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Android bookmarks moved inside a folder doesn't sync well with desktop

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Description

Android bookmarks moved inside a folder doesn’t sync well with desktop

Devices

Sync device 1 - Ubuntu running 0.59.14 _ Sync chain creator Sync device 2 - Samsung Tab running 1.0.72(sync 2) build

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Enable sync on a clean profile(0.59.14)
  2. Import a bookmark html file
  3. Scan QR code using Android build running 1.0.72
  4. Wait for the sync process to start on Android
  5. Rename Imported folder to Imported HTML on Android (doesnt matter how many bookmarks are sync’d), folder gets renamed on both devices
  6. Add 3-4 bookmarks on Android and move them into a folder created on Android itself
  7. Wait till the sync process is complete, some bookmarks from Android remain on bc toolbar (see screenshots)

Actual result:

image

20190103_063401

Expected result:

All bookmarks moved inside a folder on Android should have the same folder structure post sync on desktop browser

Reproduces how often:

I was able to reproduce this 3 times but not with the same bookmarks on the root folder

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave 0.59.14 Chromium: 72.0.3626.28 (Official Build) beta(64-bit)
Revision 997b1040b63bac324e815797ba52be0cd8f616ed-refs/branch-heads/3626@{#461}
OS Linux

Reproducible on current release:

  • Does it reproduce on brave-browser dev/beta builds? Yes on beta

Website problems only:

  • Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? N/A
  • Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? N/A

Additional Information

cc: @brave/legacy_qa @darkdh @AlexeyBarabash
Follow up to #2447

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Reactions:4
  • Comments:10 (10 by maintainers)

github_iconTop GitHub Comments

1reaction
srirambvcommented, Jan 15, 2019

@AlexeyBarabash the step is to add 3 bookmarks on Android at root folder and then create a new Bookmark folder and then move those bookmarks into it.

0reactions
AlexeyBarabashcommented, Jan 16, 2019

bookmarks_big_folder_.html.zip the html for import I had used for ~5000 bookmarks

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