Last time I used syncthing, I had several devices all talk to each other and it caused a lot of conflicts and a lot of data loss, devices would go offline randomly and if I updated something there then came back online everything would break and I would lose a lot of work. So what I have done is this:
I have 1 VPS running syncthing that every device is connected to
All devices connect to the VPS, but not to each other
However, I’m still getting a lot of conflicts every time I edit. I’m not sure how to troubleshoot syncthing, where should I start?
I guess you are aware that concurrent edit of a file on more than one device will cause conflict, right?
Also to minimise risk of conflict, make sure that:
“Ignore Permissions” is enabled.
“Sync Ownership” is disabled.
“Sync Extended Attributes” is disabled.
Deviate from that only “if you know what you are doing”.
If you still have problems after considering the stuff above, please provide screenshots of things you think are problematic and we can take it from there.
I use syncthing to sync obsidian notes. If I have obsidian open and online on my laptop, then I do some edits on my phone (without editing on my laptop), will that cause conflicts?
