Files renamed to sync-conflict copies without edits
Synced files are renamed to sync-conflict copies even when their contents are identical, with no clear cause or way to prevent it.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
11 public reports · first reported 29 August 2026 · last reported 31 August 2026
What's going wrong
Users of a continuous file sync app find their files split into sync-conflict copies even though both versions look identical, sometimes across thousands of files in a large folder.
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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