Browser profiles can't sync while the browser is open
Syncthing cannot sync a browser profile that is in use, so users juggle browsers and stop-start steps by hand.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
11 public reports · first reported 2 September 2026 · last reported 8 September 2026
What's going wrong
People who keep personal backups of browser profiles with Syncthing find that a profile open in the browser gets locked or changes during sync.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 11 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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