Sync issue

[Doc73]

Dear Dev,
I apologize for this bug report, as I'm probably missing something.
I noticed that this new version (8.0) is unable to synchronize either with the old version (Standard) or with itself installed on other devices.
Among the Firefox functions I can't find any debugging methods.
I've never actually had an account of yours, but I've always used Firefox sync.
Maybe this possibility no longer exists or not yet?
Thanks so much anyway for the clarification.
Domenico

[erosman]

When you export FoxyProxy options in v8 (Options -> Export), What is the size of the saved JSON?

[Doc73]

17 kb

[erosman]

Thank you, so It is not a size issue.
I dont use sync so I cant test it myself but I will look into it.

[erosman]

I have tested sending sync and there is no problem.
I haven't tested the receiving end as I don't have any other device to sync with.

Please note the following in FoxyProxy v8+ ...

Sending

• Sync data is sent out only if Sync option is enabled
• Only proxies (and their patterns), & Global Exclude data are sent for sync
• Sync data is sent when above are changed i.e. when Options are edited and saved
• Browsers send sync data periodically (not immediately)

  storage.sync: Synchronization process
  In Firefox, extension data is synced every 10 minutes or whenever the user selects Sync Now in Settings > Sync or Firefox account.

Receiving

• Sync data is received only if Sync option is enabled
• Sync is received on extension start-up and when Sync data is changed (listening to sync storage change event)

[Doc73]

I have always used the Firefox sync function, even with the previous version of this plugin, and always with success.

In my tests I tried both with two versions of Firefox installed on the same machine (Firefox-esr and Firefox) and between different machines. Syncing just doesn't work!

If it helps, I use Debian as my operating system. I haven't tried on Windows yet.

For the moment I have returned to the old version of this plugin, which is fully functional.

[TriMoon]

@erosman

• Sync is received on extension start-up and when Sync data is changed (listening to sync storage change event)

Maybe it doesn't explicitly pull the sync data on startup, especially when upgrading from older version? 🤔
In other words: Explicitly trigger the sync data receiver instead of waiting for Firefox to do that.

Maybe @Doc73 could manually toggle the Sync checkbox in the options ON->OFF->ON to see if that fixes it.
(I also use FF-Sync only, but have no other browser to sync with at moment.)

Warning

Currently i experience extra empty proxy settings, prepended to the proxy list, in older version after using the new version,
so the old config gets confused/corrupted when you switch back, that's why i prefer to use a different manifest-ID to test both.

[erosman]

Maybe it doesn't explicitly pull the sync data on startup...

It does.
Sync out is sent by Firefox.

[ericjung]

According to this, sync only works with addons installed from addons.mozilla.org. See “ Why is Functionality Limited to Add-ons from addons.mozilla.org” So sync is not going to work when installing 8.x locally.

[Doc73]

@TriMoon
No, it doesn't work.
I installed this addon from Mozilla webstite

[erosman]

As pointed out by ericjung, sync works between addons installed from addons.mozilla.org.
That means, the Sync wont work for temporality installed addons.

I don't know what the situation is with Chrome Sync.

[Doc73]

@erosman
My addon is installed from addons.mozilla.org, as I said above

[erosman]

Are you trying to Sync FoxyProxy Basic v8 with another FoxyProxy Basic v8?

[Doc73]

Yes, sure!

[erosman]

I see.... I got it mixed up with the temporarily installed FoxyProxy v8.
Sorry about that.

Nonetheless, Firefox sync doesn't work with temporarily installed addons (like my dev version), therefore, it is harder to find out the problem.

If you want, you can do the following to test a few things...

• Go to the Options page
• Enable Sync
• Make some changes to the Proxies (deactivating one would do)
• Click SAVE
• Open the Dev Tools (F12)
• Go to the Console tab
• Type the following and hit ENTER

browser.storage.sync.get().then(console.log) 

• You should see some data

Object { 0: {…}, 1: {…}, 2: {…}, 3: {…}, 4: {…}, 5: {…}, 6: {…}, 7: {…}, 8: {…}, 9: {…} }

Now, go to the other machine (after a while). It must have Sync enabled.

• Go to the Options page
• Open the Dev Tools (F12)
• Type the same code as above
• Check the result

[Doc73]

When I type browser.storage.sync.get().then(console.log), I see nothing!

[erosman]

It should look like this...

[Doc73]

Ah, I was wrong!
I see
Object { 0: {…}, 1: {…}, 2: {…}, 3: {…}, proxyDNS: true }
in both FF instances, but still no sync.

[erosman]

Good....
To verify, you only changed values in one place, right?
You can test it by changing Proxy DNS.

If so, then the data is transferred. I will check the receiving end again.

[Doc73]

Yes

[erosman]

I think, I found the problem. There is a typo in the code.

Can you possibly do this and send a screenshot or paste the result?
You can cover or delete the private data.

Same as before, open the Dev Tools but type:

browser.storage.local.get().then(console.log) 

[Doc73]

[erosman]

That is it.... it is the typo. 🤦‍♂️

It is fixed now for v8.1.
Sorry about that and thank you for helping out. 👍

[Doc73]

Great! I'll wait for new version!

[erosman]

FoxyProxy Basic 8.1 will be uploaded within a few days.