# Folders stuck trying to sync existing files **URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/folders-stuck-trying-to-sync-existing-files/16121 **Category:** Support **Created:** [January 2, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/folders-stuck-trying-to-sync-existing-files/16121 "2021-01-02T14:59:59Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 16
### Author: ![terry](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@terry](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/terry) #### Post date: [January 11, 2021, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/folders-stuck-trying-to-sync-existing-files/16121/16 "2021-01-11T10:41:29Z")
Tomasz, seems we both are doing and saying the same things, my reply to you back in October > [@Folders "Up to Date" but stuck in "Syncing" with empty "Out of Sync Items"](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/folders-up-to-date-but-stuck-in-syncing-with-empty-out-of-sync-items/15667/7): > > I had exactly the same issue on two remote devices. On the remote end I had tried rescanning, touching the folder, recheckdbevery and eventually renamed the remote devices index folder, and still no joy. in the end I renamed the receive only index folder and let it reindex everything. I know it’s not the ideal solution, however I had also tried recheckdbevery and it made no difference, however blowing away the local index I think it’s fine now. Certainly when I open the remote device out of syn… As I mentioned earlier in the thread, clearing the db in any form will fix it, but it’s not a permanent fix as the error comes back. I’m hoping that we can start testing the badger database to see if that resolves it. As a non developer I can only make guesses and hope that something clicks with a dev. At the moment my opinion is either data isn’t being written into the database (eg, heavy load), or maybe during the compact stage something lost / corrupted. This is based on a fresh index having lots of small files then some time later they are larger. I wonder if at this point the issue creeps in. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/folders-stuck-trying-to-sync-existing-files/16121)._