File system sync - Help! - unencrypted notes still present in sync dir after re-encryption

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Operating system

macOS

Joplin version

2.14.22

Desktop version info

Joplin 2.14.22 (prod, darwin)

Client ID: 0dfa35f10191400fb20c5140837ca26f
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 46
Keychain Supported: Yes

Revision: e579eb9

Backup: 1.4.1
Better Code Blocks: 1.1.0
Combine notes: 1.2.2
Conflict Resolution: 1.2.3
Csv Import: 1.0.1
Jarvis: 0.8.2
Markdown table calculations: 1.0.5
Markdown Table: Sortable: 1.2.2
Note overview: 1.7.1
Paragraph Extractor: 1.1.2
Quick Move: 1.1.0
Rich Markdown: 0.15.0
Tagging: 1.0.3

Sync target

File system

Editor

Markdown Editor

What issue do you have?

I have recently decided to encrypt all my notes.

Steps taken:

  1. In Preferences > Synchronization > Encryption I enabled encryption and created Master password.
  2. In Preferences > Synchronization > Encryption > Advanced Settings I selected Re-encrypt data, so that all my previous notes are encrypted.
  3. I selected it on one device only and let it run. I turned Joplin off and turned it back on during the process as there was no indicator in GUI the encryption was going on.
  4. I observed other devices syncing notes via Syncthing.

Intended result:
All my notes in my filesystem sync target directory (~/Joplin) are encrypted.

Actual result:
Some notes are encrypted and some are unecrypted. How do I know? I checked the directory with grep -r -n "encryption_applied: 1" . and grep -r -n "encryption_applied: 0" . and received many hits for both.

What did I do wrong? Did I stopped the re-encryption by turning the Joplin off and back on in the process?

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Update:
I let the re-encryption run again over night without any disruptions. In the morning, I still have 2924 unencrypted .md and 2736 encrypted .md files on my filesystem sync directory.

This means that the issue is reproducible on my machine.

The re-encrypt function fails to encrypt old notes on filesystem sync.

Is there anyone more familiar with Joplin encryption who could shed some light?

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Maybe it is related with the Note History?

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Of course. The unencrypted .md files are note changes, not full notes.

However, I thought re-encryption encrypts everything.

Do I have to throw away note history? I thought all the files are basically just changes to notes, that is there is no single complete note in my filesystem target sync directory, just a series of changes.

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