How I broke my Synology Syncthing on a DS216j running DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 7.
- Had Ignore patterns for each folder
- Thought “It’s simpler to put them in Settings’ Edit Folder Defaults.”
Did so on PCs but emptied all folders’ Ignore patterns first: Everything works fine.
Did so without emptying all folders’ Ignore patterns on Synology:
Effects and foolish next steps:
- Can no longer reach the folders’ Ignore patterns option; the page opens but never fills.
- Refreshed the browser page.
- Can no longer reach the Folders/This Device/Remote Devices page; error message is “Unable to connect”.
- This is my status quo, except that syncing continues operating.
Went to Syncthing in Package Center
- When I clicked on Syncthing icon the resulting page has no icon. Also, the “Other Information” is not populated except Developer and Publisher.
- Install button (and option to its right) is showing
- Pressed that Install button, but nothing happened
- Choose Repair, Update, Cancel, Install, Open, and Auto-update, nothing happened and the option box remained open for other choices.
- Choose Run and Uninstall, option box closed but still said “Install”
Syncing is working perfectly and continues to do so through the “Tried” below. Tried:
- Removing the .signore files for each of the Synology directories. No effect.
- Waited a few hours. No effect.
- Unplugged, waited, replugged the Synology machine. No effect.
- Replace the .signore files. No effect.
The only thing I can think of to fix this is to manually remove the Syncthing package. I’ve read instructions on line for doing this via SSH and Scheduled Tasks. But I don’t want to do so without trying for advice or other help. I know this forum isn’t the right place to find such help, but I suspect that my problem is an underlying Syncthing bug that I don’t want to test for on my PC. Regardless, it’s a good “Don’t do it!” story.