Floccus profile configuration broken (changed! settings) after using restore pages in Microsoft Edge

[codeshell]

Which version of floccus are you using?

5.6.0

How many bookmarks do you have, roughly?

10k

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

No

Sync method

Linkwarden

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

Edge 142.0.3595.53

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 have 4 floccus profiles configured.

After using restore pages in Microsoft Edge, to recover from a crash, the profiles have changed path settings and are broken, leading to data loss, duplication and sync failure depending on Failsafe status of a profile.

Expected Behavior

The paths set in the profiles must not change automatically without user interaction, ever.

To Reproduce

Original profile settings:

Profile Name	Method	Failsafe	Path	Position	Autosync	Strategy	Nested
floccus-1	Linkwarden	enabled	/Favorites bar/Floccus	1	20m	Always merge	Yes
edge-2	Linkwarden	enabled	/Favorites bar/Edge-Import	2	25m	Always merge	Yes
firefox-3	Linkwarden	enabled	/Favorites bar/Firefox-Import	3	30m	Always merge	Yes
gitmarks-4	Git	disabled	/Favorites bar/Gitmarks	4	25m	Always merge	Yes

"New" broken profile settings (folder and position changed):

Profile Name	Bookmarks folder	Position	Result
floccus-1	/Favorites bar/Firefox-Import/Bookmarks Toolbar/AppWithCredentials/	2	E029: Failsafe: The current sync run would delete 100% of your links. Refusing to execute. Disable this failsafe in the account settings if you want to proceed anyway.
edge-2	/Favorites bar/Firefox-Import/Bookmarks Toolbar/(Web)Apps/https:\/\/www.snipp.de\/de\/app\//	3	Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'filter')
firefox-3	/Favorites bar/Firefox-Import/Bookmarks Toolbar/(Web)Apps/snipp2 | Title of snipp2/	4	Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'filter')
gitmarks-4	/Favorites bar/Floccus (gitmarks)/	1	"Success", because Failsafe disabled. => New folder created and all bookmarks duplicated.

As can be seen, the profile order changed. All bookmark paths have changed.

For the three Linkwarden profiles:

• floccus-1: is set to a (valid) subfolder of the original firefox profile. Failsafe prevented worse.
• edge-2: is set to a bookmark url from the original firefox profile. Error because this is an invalid value.
• firefox-3: is set to a bookmark title from the original firefox profile. Error because this is an invalid value.

The git profile duplicated the whole folder to a new name.

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. Let me give you a short introduction on what to expect from this issue tracker to avoid misunderstandings. I'm Marcel. I created floccus a few years ago, and have been maintaining it since. I currently work for Nextcloud which leaves me with less time for side projects like this one than I used to have. I still try to answer all issues and if possible fix all bugs here, but it sometimes takes a while until I get to it. Until then, please be patient. It helps when you stick around to answer follow up questions I may have, as very few bugs can be fixed directly from the first bug report, without any interaction. If information is missing in your bug report and the issue cannot be solved without it, I will have to close the issue after a while. Note also that GitHub in general is a place where people meet to make software better together. Nobody here is under any obligation to help you, solve your problems or deliver on any expectations or demands you may have, but if enough people come together we can collaborate to make this software better. For everyone. Thus, if you can, you could also have a look at other issues to see whether you can help other people with your knowledge and experience. If you have coding experience it would also be awesome if you could step up to dive into the code and try to fix the odd bug yourself. Everyone will be thankful for extra helping hands! If you cannot lend a helping hand, to continue the development and maintenance of this project in a sustainable way, I ask that you donate to the project when opening an issue (or at least once your issue is solved), if you're not a donor already. You can find donation options at https://floccus.org/donate/. Thank you!

One last word: If you feel, at any point, like you need to vent, this is not the place for it; you can go to the Nextcloud forum, to twitter or somewhere else. But this is a technical issue tracker, so please make sure to focus on the tech and keep your opinions to yourself.

Thank you for reading through this primer. I look forward to working with you on this issue! Cheers! 💙

[K4H5NGF9]

Something happened a few days ago. Same errors. Using Brave with floccus plugin on macOS and Windows. Both are giving errors.

[gaberilde]

yep im having the same issue my mobile bookmarks are now set to my youtube folder inside my normal bookmarks folder