Attachments in Android

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Hello,

Out of all my attachments, more than 700 are not downloaded (according to the sync status of Joplin on Android).

Almost all of my attachments are less than 4 MB.
Any idea?

Joplin android version : 1.8.5
Same on Windows

Thanks in advance

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Did you set the download behaviour to "always"?

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I tested all three options without success.
I wonder if it would be easier to synchronize my notes via synchthing for example.

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Do you see any errors in logs?
Is encryption enabled?
Can you actually find a note that has attachments that aren't downloaded, and check what it looks like there? Maybe it's the status that isn't right.

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I don't see any erros in logs.
Yes encryption is enabled
Almost all of my attachements are not downloaded so yes i found some.
A "downloads" icon appears but nothing happens when you click on it, no matter which synchronization option you choose for the attachments

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Can you try this:

  • pick any of these not downloaded attachments and note its id
  • use the export profile function on Android to save your profile to a folder on sd card; check the .resources folder in the export for a file with the name matching the id
  • if it's not there, check your sync target (Dropbox, WebDAV or whatever you use) for the same file .resources/<id> (i think it may have an extension too)
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The ID of the image is on the OneDrive but not in the export profile on Android

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I remember there were issues with OneDrive before but not like this.

At this point, I think, your best bet is to reinstall and resync and check log for errors if the issue persists.

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I have already done it without success :frowning:

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Did you reinstall the app or just wiped data? I think due to Android built-in backup just reinstalling may not clean the state, you need to wipe data (but no need to reinstall)

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I wiped data and reinstalled th app
I also make the "Re-upload local data to sync target" option in the windows app

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Then I'm not sure what's going on. Maybe try Dropbox or WebDAV instead?

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Yes, maybe it's OneDrive.
I think I'll try it with the file system and the "syncthing" application.

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I can confirm I have persistent syncing problems over OneDrive, concerning encrypted attachments. I'm forced to use OneDrive to sync Joplin to my work place (Joplin 1.8.5, Windows-Desktop), and almost every single time a new attachment has to be synced in, Joplin fails to do it and remains in an inconsistent state unable to use the attachment.

Such a thing never occurs at home, where I transfer the sync folder among different devices (Windows, Android, NAS) using Syncthing.

Amazingly, Joplin syncs just fine, if I make a copy of the sync folder out of the OneDrive folder BEFORE syncing in Joplin. I therefore suspect, there is an issue with a lazy read mechanism in OneDrive, which makes Joplin trying to decrypt uncompletely transferred files, and accessing the files in the sync folder forces OneDrive to completely download them.

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I literraly make the same things ... and i think i'm gonna also use syncthing for my personnal devices

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