bookmarks moved

[lazymonkey2]

Which version of floccus are you using?

5.3.3

How many bookmarks do you have, roughly?

1400

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

no

Sync method

Google Drive

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

firefox, edge, chrome

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

No response

Which version of Nextcloud? (if relevant)

No response

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

No response

Describe the Bug

I sync bookmarks between my three browsers (merge).
after a sync I found that some bookmarks are moved from one folder to a different one:

• in firefox I have 13 bookmarks in a certain folder.
• in edge the bookmarks are synced correctly
• in chrome the 13 bookmarks are moved in a different folder
• the name of the original folder in firefox and the destination (wrong) folder in chrome is the same -> ai (is it relevant?)
• even after multiple syncs the bookmarks in chrome are not moved to the correct folder
• to find differences I exported bookmarks from the three browsers in html format, then I removed some useless data in the html files (like timestamps and icons data) and then I compared the html files using winmerge.

Expected Behavior

synced bookmarks correctly

To Reproduce

I don't know. It's just happening when I sync my bookmarks.
I'll attach a screenshot of the difference in html files, and redacted logs.

floccus-5.3.3-2024-11-13-redacted-firefox.log

floccus-5.3.3-2024-11-13-redacted-edge.log

floccus-5.3.3-2024-11-13-redacted-chrome.log

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.
I'm Marcel and I created floccus a few years ago, maintaining it ever since. I currently work for Nextcloud
which leaves me with less time for side projects like this one than I used to have.
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Until then, please be patient.
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I look forward to working with you on this issue
Cheers 💙

[marcelklehr]

the name of the original folder in firefox and the destination (wrong) folder in chrome is the same

very interesting, thank you for the detailed description!

I think the name of the folder is relevant. When two folders with the same name are moved to a different location in the same sync run, there is currently no way for the diff algorithm to differentiate them and they may get mixed up, iff the sync runs without any cache available. So, it's a low chance that this happens but there is a chance.

Quick fix would be

1. Reset cache in the profile settings in all browsers
2. sync once in all browsers
3. sort out / remove the duplicates in one browser