Sync not showing up on Nextcloud

[bernd-wechner]

Should it? I'm curious. I sort of expected it to. Config is:

Nextcloud: 13 (latest NextCloudPi image updated and up to date)
NextCloudPi: v0.56.22
Bookmark App: 0.11.0
Browser: Firefox 60.0.2 (64bit)
Floccus: 2.2.8

Floccus passes all tests:

Sync Now works without complaint:

And yet Nextcloud shows no bookmarks:

I suspect this is normal and my expectation is wrong, but wonder if that's true and if so why? Should I not see my bookmarks in Nextcloud? I've only tried with the one browser for not to get a feel for it. And admit I'm perplexed.

[marcelklehr]

Mh. This is definitely not the expected behaviour. I couldn't replicate this with Firefox 60.0.1, Bookmarks 0.11 and floccus 2.2.8, though :/

Are you logged in with the correct account in the UI? :D
In any case, a glance at the logs might help:

In order to aid in debugging, please provide client-side logs.

Firefox

• Go to about:debugging
• enable debugging
• click on debug button next to floccus entry
• in the console tab, clear the output
• go to floccus options and make sure the account of your choice is connected
• trigger a sync by clicking on sync now for the account of your choice.
• go back to the inspector window and copy the logs after waiting for the sync to finish

Chrome

• Go to chrome://extensions
• enable Developer mode
• click on dist/html/background.html button in floccus' entry next to "Inspect views: "
• go to floccus options and make sure the account of your choice is connected
• trigger a sync by clicking on sync now for the account of your choice
• go back to the inspector window and copy the logs after waiting for the sync to finish

[bernd-wechner]

From Firefox:

Starting sync process for account bernd@https://nephele.thumbs.place  Account.js:128:6
TypeError: ownerWin.whereToOpenLink is not a function[Learn More]  WebNavigation.jsm:297:19
TypeError: window.whereToOpenLink is not a function[Learn More]  ContentClick.jsm:80:17
Fetching bookmarks Object { type: "nextcloud", url: "https://mynexcloud", username: "myusername", password: "mypassword", serverRoot: "", syncing: true, localRoot: "2-iQ1Vbw0YI0", error: null, lastSync: 1529352293635 }  Nextcloud.js:141:4
No matching message handler for the given recipient. MessageChannel.jsm:912
Received bookmarks from server Array [  ]  Nextcloud.js:190:4
Successfully ended sync process for account myusername@https://mynextcloud  Account.js:174:6
Strict-Transport-Security: The connection to the site is untrustworthy, so the specified header was ignored.[Learn More]  notifications
No matching message handler for the given recipient. MessageChannel.jsm:912

I have a load of tabs open mind you so and there's a little baground activity, which on the console is only this message ever few seconds:

No matching message handler for the given recipient. MessageChannel.jsm:912

so not sure that relates to floccus. Of course I can't read this diagnostic with experienced eyes, but the Array [ ] is not surprising as there are no bookmarks to receive from nextcloud, but the next line indicating Success is suspicious as I would like before then to see it send an array to Nextcloud. And of course the untrustworthy site connection is odd and suspiscious as the certs are fine. Here is the server I'm using:

https://tinyurl.com/ya4fextb

Regards,

I haven't tried with Chrome. Will do that next.

[bernd-wechner]

Just tried Chrome. Same problem, but slightly more informative debug log I think:

Starting sync process for account myusername@https://mynextcloud
Account.js:120 Apparently not initialized, because: Error: Invocation of form bookmarks.getSubTree(undefined, function) doesn't match definition bookmarks.getSubTree(string id, function callback)
    at Object.normalizeArgumentsAndValidate (extensions::schemaUtils:115:11)
    at Object.<anonymous> (extensions::binding:363:30)
    at chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/lib/chrome-promise.js:58:14
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.getSubTree (chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/lib/chrome-promise.js:46:16)
    at Account._callee8$ (chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/dist/js/background-script.js:4899:55)
    at tryCatch (chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/dist/js/polyfill.js:6900:40)
    at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/dist/js/polyfill.js:7138:22)
    at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/dist/js/polyfill.js:6952:21)
    at step (chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/dist/js/background-script.js:4542:191)
Account.js:95 initializing account 3890652384
2Account.js:120 Apparently not initialized, because: Error: Invocation of form bookmarks.getSubTree(undefined, function) doesn't match definition bookmarks.getSubTree(string id, function callback)
    at Object.normalizeArgumentsAndValidate (extensions::schemaUtils:115:11)
    at Object.<anonymous> (extensions::binding:363:30)
    at chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/lib/chrome-promise.js:58:14
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.getSubTree (chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/lib/chrome-promise.js:46:16)
    at Account._callee8$ (chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/dist/js/background-script.js:4899:55)
    at tryCatch (chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/dist/js/polyfill.js:6900:40)
    at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/dist/js/polyfill.js:7138:22)
    at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/dist/js/polyfill.js:6952:21)
    at step (chrome-extension://fnaicdffflnofjppbagibeoednhnbjhg/dist/js/background-script.js:4542:191)
Nextcloud.js:141 Fetching bookmarks Object
Nextcloud.js:190 Received bookmarks from server Array(0)
Account.js:174 Successfully ended sync process for account myusername@https://mynextcloud
Account.js:128 Starting sync process for account myusername@https://mynextcloud
Nextcloud.js:141 Fetching bookmarks {error: null, lastSync: 1529353973289, localRoot: "19942", password: "mypassword", serverRoot: "", …}error: nulllastSync: 1529353973289localRoot: "19942"password: "mypassword"serverRoot: ""syncing: truetype: "nextcloud"url: "https://mynextcloud"username: "myusername"__proto__: Object
Nextcloud.js:190 Received bookmarks from server []
Account.js:174 Successfully ended sync process for account myusername@https://mynextcloud

But same issue as above, seemingly received nothing from NextCloud (fine as expected) then reports success but no apparent effort to push bookmarks to NextCloud.

