Caveats of setting .stfolder and .stversions to the same folder?
Is there any reason why I should not set markerName to .stversions, or set versioning/fsPath to .stfolder, or set them both to something else like .syncthing? Does syncthing use the dates/attributes...
View ArticleAndroid App issues when creating a directory?
Hi guys So I have two clients (Android , and Windows) . I am syncing directories from Windows to Android perfectly , but the inverse is not working the same.I am using the Android Client to “catch”...
View ArticleSomething waking up my drive periodically
There is something in the syncthing that preventing my hard drive from sleeping peacefully. How to debug it? I put my syncthing folders in a ZFS raidz1, the main ubuntu system is in a usb drive so if...
View Articlehow does syncthing decide which folder to prioritize? some hypothetical edge...
Let’s start at the beginning. You define a folder on device.1 that is full. The folder gets added to device.2 and pointed to an empty directory on device.2. How does syncthing know it should copy the...
View ArticleOption to skip scanning of large files being updated?
I have some scheduled DB dumps and these take quite long time to complete. I noticed how Syncthing is slowing down the process since it tries to constantly rescan the file just to realize it has...
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file watcher not working in windows
Hi, I have windows 10 (10.0.19045 build 1945) with sync Trayzor. It is syncing a folder with a linux box. It it working fine, exept for the windows not detecting changes in the filesystem. I have to...
View ArticleAccepting shared folder to folder which has been shared before can lead to...
I’m not sure if I should report this as a bug. But at least I want to warn people. I recently had the following situation: I had a syncthing folder on my phone. But I deleted it from the list of...
View ArticleIs it unsafe to use syncthing on a potentially compromised/infected device
I have a few friends I want to share files with, although I don’t really trust that their ‘security standards’ meet my degree of paranoia, and in the case that one of them gets infected with...
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syncthing "Receive Encrypted" folder repeatedly shows "local changes" for all...
Hi everyone, I am using the receive-encrypted feature on a headless server (in a docker container). I only use the (untrusted) server as intermediate server for offline synchronization between my...
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Data seems to be copied but stopped at Syncthing 0% + Windows firewall
Hello everyone! Newbie at using Syncthing, so please be kind I’ve set up 2 clients (1. Windows 11 Send only and 2. TrueNAS scale Truecharts App Receive only). I’m having two problems. First one:...
View Articlelost all files but one
Hi, I got scared today. While working on documents, i.e. creating a new one and copying a few from a CD to a place within the synced folder, I suddenly realised in another program that one file was...
View ArticleSynology NAS Network Questions
If I install syncthing on my Synology NAS which is connected to my home network and then install it on my laptop and sync the two within my home network, will my laptop sync to the NAS when I am...
View ArticleFinding logfile on Linux running as systemd service
Hi all, first of all thanks for the amazing tool I have a quick question. I am running syncthing in Fedora Linux, running it as systemd service, which “.service” file has been modified to run with the...
View ArticleError stat /var/syncthing/rodina/.stfolder: permission denied on truenas scale
I want to use syncthing as a online file browser and I use truenas scale, i want to have syncthing use my smb folder but if i set is as a Extra Host Path Volumes i get an error stat...
View ArticleName translation
I wonder if there is a way currently to do a “name translation”? I have a linux, a windows and an android device and I’d like to sync maildir files between them. Maildir files have a : (colon) in the...
View ArticleShowing a list of duplicate files.
First Post here. Recently started using Syncthing on a TrueNAS (which has Syncthing as one of only eight default plugins) and some MacOS computers, and it works like a charm. Speeding things up for...
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Stop *.tmp files from syncing
Hey I was using syncTrayzor from one year in windows, and everything was okay … The last month the app start syncing two files for each file the original file and the *.tmp file as you see in the...
View ArticleSyncing - Keep file on main storage even thought deleted on phone
Hi All I do not know if this has been asked. I am wondering if syncthing keeps a file on the shared folder even though it is deleted? Example: I put syncthing on my phone and share it to a folder on...
View ArticleDynamically Add Folders in Syncthing
When I add a new folder via GUI it gives me a unique ID automatically But to add a folder via API call post request I need to give my own unique ID Config Endpoints — Syncthing documentation I want to...
View ArticleSynology NAS and Desktop Out of Sync
I installed syncthing on my Synology NAS with DSM 7 and successfully synced it with one of my computers. I then added a second computer directly to the NAS and not the other desktop, and it started...
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