Dec 18 2019 11:26 PM
Dec 19 2019 11:30 AM
@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.
Dec 19 2019 11:36 AM
@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
Dec 19 2019 12:09 PM
@HotCakeX Previously I only had the Beta on one PC, but I installed it on a second so I could see that sync is in fact working quite well there. After years of sync fiasco in Edge, it's quite comforting to see it working, although there are imperfections. Why, for instance, is it still disabled in the other channels?
I also noticed that the Tabs Set Aside folder wasn't syncing. Neither its contents nor its location relative other folders. The same goes for Favorites I move out of the Tabs Set Aside folder - they stay on the browser they were created on.
Edge has a lot to prove before I rely on it for storing links again, so every little thing makes me hesitate.
Dec 19 2019 01:09 PM
Dec 19 2019 10:26 PM
@HotCakeX Heh, I just upgraded the Canary version (81.0.369.0) and got all of my hundreds of doubles back - both on Canary and Beta. Stuff I deleted long ago is now back. There is no sign of any attempt to merge doubles, as was mentioned in a blog post, but I have to resort to an extension to clean this up, but why should I bother? Deleted Favorites have always come back and multiplied so far, and why should it be different this time?
It's 2019 and implementing Favorites sync is still a Hard Computer Science Problem.
And there goes all hope that this mess will be fixed by January 15.
Dec 20 2019 12:25 AM
Dec 20 2019 12:31 PM
Dec 20 2019 01:00 PM
@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.
Dec 20 2019 01:03 PM
Dec 20 2019 01:04 PM
@HotCakeX I guess I "crossed the beams" long ago, since I only have a single MS account for testing this kind of stuff.
As things are looking, it would take a Christmas miracle for New Edge not to launch in a half-finished, half-broken state.
Dec 20 2019 01:26 PM
Dec 20 2019 01:59 PM - edited Dec 20 2019 01:59 PM
@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
Dec 20 2019 02:05 PM
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
Dec 20 2019 02:42 PM
@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?
Dec 20 2019 02:53 PM
Dec 20 2019 03:01 PM
@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
Dec 20 2019 04:03 PM
@MissyQ I get a bit worried when I hear that you think you've fixed the duplication problem. This is what I did:
Now, there is no trace of the duplicate deletion feature that was mentioned in the blog post - I have to use a tool to delete them. We'll see if this lasts, because I had all duplicates reappear yesterday when I installed a new Beta.
To sum up:
After literally years of Edge sync woes, it will take some time of glitch-free use before I definitely call this "fixed". Maybe it is, or maybe I'll have all duplicates appear once more. Fingers crossed!
Dec 20 2019 11:09 PM - edited Dec 20 2019 11:11 PM
Tabs set Aside don't sync?
but that feature isn't even on the new Edge (Chromium) to begin with...
Thanks for testing the favorite syncing, so basically it's all the same as they were 5-6 months ago..