Conflict every few seconds

Question

Conflict every few seconds

neilscott opened this issue a year ago · comments

Neil Scott commented a year ago

Description

If I am writing in FS Notes, the app creates separate conflict versions every few seconds e.g.

(CONFLICT 20231005T070858)
(CONFLICT 20231005T070905)

I don't understand what is happening here. It happens in both ios 17 and on macos sonoma, but not on Ventura.

To Reproduce

Go to 'App'
Write
See a new conflicted duplicate page created

Expected behavior

Only create a conflict if there is a conflict

FSNotes version

Version 6.4.2 (584)

macOS/iOS version

Sonoma/17

Additional context

I use iCloud Drive for storage.
I have tried resetting GIT but would happily remove it.

No response

f1nnix · Answer 1 · Thu Oct 05 2023 23:03:08 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Definitely the same issue, I'm struggling last week. Almost every change raises conflict constantly.

For now just moved out of iCloud Drive.

Also experimenting now with fresh copy in iCloud from scratch.

Will Xie · Answer 2 · Fri Oct 06 2023 04:56:08 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I can also very consistently reproduce this.

f1nnix · Answer 3 · Fri Oct 06 2023 04:59:21 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I've noticed that every conflicted version is always out of date. So actually the last version (without CONFLICT mark in file name) is the most recent one.

f1nnix · Answer 4 · Fri Oct 06 2023 22:59:14 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Also experimenting now with fresh copy in iCloud from scratch.

Tested on a fresh copy of iCloud, the same result.

markmonroy · Answer 5 · Sat Oct 07 2023 20:44:10 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Same here. FSNotes 6.4.2 (584), macOS 14.0 on an M1 Max Mac Studio. Notes stored in iCloud Drive. I've turned off iCloud's "Optimize Storage" so all files are always local.

For me, when the conflict occurs there's also a split-second hang with a beach-ball cursor.

Would strongly prefer not to have to move my notes out of iCloud, so I hope there's a solution. Thank you.

Oleksandr H. · Answer 6 · Sun Oct 08 2023 03:18:10 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks to all for feedback. A dont know whats going on under the hood in the iCloud Drive, so conflicts resolution is disabled by default in FSNotes 6.4.3

https://github.com/glushchenko/fsnotes/releases/tag/6.4.3

Will Xie · Answer 7 · Tue Oct 10 2023 05:21:31 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I updated to FSNotes 6.4.3 with the conflict resolution option turned on. I am still getting constant conflicts as I type on any notes.

Oleksandr H. · Answer 8 · Tue Oct 10 2023 06:19:29 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@willxie this is not FSNotes issue. Conflicts generates on the iCloud Drive side.

f1nnix · Answer 9 · Tue Oct 10 2023 06:23:50 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@glushchenko Thank you, last version seems to be working as expected 👍

@willxie What'd worked for me is to switch off conflicts resolution. Since I've turned it off in latest version of FSNotes, no more duplicates are created:

Will Xie · Answer 10 · Tue Oct 10 2023 08:09:32 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Turning off conflict resolution worked for me. Thanks for the suggestion!

Oleksandr H. · Answer 11 · Tue Oct 10 2023 08:13:34 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Automatic conflicts resolution is disabled by default in the last build. You don't have to do anything.

markmonroy · Answer 12 · Tue Oct 10 2023 20:12:45 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Should we report this bug to Apple? I haven't been able to find much info but after reading this blog post I'm slightly concerned that turning off conflict resolution could result in the loss of data.

Oleksandr H. · Answer 13 · Wed Oct 11 2023 03:52:37 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Should we report this bug to Apple? I haven't been able to find much info but after reading this blog post I'm slightly concerned that turning off conflict resolution could result in the loss of data.

Do you know how to reproduce the problem sustainably? I, for example, do not have this behavior.

markmonroy · Answer 14 · Wed Oct 11 2023 06:51:39 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

If I check the box, then it happens without fail. Steps:

Enable "Automatic iCloud Drive Conflicts Resolution"
Create a new note, or open an existing note.
Type a few lines
Watch conflict file be created
Type a few more lines
Watch another conflict file be created

And repeat. I notice that when the new file is created, in Finder, a cloud icon with a little exclamation point briefly appears on the main doc.

Notes are stored in ~/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~co~fluder~fsnotes/Documents

Permissions on all my regular notes are set to 644, but the CONFLICT files are set to 777.

On the plus side, so far I haven't seen any CONFLICT files that contain newer data than the original file.

f1nnix · Answer 15 · Wed Oct 11 2023 17:57:40 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

On the plus side, so far I haven't seen any CONFLICT files that contain newer data than the original file.

+1, so do I. I've tested a lot, and each time the most recent version is in original file, not in conflict one.

Jared Salzano · Answer 16 · Sun Oct 29 2023 21:55:03 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I'm experiencing this with iOS app, but I don't see a conflict resolution setting in the iOS app

Neil Scott · Answer 17 · Mon Nov 06 2023 03:08:58 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I find when I use the iOS app and I am typing, it sends me to the bottom of the page I am writing in. Possibly the moment it syncs with iCloud?

Jared Salzano · Answer 18 · Mon Nov 06 2023 03:23:41 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@neilscott exactly. I was meaning to add mention of that

Oleksandr H. · Answer 19 · Mon Nov 06 2023 17:29:02 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

@nth-chile this is fixed long time ago. Just update macOS and iOS apps.

Jared Salzano · Answer 20 · Wed Nov 08 2023 10:49:22 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I updated my iPhone to 17.1 and it seems to have fixed the issue @neilscott