Stuck syncing in firefox after standby

[Whissi]

Which version of floccus are you using?

5.7.0

How many bookmarks do you have, roughly?

5k

Are you using other means to sync bookmarks in parallel to floccus?

No

Sync method

Nextcloud Bookmarks

Which browser are you using? In case you are using the phone App, specify the Android or iOS version and device please.

Mozilla Firefox 144.0

Which version of Nextcloud Bookmarks are you using? (if relevant)

v15.2.0

Which version of Nextcloud? (if relevant)

v31.0.9

What kind of WebDAV server are you using? (if relevant)

No response

Describe the Bug

I know there are a few closed "Cancel button doesn't work" issues but I want to report that the button still doesn't work:

Today I upgraded my Nextcloud server from v31.0.9 to v32.0.1. During the process, Bookmarks plugin on server got disabled which I didn't notice. During the server upgrade process I was prompted to run occ maintenance:repair --include-expensive command.

When I thought I completed the Nextcloud server upgrade, I noticed that Flocus add-in in my browser showed an error. Well, Flocus in Vivaldi showed an error message E019: HTTP status 404. Failed POST request. Check our server configuration and log. while clicking the Debug Logs button only created empty text files. Flocus in Firefox however was stuck in "Syncing". And that's where I noticed that the Cancel button still doesn't work: I am unable to stop it. I had to restart the entire browser to solve the problem.

PS: I mentioned the server upgrade (=how I temp. broke my Flocus clients) in detail because I run into a bizarre problem during the upgrade: As mentioned, plugin got disabled during upgrade. I had to upgrade to v16.0.0 first. However, with Bookmarks v16.0.0 enabled, I still got HTTP status 404. Enabling the plugin brought back the Bookmarks star icon in Nextcloud dashboard (and it disappeared when I disabled the plugin again) but accessing /apps/bookmarks/ still resulted in a 404 error -- for me and Flocus. After spending some time debugging (nothing in PHP's or Nextcloud's error log) I decided to run the occ maintenance:repair --include-expensive again with enabled Bookmarks plugin which finally brought the Bookmarks plugin back to life.

Expected Behavior

Cancel button should always cancel a running sync process in any state allowing the user to restart.

To Reproduce

Break your Flocus backend and wait for next sync to happen in Firefox which will run forever...

Debug log provided

• I have provided a debug log file

[github-actions]

Hello! 👋

Thank you for taking the time to open this issue with floccus. I know it's frustrating when software causes problems. You have made the right choice to come here and open an issue to make sure your problem gets looked at and if possible solved. Let me give you a short introduction on what to expect from this issue tracker to avoid misunderstandings. I'm Marcel. I created floccus a few years ago, and have been maintaining it since. I currently work for Nextcloud which leaves me with less time for side projects like this one than I used to have. I still try to answer all issues and if possible fix all bugs here, but it sometimes takes a while until I get to it. Until then, please be patient. It helps when you stick around to answer follow up questions I may have, as very few bugs can be fixed directly from the first bug report, without any interaction. If information is missing in your bug report and the issue cannot be solved without it, I will have to close the issue after a while. Note also that GitHub in general is a place where people meet to make software better together. Nobody here is under any obligation to help you, solve your problems or deliver on any expectations or demands you may have, but if enough people come together we can collaborate to make this software better. For everyone. Thus, if you can, you could also have a look at other issues to see whether you can help other people with your knowledge and experience. If you have coding experience it would also be awesome if you could step up to dive into the code and try to fix the odd bug yourself. Everyone will be thankful for extra helping hands! If you cannot lend a helping hand, to continue the development and maintenance of this project in a sustainable way, I ask that you donate to the project when opening an issue (or at least once your issue is solved), if you're not a donor already. You can find donation options at https://floccus.org/donate/. Thank you!

One last word: If you feel, at any point, like you need to vent, this is not the place for it; you can go to the Nextcloud forum, to twitter or somewhere else. But this is a technical issue tracker, so please make sure to focus on the tech and keep your opinions to yourself.

Thank you for reading through this primer. I look forward to working with you on this issue! Cheers! 💙

[marcelklehr]

Hi @Whissi

Thank you for taking the time to give feedback, I appreciate it!

And that's where I noticed that the Cancel button still doesn't work: I am unable to stop it. I had to restart the entire browser to solve the problem.

I've also noticed this happen with v5.7.0 on my machine, usually when I put the machine to sleep it will sometimes wake up with floccus in limbo state which can only be resolved by restarting the browser. I have a fix in mind though.

Regarding the limbo state of the bookmarks app, I'm not sure what happened there 🤔