Weak hashing performance vs. network speed
I had a case where Syncthing would always take hours to sync a specific, very large file. Via CPU profiling, I figured out that the rolling/weak hash implementation caused the receiving side (a NAS...
View ArticleAndroid devices don't seem to discover another
Hi, I am syncing a folder across 4 devices and in general it works great, however it seems that whenever only the two android devices (a tablet running Android 13 and a phone running Android 12) are...
View ArticleUpdate discosrv in Apt repository?
I’ve been using syncthing from the apt repository on my debian NAS, and am working on setting up my own discovery (and possibly relay) server. However, syncthing-discosrv is still at 1.18 instead of...
View ArticleSimultanious syncronization
Is it possible to have more syncronizations at the same time? I work with big files and sometimes a file of 25 GB takes a long time to sync, the smaller files I also want to sync is stoped until the...
View Articlefailed: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:22000: listen: address already in use
We are using okteto on a kubernetes cluster. We have many users that are running jobs and we keep getting frozen pods. The initial sync seems fine, but alot of the time when the job completes on the...
View ArticlePreview ignore patterns before syncing?
Is there a way to apply ignore patterns and see the files that will be synced before accepting a sync request on another Syncthing device? Unless I am overlooking it, neither the web UI nor the CLI...
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(Not so efficient?) Sync algorithm
Hello, First, thanks a lot for maintaining the software for such a long time I have noticed the following behavior a long time ago, but I wanted to check if there was some ongoing development to...
View ArticleCorrect way to obtain local device ID via REST API?
Hi I need to get the DeviceID of the local Syncthing instance from a shell script. I was able to do it via REST API: BASEURL='http://localhost:8384/rest' APIKEY='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' curl...
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Files get deleted from Android and recreated with empty files
I’m using syncthing for obsidian. I have a mac and Android device to sync between. When I make any changes in android the the settings related files .obsidian folder an files inside are getting...
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Manage devices and folders with ansible
Hello and thanks for maintaining and developing this project I have one introducer in my setup and i would like to manage his configuration for folders and devices with ansible. I could generate the...
View ArticleWon't sync synology photos folder other way
I’m running syncthing on linux manjaro and Synology to keep my folders in sync. On synology, home folder is activated and im syncing documents, music and photo folder (synology moments). I don’t have...
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New folder stuck on "preparing to sync"
Trying to add two folders to sync. The first one added just fine. The second one has been stuck on “preparing to sync”. I have removed it and tried to re-sync it several times. I don’t see any error...
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Out of Sync: The Mismatched Global State Problem in Syncthing
The issue is that the global state of the main node is different from the global state of the other nodes in Syncthing. Here is an example to illustrate the problem: Suppose you have a folder called...
View ArticleAccidentally removed folder from the UI, how to recover?
I have mistakenly removed a folder from the Syncthing UI (folder->Edit->Remove). Shortly afterward, I got a pop-up suggesting to add the same folder from one of my other nodes (I don’t...
View ArticleThanks for Syncthing
I’ve been using Sync.com and Goodsync for years and recently deleted Sync.com completely (still use Goodsync for USB drives). I love the granularity and flexibility of Syncthing. I’m using Syncthing...
View ArticleTemporarily detaching a folder when disconnecting an external drive
Hello, I use syncthing to synchronize on my server and external disk. My disk is connected to my computer (not the server). I need to make it so that I can disconnect the external drive and syncthing...
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List of Syncthing integrations
reddit r/fossdroid - List of Syncthing integrations 17 votes and 3 comments so far on Reddit Did I miss anything? 4 posts - 4 participants Read full topic
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Syncthing access to different volume on Synology?
Hello, I am new to the community and looking for some assistance using Syncthing via Docker on my Synology. Currently I have folders on my local pc that I would like to keep in sync with folders on my...
View ArticleSyncing a large directory misses a ridiculous number of files
This is the directory I’m syncing from: files: 1,687,920 directories: 234,075 ~19.6 GiB The directory receiving the files: files: 1,161,466 directories: 218,308 ~14.2 GiB The receiving directory is on...
View ArticleDeleting a subfolder from one computer doesn't delete it in the other?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but “Syncthing” is supposed to sync folders right? Files that are added/edited/deleted in a directory should be synced to the shared directory in the other computer(s). The...
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