UX/UI: Inconsistent information and inconclusive "override changes" action button in Out of Sync situation #9658
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bug
A problem with current functionality, as opposed to missing functionality (enhancement)
needs-triage
New issues needed to be validated
What happened?
I am trying to sync pictures from my mobile phone to the computer. Somehow, the folder got out of sync. The probable cause might be an out of disk space situation on the computer. However, the information shown now in the UI does not make any sense. I upgraded the phone to 1.27.10 and restarted syncthing on both devices.
The phone shows:
The computer shows for the phone (phi42):
And for the folder:
Syncing is hard and all sort of things can happen that lead to an Out of Sync situation. However, whenever it happens with syncthing, I am feeling irritated and lost most of the time.
So why are things out of sync, anyways? Let's click on the out of sync items on the computer:
I cannot find the file on the computer. Should "0 B" mean that it was deleted?
When I try the same via the Web GUI on the phone it is showing this:
This looks different to the same dialog on the computer and somewhat broken.
Syncthing version
v1.27.10
Platform & operating system
Ubuntu 22.04 / Android
Browser version
Relevant log output
No response
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