Ignore patterns leave parent folders out of sync
Ignore patterns that exclude everything except a few files make parent directories show as out of sync on other devices.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 25 August 2026 · last reported 25 August 2026
What's going wrong
A user with a receive-only folder used ignore patterns to exclude nearly everything and keep a few files.
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