Running Joplin 1.0.216 on (X)Ubuntu 18.04 and (K)Ubuntu 20.04. Also Joplin 1.0.329 on Android 9. Because of a user error while trying to import my notes to the newer desktop, I destroyed my Dropbox sync directory. All my notes were still present in Xubuntu, so I created a new Dropbox API and started syncing. The result was that Joplin started deleting the notes on my computer, even if fail-safe in the sync options is ‘on’. That was …unexpected. But the answers to this question, WebDAV use failsafe sync almost make it look like that is the expected behaviour. If I have to expect that connecting to an empty sync target will delete my notes, then how do I re-establish a working sync?

By restoring the directory /Joplin from a backup to /Dropbox/Apps/ I got the notes back and sync is working again. However, if you lose data in your sync area, or for some reason need to change it and don’t have a backup, there seems to be no easy way to restore sync. Even if your local database contains all notes, changing the sync directory to an empty location will delete them. A kind of ‘restart sync’ would be a nice feature for such cases.

Fail-safe does not prevent deleted notes. Or: how to re-establish broken sync?

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bhotrock 17 May 2021 20:30 21

Ok, that makes sense. Not a bug then. Just needs a better description. Thanks!

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