Syncthing Fork broadcast intents are not working after update

GonBThis · September 13, 2025, 9:50am

Hello after upgrading to version 2.0.8 broadcast intent control no longer works. I’m using Tasker and the GitHub version of syncthing fork. It looks like I need the app ID for the code but I don’t see it listed anywhere.

Catfriend1 · September 13, 2025, 10:58am

github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android

wiki/Remote-Control-by-Broadcast-Intents.md

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**Important Notice**
Remote control by broadcast intents has to be enabled under "Settings" > "Behaviour" before Syncthing listens to broadcast intents sent by third-party automation apps.

Syncthing can be controlled externally by sending Broadcast-Intents. Applications like **Tasker**, **Llama** or **Automate** now can _start_ or _stop_ Syncthing on behalf of the user.
Use cases would be to run Syncthing only in special conditions - like at home and charging, or once every night, ...

${applicationId} = com.github.catfriend1.syncthingfork

The following intent actions are available:
* Let Syncthing Follow Run Conditions
`adb shell am broadcast -a ${applicationId}.action.FOLLOW -p ${applicationId}`

* Force Start Syncthing
`adb shell am broadcast -a ${applicationId}.action.START -p ${applicationId}`

* Force Stop Syncthing
`adb shell am broadcast -a ${applicationId}.action.STOP -p ${applicationId}`

The intents should be set to 'broadcast' rather than starting an activity of service. Note that some apps, e.g. **Llama**, are sensitive to trailing spaces so be careful not to leave any when entering the action.

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E.g. com.github.catfriend1.syncthingfork.action.START

GonBThis · September 13, 2025, 12:24pm

Thanks for the reply, it turns out i had to restart my tablet for it to start working again

Username2 · September 14, 2025, 3:53am

The Send Intent actions in my Tasker had com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid in the Package field and com.github.catfriend1.syncthingandroid.action.[START/STOP] in the Action field.

This was working fine with syncthing-fork 1.x, but once I upgraded to 2.x via F-Droid, Tasker stopped working – Tasker wasn’t turning syncthing-fork on or off.

It looks like with syncthing-fork version 2, you have to use com.github.catfriend1.syncthingfork everywhere in your Send Intent actions. Once I changed syncthingandroid to syncthingfork everywhere in the Send Intent actions, it’s working again.

GonBThis · September 16, 2025, 2:54am

Yep, I went through and used a variable that way it’s easier to edit if Cat needs to change it in the future.

I.e. %SyncthingforkID.action.START

%SyncthingForkID = com.github.catfriend1.syncthingfork

system · October 16, 2025, 2:55am

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