[BUG] Default "Automatically Close Tabs" may close old tabs accidently when first sync
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- I turned off "Automatically close tabs" and have many tabs that have not been visited for more than 3 months.
- I bought a new phone, and I wanted to migrate vivaldi tabs to the new phone.
- I found some old tabs are disappeared after a while. I tried twice but found the same result.
- I guess the reason is: the default "automatically close tabs" is set to 3 months, and when sync, this settings is not updated, and all old tabs are closed by it.
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anyone knows if it it fixed? if not, i want to submit a bug report.
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@kukuro
Hi, it is a bit hard to test it, leave tabs open for 3 month and then sync to another device.
I don't even leave tabs open for 3 hours.
What I can test is if the settings is synced, but don't think so. -
@mib2berlin Maybe the only thing which needs to be tested is whether "automatically close tabs" settings can be synced... if not, obviously old pages will be closed...
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@kukuro
What I tested:
Disable WiFi on the second device, no SIM card.
Set 3 Month to close tabs (Default).
Setting on the first device is Never.
Start WiFi on the second device and start Vivaldi and sync.
The settings is not synced, first device is still on Never, the second device on 3 Month.
As workaround I would disable WiFi and Mobile data on the second device, start Vivaldi and change the setting to Never.
I guess need to wipe Vivaldi again, by default sync is not active so you can change the setting before you sync. -
@mib2berlin I know I can change the setting before you sync. But this risk still exists. Actually it made me in a big panic when fist occurred to me. (I have many collected pages and they suddenly disappeared in my eyes
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At least it can be improved, I think... just need to sync one more settings... -
@kukuro
Yes, if I wipe Vivaldi or setup a new device I realized not many settings are synced on mobiles compare to the desktop version.
We cant do anything to make it better/faster, sync is still a work in progress. -
@mib2berlin Anyway, I reported it VAB-11349. I think this deserves some attention.🥲
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@kukuro
I have conformed the report but maybe I miss understood something.
Tabs are not synced anyway, so if I setup a new device or new install I start with one tab.
I can open tabs from other devices but this doesn't happen automatically, did you think this should work?
I never worked, tab setting doesn't matter here. -
@mib2berlin What does "Tabs are not synced anyway" mean?
After I synced, the new device opened as many tabs as old device firstly, then old (more than 3 months) tabs are closed...
Do you mean your new device does not open any tabs automatically even sync completed? -
@kukuro
Yep, we even have a highly voted feature request for syncing tabs but it is not implemented.
I have to open the tab viewer cloud icon to see tabs from other devices, from there I can open tabs. -
@mib2berlin But my tabs was synced successfully. My new phone's model and name are exactly same with the old one, so it was not syncing tabs from old to new, but downloading tabs from cloud to local ? (these two same model phone were recognized as same device?)
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@kukuro
Hm, seems so, I would never do so.
Maybe I test this with a dual app from Vivaldi, this is a clone of an installed app but completely independent.
I bet it doesn't work, I had reinstalled Vivaldi many many times on the sam device and this never happend.
But this is something completely different. -
@kukuro
Man it work, nice find.
It even sync my test stacks. -