[marcelklehr]

Which folder did you select in the account options? It's probably a newly created one, as floccus by default tries not to destroy your bookmarks ;)

[bernd-wechner]

I didn't select one in either case. I presume you're asking about the Sync Folder exposed when I click the Options button? I've never entered anything there.

When I look at it now in Firefox though it read something:

Though I never entered anything.

If I click Choose Folder there I get a popup with no way to close it:

If I click Reset then the box contains newly created. If I then click Sync now, the web page jumps to the Get Addons tab on the extensions page for some odd reason but if I navigate back to floccus page, I see it reports a successful sync and the Sync Folder again reads some value as in the image above.

[marcelklehr]

The popup with no way to close it can be closed by clicking on the grey area (a close button is probably in order), or by selecting one of the folders that are listed there (if you hover over them you will see a tickbox appear). This allows you to select the folder to sync. By default, floccus will create an empty folder for you, thus nothing is happening, as you don't have anything in the newly created folder, nor on the server.

[bernd-wechner]

Alas no change :-(.

Yes, a button or some UI clarity around that popup would be useful ;-).

Here is my config now:

And here is the FF debug trace of a sync:

Starting sync process for account myusername@https://mynextcloud  Account.js:128:6
Fetching bookmarks Object { type: "nextcloud", url: "https://mynextcloud", username: "myusername", password: "mypassword", serverRoot: "/BrowserToolbar", syncing: true, localRoot: "toolbar_____", error: null, lastSync: 1529368163401 }  Nextcloud.js:141:4
Received bookmarks from server Array [  ]  Nextcloud.js:190:4
Successfully ended sync process for account myusername@https://mynextcloud  Account.js:174:6
No matching message handler for the given recipient. MessageChannel.jsm:912
	_handleMessage/</< resource://gre/modules/MessageChannel.jsm:912:11
TypeError: e.data.substr is not a function  post2.html:11:16
	post https://duckduckgo.com/post2.html:11:16
Strict-Transport-Security: The connection to the site is untrustworthy, so the specified header was ignored.[Learn More]

And still on Nextcloud I see no bookmarks.

[bernd-wechner]

I have since added Adminer to my NextCloud server to look at the database directly. And can confirm there is no data in the bookmarks tables there ;-). No surprise. For some reason floccus is simply not sending bookmarks to the server yet reports success on all its tests. Odd.

[marcelklehr]

Could you try it without the server path, too. Just to be sure?

[bernd-wechner]

No problem. Just tried again removing the server path. No change alas. I click Sync now and it reports success but nothing appears in NextCloud. Wondering if perhaps I should clone the repo and try and get my head around how it works. I could use some upskilling, alas a bit low on time. Looks like a little more instrumentation (debug output on the console) might help. Something is failing but failing silently and in a place not tested (as the tests all pass as per images above in the original post).

[marcelklehr]

It's a strange one. Especially because your environment is totally normal. Does re-installing the extension help? Also, could you the same thing try with a new browser profile? I've had issues with older profiles before. The weird thing is that nothing is failing noisily.

Your report is similar to #123, though. Can you replicate the observation that the floccus-created folder does work for syncing?

[bernd-wechner]

OK, tried that and it works. I now see bookmarks on nextcloud with the floccus: prefix.

Alas that is both encouraging and concerning. Because it poses two possible paths forward and I suspect and suggest perhaps we consider both at the same time:

1. I build this new profile up step by step to the same as the old (I mean I have a load of plugins to add basically and ideally a tab session). testing at each step a sync with a new bookmark to see if it appears. If at any point it stops working We have some info. Problem with this approach is I may get all the way back to a useable profile and we have learned nothing - that is, there is something in the old profile that is interfering that we can't identify easily. And that bugs me with regards to flocuss stability into the future as this is a costly process for us both already so I'd be happy to help out producing from it not just a workaround but learning ... and a possible lasting fix so it happens to no-one else.

2. You add some more debugging code, perhaps with an extra flag (advanced debugging) in which you dump to the console more info. I can imagine for example dumping the exact messages sent to the nextcloud server, the decision points on the way and the messages received back from it). A deep drill down in a sense. That will help us find the actual problem and improve lasting quality and stability of floccus. Do you agree?

[marcelklehr]

OK, tried that and it works.

Interesting. both #\1 and #\2 sound good to me. I'll send you an alpha version of floccus v3, though, as we've been rewriting some parts, so you can test the latest code.

Your report is similar to #123, though. Can you replicate the observation that the floccus-created folder does work for syncing?

Can you confirm this, too? In that case we can merge the two issues.