time.so in a nutshell, we aren't doing anything wrong, it's only the Edge sync engine Not working as it is supposed to.I moved all my favorites to google chrome 2 months ago when I lost a huge number of my favorite entries. I had lost some favorites before that as well but this time it was too many.I lost them because I thought Edge was syncing them to the servers, successfully, because Edge was showing green icon that everything is syncing correctly.so since then, I have to keep google chrome as a side browser on my computer, just to store my favorites safely on it, and I use Edge insider canary for my daily browser.I'm saving my passwords to LastPass extension so i can use them on any browser without having to worry about their sync problems and whatnot.I've been looking for a similar extension, like LastPass, but for favorites, so i could use it to store my favorites in one place and use them in multiple browsers and devices, so far I couldn't find any decent extension that does it.

HotCakeX You're absolutely right - Favorite sync on Edge has been a dumpster fire for years. IE11 on Windows 8 had its share of problems, but as I remember it, sync worked flawlessly.I have had all my Favorites and Reading List wiped on all but one device (where sync has been permenently broken) - twice! - on Legacy Edge. The problems in New Edge are slightly different in nature, but it's clear that you can't trust the browser to store links for you and need a backup plan. Taking a step back, Favorites/Bookmarks are a very 90's thing, and just like organizing your email into neat folders is a waste of time, so is probably also bookmarking pages of interest. Links rot, so solutions for more short-lived links like Reading List, tab and history sync are probably more useful. However, they also require a working sync engine, and Favorites sync is a good litmus test for how reliable the underlying tech is. My Favorites collection is now a disorganized graveyard that I use for testing only. Pages I like to keep go into OneNote (so it doesn't matter if they 404), and Sticky Notes can be used for short-term link storage etc. Your Phone and Timeline mostly work for handing off between devices. At no point do I rely on Edge for handling links, which makes you wonder why I just don't switch to another major browser (and maybe also get some more relevant ads thanks to better tracking).

I think there needs to be a proper website for Edge insider where it is clearly described which features are available for everyone and which features are still part of the A/B testing.currently everyone should ask in the forum why they don't have a certain feature and it gets confusing

Um it could be turned on since Weeks ago but because of the fact that it was and it still is part of the controlled feature roll out, you are just seeing it now.I know it's very bad and confusing experience..not having the same access to the same set of features even when two users are using the same channel 😞

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MissyQ
Former Employee
Dec 20, 2019
Drew1903 Ahhhh! Thank you so much for noticing! We have turned this feature back on in our Canary channel, but are still working on bringing this to our Dev channel. I'm sure you're used to this broken record phrase, but sync is absolutely our top priority right now.

If there's anyone in here who is currently on Dev, please sign out of your browser and sign back in. Let me know if you see favorites sync enabled under ... > Settings > Profiles > Sync.

Missy Quarry (she/her/hers)
Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
- Drew1903
  Silver Contributor
  Dec 30, 2019
  MissyQ
  
  "If there's anyone in here who is currently on Dev, please sign out of your browser and sign back in. Let me know if you see favorites sync enabled under ... > Settings > Profiles > Sync. ", Missy
  
  Missy, I did this ⬆ and, still, no, not On nor available; toggle is not live. Same for Collections in Dev, also.
  
  Cheers,
  Drew
  - Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    Dec 30, 2019
    Dennis5mile MissyQ
    
    Dennis,
    
    So it goes w/ these Controlled Roll-outs. As I said, (my) Dev does not have Fav or Collections (yet) whilst, (my) Canary does have Collections, but, still, not Favs.
    
    Cheers,
    Drew
- dvdwnd
  Brass Contributor
  Dec 20, 2019
  MissyQ The sync options are there and enabled alright, but nothing is working better than before you disabled sync. I've got all three channels installed on 2 PCs (Dev only on 1), and can see Canary and Beta sort-of syncing the same set of Favorites, but Dev isn't syncing any. Collections have stopped syncing completely.
  However, all the problems that caused you to halt sync are still there: Ever increasing amount of duplicates, deleted Favorites reappearing, some Favorites not syncing at all etc. It looked better for a while when I only had the Beta channel syncing with itself between two PCs, but everything went back to "normal" when the Canary channel updated just now.
  
  So, can we have some information on what is going on?
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Dec 20, 2019
  Hi MissyQ thanks for the good news,
  so favorite sync is back up, does it mean that the problems mentioned in here:
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Top-feedback-summary-for-December-17/m-p/1070731
  Are fixed now?
  "Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated" - planned for December
  - MissyQ
    Former Employee
    Dec 20, 2019
    HotCakeX Yes, those two items in particular should be resolved, but I see in a follow up comment above that we may still have things to sort out.
    
    dvdwnd Appreciate you following up here! Have you signed out and signed back into the browsers? If you have, try clearing out the duplicates that you see in only one of the browsers. That should clear up what you're seeing after syncing again, but if it's not I want to hand that over to the right people. 🙂
    
    Missy Quarry (she/her/hers)
    Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Dennis5mile
Silver Contributor
Dec 20, 2019
Drew1903

I posted about collections being available a month ago on this post here .

Still have it today...

Dennis5mile
- dvdwnd
  Brass Contributor
  Dec 20, 2019
  Dennis5mile Has sync been working for you all this time, though? I also have the little blue check mark, sync was working for a while, but no more.
  - Dennis5mile
    Silver Contributor
    Dec 20, 2019
    Are you talking about Fav sync? Yeah it has been on for a bit now, was off, but then back on, but not totally sure how long, but I noticed it a few days or so ago that it was on......
    
    Dennis5mile
HotCakeX
MVP
Dec 19, 2019
Um it could be turned on since Weeks ago but because of the fact that it was and it still is part of the controlled feature roll out, you are just seeing it now.
I know it's very bad and confusing experience..not having the same access to the same set of features even when two users are using the same channel 😞
- dvdwnd
  Brass Contributor
  Dec 19, 2019
  HotCakeX Is Collections sync supposed to work now, though? A couple of weeks ago it was in fact working (and really fast too), even though Favorites sync was disabled. Today, Collections no longer sync in latest Canary.
  And of course, Favorites are not syncing either. Is the browser going to launch on Jan 15 with all sync disabled? That would raise a few eyebrows.
  - HotCakeX
    MVP
    Dec 19, 2019
    dvdwnd
    dvdwnd wrote:
    HotCakeX Is Collections sync supposed to work now, though? A couple of weeks ago it was in fact working (and really fast too), even though Favorites sync was disabled. Today, Collections no longer sync in latest Canary.
    And of course, Favorites are not syncing either. Is the browser going to launch on Jan 15 with all sync disabled? That would raise a few eyebrows.
    
    That's right, the last thing Microsoft wants is bad first impression, because first impressions are important. not everyone are enthusiasts like us, majority of people want something to just work properly and they won't just wait for it to get good, they just switch browser. seen it lots of times by my eyes.
    collection and collection sync is a big no for the first stable release, version 79.
    but favorite syncing, which has been available since launch, must work.
    
    I don't currently have Beta channel installed, but as far as i know, the favorite sync problem is only affecting Dev and Canary channels. the Beta (RC) channel shouldn't be affected by it.
    
    if you have Beta please try it

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