My setup looks like this:
- Laptop (Linux Mint) V1.29.2
- Phone (iOS / Möbius Sync)
- Tablet (iOS / Möbius Sync)
- Server (Linux / Docker) V1.29.3 – untrusted device, everything encypted
I set everything up so all devices know each other and share two directories.
This setup worked fine for several months.
Recently the server is stuck syncing a couple of files. The other devices show "Syncing (99%, 7.28KiB, 1 items). Transfer speed is zero.
The devices are all in the same network. Connection Type “TCP LAN”.
The non-encrypted devices all sync with each other fine, however I want the always-on server to be there in addition.
I already tried resetting the entire folder on the server and re-syncing fresh. However I soon picked up the problem again.
Interestingly, it does sync other changes, it is just stuck on a limited number of files. The files that don’t sync are mostly related to the state of Obsidian (workspace, cursor positions). However that might also be a coincidence.
Could this be caused by the encryption? Could this be a problem with encryption being unable to handle sync conflicts between incoming files (i.e. the phone tries to upload a different version than the Laptop)?
How stable is the untrusted/encryption feature overall? I tried finding information on this, but couldn’t really find a definitive answer. It is listed with a big warning on the website, but people in forums report that they use it for several years without issue.